Yellowstone - Saving America's Greatest Natural Wonder
Yellowstone was the world's first national park, created during the Presidency of Ullyses S. Grant and popularized throughout the world. In "Saving Yellowstone, Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, Megan Nelson weaves the history of Yellowstone with the politics of reconstruction during 1870's America and gives a fascinating glimpse into some of the great characters of the times, Ferdinand Hayden who led the first survey team, Jay Cooke, the famous investor who built the Northern Pacific and many others.
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Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America, by Megan Nelson (Mar, 2022 - 252 pp)
A wonderfully written, entertaining history of the discovery and exploration of Yellowstone, the first government expeditions to expand our knowledge, plus the financing of the Great Pacific Northern Railroad by entrepreneur Jay Gould, The Great Northern greatly expanded westward expansion opportunities and brought the railroad to within 50 miles of Yellowstone.