List of Yellowstone National Park-related articles
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The following articles relate to the history, geography, geology, flora, fauna, structures and recreation in Yellowstone National Park.
Contents
Yellowstone National Park history
- Exploration
- Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition - 1869 exploration of Yellowstone river and lake
- Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition - 1870 exploration of Yellowstone river, lake and Firehole river basin
- Fort Ellis - Starting point of the Washburn Expedition
- Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 - 1st of five surveys by Hayden in Yellowstone
- Native Americans
- Nez Perce National Historic Trail - Nez Perce tribe traversed Yellowstone during Nez Perce War of 1877
- People
- Explorers
- Robert Adams, Jr. - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875
- Jim Bridger - Mountain man familiar with Yellowstone region (1856)
- John Colter - First person of European descent to visit Yellowstone region
- Lt.Gustavus C. Doane - U.S. Army Cavalry escort during Washburn expedition of 1870
- Truman C. Everts - former U.S. Assessor for the Montana Territory, member of Washburn Expedition
- Warren Angus Ferris - Early Yellowstone region trapper
- Arnold Hague - U.S. Geological Surveys 1880s
- Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875
- Nathaniel P. Langford - Member of Washburn expedition and first park superintendent
- William F. Raynolds - Early explorer in Yellowstone region
- Alexander Ross (fur trader) - Early fur trader in Yellowstone region
- Osborne Russell - Early trapper to visit region and describe the Lamar Valley (1834)
- Cyrus Thomas - agricultural statistician and entomologist on the 1871 Hayden survey
- Henry D. Washburn - Leader of Washburn expedition
- Park superintendents and administrators
- Horace M. Albright - Park superintendent (1919–1929)
- Frazier Boutelle - Park superintendent (1889–1890)
- Harry W. Frantz - Director of publicity 1923 - named Grand Loop Road
- John W. Meldrum - 1st U.S. Commissioner to Yellowstone (1894–1935)
- Philetus Norris - Second park superintendent
- Park rangers
- Harlan Kredit - Park ranger (1972–present)
- Harry Yount - First park ranger
- Isabel Bassett Wasson - the first female ranger in Yellowstone
- Engineers and architects
- Hiram M. Chittenden - U.S. Army Engineer
- Dan Christie Kingman - U.S. Army Engineer
- Herbert Maier - Yellowstone architect (1929–31)
- Robert Reamer - Old Faithful Inn architect
- Photographers, artists and illustrators
- Heinrich C. Berann - Panoramic artist
- Albert Bierstadt - Early Yellowstone artist
- Frank Jay Haynes - Official park photographer 1884-1921
- William Henry Jackson - US Geological Survey photographer 1869-1878
- Thomas Moran - Early Yellowstone artist - guest member of 1871 Hayden Geological Survey
- Birger Sandzén - Sweden artist
- Naturalists and scientists
- Thomas D. Brock - Microbiologist
- Don G. Despain - Botanist - Yellowstone flora specialist
- Shaun Ellis (wolf researcher)
- Henry Gannett - Geographer, member of Hayden Surveys, named Electric Peak
- George Bird Grinnell - Early naturalist promoting Yellowstone
- William Henry Holmes - Early geologist documenting Yellowstone geothermal features
- A. Starker Leopold - author of the 1963 Leopold Report-Wildlife Management in the National Parks
- Bill McGuire - Volcano researcher
- L. David Mech - Wolf researcher
- Adolph Murie - National Park Service Wildlife Biologist - published seminar study on coyotes in Yellowstone (1940)
- Military
- John W. Barlow - Explored Yellowstone at same time as 1871 Hayden expedition
- William W. Belknap - Secretary of War (1869–1876) - Guided by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane on two week visit in 1876 to Yellowstone that followed Washburn route.
- Chris Madsen - U.S. Army guide - guided U.S. President Chester A. Arthur in Yellowstone (1883)
- General Philip Sheridan - Early U.S. Army protector of Yellowstone
- Captain Wilber E. Wilder – Acting Superintendent, March 15, 1899 – June 23, 1899
- Captain Samuel B. M. Young – Acting Superintendent, June 23, 1897 – November 15, 1897; Full Superintendent as a General, June 1, 1907 – November 28, 1908
- Politicians
- William H. Clagett - Montana Territorial Congressman, 1871-1872 - Introduced park creation bill in U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1871
- Henry L. Dawes - Congressman from Massachusetts (1863–1873) - strong supporter of park creation. Chester Dawes, his son was a member of the 1871 Hayden survey and Anna the first boat on Yellowstone Lake was named after his daughter: Anna Dawes
- William D. Kelley - In 1871, he was the first Washington politician to suggest of what would later become Yellowstone National Park
- John F. Lacey - Iowa Congressman who sponsored The Lacey Act of 1884 to protect Yellowstone wildlife from poachers.
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) - Secretary of Interior (March 1885 - January 1888) - Lamar River is named after him.
- Guy R. Pelton - U.S. congressman who died in Yellowstone (1890)
- Samuel C. Pomeroy - Kansas Senator, 1861-1873 - Introduced park creation bill into U.S. Senate on December 18, 1871
- Lyman Trumbull - Senator from Illinois who supported Yellowstone creation act - Father of Walter Trumbull, a member of the Washburn Party
- George Graham Vest - Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) - Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone
- Promoters
- Jay Cooke - Northern Pacific Railroad - Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration
- Explorers
- Historic events
- Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869-1890)
- Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park
- History of the National Park Service
- 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
- Mission 66 - National Park Service ten-year program to prepare parks for 1966 50th Anniversary
- Teton–Yellowstone tornado - F4 tornado - July 21, 1987
- Yellowstone fires of 1988
- Advocates
- Concessionaires
- Harry W. Child - Assembled and operated the Yellowstone Park Company
- Hamilton's Stores (Yellowstone National Park)
- John F. Yancey - operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley Hotel, 1884–1903
- Xanterra Parks and Resorts
Geography
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Firehole river at Fountain Flats
- Rivers
- Lakes
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- Abiathar Peak
- Absaroka Range
- Antler Peak
- Barronette Peak
- Bunsen Peak
- Clagett Butte
- Colter Peak
- Cook Peak
- Douglas Knob
- Druid Peak
- Dunraven Peak
- Eagle Peak (Wyoming)
- Electric Peak
- Folsom Peak
- Gallatin Range
- Gray Peak (Wyoming)
- Hedges Peak
- Mount Chittenden
- Mount Doane
- Mount Everts
- Mount Hancock
- Mount Haynes
- Mount Holmes
- Mount Hornaday
- Mount Jackson
- Mount Norris
- Mount Schurz
- Mount Sheridan
- Mount Stevenson
- Mount Washburn
- National Park Mountain
- Prospect Peak
- Specimen Ridge
- Terrace Mountain
- The Thunderer
- Trischman Knob
- Younts Peak
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- Roads and passes
Geology
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- Yellowstone Caldera
- Yellowstone Plateau
- Yellowstone hotspot
- List of Yellowstone geothermal features
- Lone Star Geyser Basin
- Lower Geyser Basin
- A-0 Geyser
- Artesia Geyser
- Azure Spring
- Bead Geyser
- Botryoidal Spring
- Box Spring
- Clepsydra Geyser
- Dilemma Geyser
- Fountain Geyser
- Great Fountain Geyser
- Jet Geyser
- Labial Geyser
- Morning Geyser
- Narcissus Geyser
- Ojo Caliente Spring
- Pink Cone Geyser
- Pink Geyser
- Spindle Geyser
- White Dome Geyser
- Young Hopeful Geyser
- Midway Geyser Basin
- Upper Geyser Basin
- Anemone Geyser
- Artemisia Geyser
- Atomizer Geyser
- Aurum Geyser
- Baby Daisy Geyser
- Beauty Pool
- Beehive Geyser
- Big Cub Geyser
- Bijou Geyser
- Brilliant Pool
- Castle Geyser
- Chromatic Spring
- Comet Geyser
- Crested Pool
- Daisy Geyser
- Doublet Pool
- Economic Geyser Crater
- Fan and Mortar Geysers
- Giant Geyser
- Giantess Geyser
- Grand Geyser
- Grotto Geyser
- Lion Geyser
- Morning Glory Pool
- Old Faithful Geyser
- Pump Geyser
- Riverside Geyser
- Solitary Geyser
- Spasmodic Geyser
- Splendid Geyser
- Turban Geyser
- Vent Geyser
- West Thumb Geyser Basin
- Norris Geyser Basin
- Gibbon Geyser Basin
- Mammoth Hot Springs
- Yellowstone River
- Geologic formations
Flora
Fauna
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Yellowstone grizzly
- American bison
- Amphibians and reptiles of Yellowstone National Park
- Animals of Yellowstone
- Bighorn sheep
- Birds of Yellowstone National Park
- Grizzly bear
- Elk
- Fishes of Yellowstone National Park
- Gray wolf
- Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
- History of wolves in Yellowstone
- Leopold Report - Seminal 1963 Study: "Wildlife Management In The National Parks"
- Pronghorn
- Small mammals of Yellowstone National Park
- Wolf reintroduction
- Yellowstone cutthroat trout
- Yellowstone Park bison herd
Districts and structures
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Roosevelt Arch
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park
- Districts
- Structures
- Canyon Hotel
- Hotels and Tourist Camps of Yellowstone National Park
- Fishing Bridge Museum
- Lake Hotel
- Lamar Buffalo Ranch
- Madison Museum
- Marshall's Hotel
- Norris Geyser Basin Museum
- Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
- Northeast Entrance Station
- Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
- Old Faithful Inn
- Old Faithful Lodge
- Old Faithful Museum of Thermal Activity
- Queen's Laundry Bath House
- Roosevelt Arch
- U.S. Post Office (Yellowstone National Park)
Recreation
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Fishing Bridge
- Angling in Yellowstone National Park
- Continental Divide Trail - Traverses southwest corner of the park
- Trails of Yellowstone National Park
Media coverage
Trivia
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USS Yellowstone, AD-41
- J. Audubon Woodlore - Fictional Disney ranger from Brownstone Park (a parody of Yellowstone)
- Salvatore Vasapolli - Photographic artist that produces Yellowstone calendars
- Supervolcano (docudrama) - 2005 BBC/Discovery Channel docudrama centered on the fictional eruption of the volcanic caldera of Yellowstone National Park
- USS Yellowstone (AD-27) - Shenandoah-class destroyer tender named for Yellowstone National Park (1945)
- USS Yellowstone (AD-41) - Yellowstone-class destroyer tender (1979)
- Yellowstone (film) - 1936 Murder mystery staged in Yellowstone
- Yellowstone Trail - Early transcontinental highway project
- Yellowstone: The Music of Nature - Yellowstone inspired music by Mannheim Steamroller (1989).
- Boeing Yellowstone Project - a project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft.
Entrance communities
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West Yellowstone
- Montana
- Gardiner, Montana
- Cooke City, Montana
- Livingston, Montana
- West Yellowstone, Montana
- Yellowstone Airport - Located in West Yellowstone, Montana
- Yellowstone National Park (part), Montana
- Wyoming
- Cody, Wyoming
- Yellowstone Regional Airport - Located in Cody, Wyoming
- Jackson, Wyoming
- Jackson Hole Airport
- Highways
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway - Connects Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone
- U.S. Route 14 - Eastern entrance Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- U.S. Route 20 - Western entrance, Eastern entrance
- U.S. Route 89 - Northern entrance, Southern entrance
- U.S. Route 191 - Western entrance, Southern entrance
- U.S. Route 212 - Northeast entrance
- U.S. Route 287 - Western entrance, Southern entrance
