Author: Win Blevins Publisher: Wordworx Publishing ISBN: 9780692439203 Category : Languages : en Pages : 148
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Land holds the stories of people, their legends, and their history. Yellowstone National Park is an extraordinary tale of people and the earth through time and this travel guide goes with you along the journey. Learn about the Indians who lived or traveled through Yellowstone, as well as the mountain men who were the first white people to discover Yellowstone, the government explorers who mapped it and fought to make it a park, the poachers and other explorers--foreign and domestic, high-born and low-born, who sojourned here. You will be led through all the travails, thrills, dramas, and serene satisfactions of the people over the park's history. Easy and enjoyable to read, this travel guide allows you to begin at whichever of the five park entrances you use and follow the park's story as you follow the road.
Author: Winfred Blevins Publisher: Mountain Press ISBN: 9780878422234 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 106
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Learn about the Indians who traveled through Yellowstone, the mountain men who first told other white people about Yellowstone, the government explorers who mapped it and fought to make it a park, the poachers and other exploiters who threatened the park,
Author: Robert B. Smith Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195355601 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 255
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Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and pushed the northern Rockies to new heights, forming unusually large glaciers to carve the landscape. It also created the jewel of the U.S. national park system: Yellowstone. Meanwhile, forces stretching apart the western U.S. created the mountainous glory of Grand Teton National Park. These two parks, with their majestic mountains, dazzling geysers, and picturesque hot springs, are windows into the Earth's interior, revealing the violent power of the dynamic processes within. Smith and Siegel offer expert guidance through this awe-inspiring terrain, bringing to life the grandeur of these geologic phenomena as they reveal the forces that have shaped--and continue to shape--the greater Yellowstone-Teton region. Over seventy illustrations--including fifty-two in full color--illuminate the breathtaking beauty of the landscape, while two final chapters provide driving tours of the parks to help visitors enjoy and understand the regions wonders. Fascinating and informative, this book affords us a striking new perspective on Earth's creative forces.
Author: M. Mark Miller Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0762756136 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
After its establishment in 1872, Yellowstone National Park was sufficiently famous that numerous people risked bear maulings, Indian attacks, and geyser burns just to glimpse its wonders. A surprising number of those who survived wrote about their adventures. The best of these stories are collected in Adventures in Yellowstone. Presenting a dozen narratives—journal entries, letters, and diaries—with an introduction to each, and with historic photographs, postcards, and woodcuts, this book is the essential compilation of the most gripping first-person accounts of the early years of America’s most cherished national park.
Author: William J. Fritz Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 164
Book Description
An introductory chapter briefly reviews Yellowstone's geology followed by a series of road guides with the local particulars. The authors tell you what the rocks are and what they mean. Useful graphics and charts supplement the text and help you to unde
Author: Dougherty Michael Publisher: Ultimate Press ISBN: 9781888550160 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 490
Book Description
The ultimate guide to Yellowstone Park and the surrounding region. 85 detailed maps and mile-by-mile information on all area state and federal highways. Over 1200 restaurants, 550 motels, every public and private campground, 300 guest ranches and resorts, 240 bed and breakfasts, vacation homes and cabins. Also includes over 460 outfitters and guides, hundreds of fisheries and all forest service cabins. Hundreds of area museums and historical sites, and the text of hundreds of historical markers. Hikes and scenic drives. Hot springs, ghost towns and ski area are also included. Hundreds of attractions. Hundreds of photographs. Weather information for over 30 locations. Information on every town and city in the region. Includes Grand Teton National Park and info on the surrounding areas of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho.
Author: Mark M. Miller Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1493015214 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 241
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Covering the time period from 1807, when John Colter first discovered the wonders of the Yellowstone Plateau to the 1920s when tourists sped between luxury hotels in their automobiles, these tales of Wonderland come from the letters, journals, and diaries kept by early visitors and later tourists. The earliest stories recount mountain men’s awe at geysers hurling boiling water hundreds of feet into the air and their encounters with the native inhabitants of the region. The latest stories reflect the “civilizing” of the park and reveal the golden age of tourist travel in the area.
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