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Yellowstone national park

By reed.w
  • Colters Hell

    Colters Hell

    On Lewis and Clark's trip, a man name John Colter left the expedition and saw the area of what is now Yellowstone National park. He came back with stories of steaming geysers and bubbling cauldrons. they now call that story "Colter's Hell."
  • Established by Grant

    Established by Grant

    it was established when Ulysses S. Grant was president.
  • wagon

    wagon

    yellowstone national park has its first wagon trip
  • Army Help

    Army Help

    U.S. Army takes over protective duties for Yellowstone and its wildlife
  • Fort Yellowstone

    Fort Yellowstone

    fort yellowstone is in the mamath hot spring, which is in the northwestern park of yellowstone. this date is when the first building was done. there was also other buildings such as a guard house and headquarters.
  • cars

    cars

    Yellowstone is opened to automobile traffic
  • Services

    Services

    U.S. Congress authorizes the National Park Service
  • plow roads

    plow roads

    First request to park managers to plow roads in winter
  • snowmobiles

    snowmobiles

    First personal snowmobiles enter the park
  • FIRE

    FIRE

    in 1988 yellowstone was hit with a fire
  • wolves are introduced

    wolves are introduced

    12 wolves were brought to yellowstone from canada
  • Harsh winter

    Harsh winter

    Harsh winter leads to more than 1,000 bison dying or being killed
  • winter-use plan

    winter-use plan

    Park completes 2007 winter-use plan
  • 3,394,326 people

    3,394,326 people

    3,394,326 is the amount of visitors in yellowstone that year