The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive
Hiram Martin Chittenden
History
Book language: English
338 pages
A historical and descriptive account of Yellowstone National Park, written by Hiram Martin Chittenden and first published in 1895. It traces the park’s exploration and early efforts at preservation while describing its geysers, waterfalls and other natural features. Anyone interested in early conservation and western American history will find it informative.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
Grand Falls of the Yellowstone and Old Faithful Geyser. THE Yellowstone National Park HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE Illustrated with Maps, Views and Portraits BY Hiram Martin Chittenden Captain, Corps of Engineers, United States Army CINCINNATI THE ROBERT CLARKE COMPANY 1895
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Dedication.
TO THE MEMORIES OF
John Colter
AND
James Bridger,
PIONEERS IN THE WONDERLAND
OF THE
Upper Yellowstone.
PREFACE.
Twenty-five years ago, this date, a company of gentlemen were encamped at the Forks of the Madison River in what is now the
Yellowstone National Park. They had just finished the first complete tour of exploration ever made of that region. Fully realizing the importance of all they had seen, they asked what ought to be done to
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