Yellowstone Park invites millions of visitors every year. The geysers and wildlife are welcome changes to most who come to see the natural wonders the park has to offer.
Lewis and Clark were the first whites to discover the region. Jon Colter, a hunter, was among them and relayed tales of the beauties to Americans back East.
Many did not believe Colter, but Osburn Russell a fellow trapper and hunter visited Yellowstone and put into words that Americans in the East could read.
Soon after, many parties full of explorers, adventurers, artists and entrepreneurs trickled into the area that is now Yellowstone Park. Some of these expeditions provided proof to more people of how beautiful the region was while other failed and ended in disaster.
Yellowstone became the first national park when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill into law preserving the area as a conservatory so that its natural beauty could be preserved.
Yellowstone’s Official site: http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/index.html
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