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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKR_off-the-hook_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Before Fishing Bridge closed to fishing in 1973, visitors fished here elbow to elbow - their hooks snagging each other as well as passing motorists. Regulations were changed when park managers realized that fishing from the bridge was decimating t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKN_cutthroat_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
After the ice sheet on Yellowstone Lake breaks up in May and grinds downstream beneath Fishing Bridge, you can witness a spawning frenzy. Cutthroat trout lay millions of eggs in the riverbed gravel within sight of the bridge. Spawning season has a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKM_why-is-there-no-fishing-from-fishing-bridge_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
In 1902, the first bridge was built across the outlet of Yellowstone Lake. By 1914, its official name was "Fishing Bridge." Today's bridge with walkways was built in 1937. Fishing Bridge had become a popular fishing spot for park visitor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUS_crime-in-wonderland_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
From poachers to stagecoach robbers, soldiers were kept busy enforcing the law in Yellowstone.There were five stagecoach robberies in Yellowstone, with the last occurring on 1914. What is often considered the greatest stagecoach robbery of the twe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUR_a-soldiers-life_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Here in Fort Yellowstone, a soldier lived with the rest of his company in the Troop Barracks (structure in front of you). A typical day began at 5:30 a.m. at the stable where the horses were fed and groomed. Activities could also include guard dut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUQ_the-post-exchange_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
At the Post Exchange, a soldier with free time could spend it in the gymnasium or bowling alley, or could play cards and drink beer. There may also have been a billiards table, and movies were shown once a week. The building was informally known (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUP_from-soldier-to-ranger_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
The National Park Service Act was signed on August 25, 1916. About one month later on September 30th, twenty-three soldiers were discharged from the army to be hired by the civilian agency as the first rangers in Yellowstone. Included with the sol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUI_petrified-tree_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
This petrified redwood is a clue to a warmer, damper, more violent Yellowstone landscape. Anatomically the trunk is indistinguishable from present-day redwoods in California.When a chain of volcanoes erupted here in Eocene times 50 million years a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUH_fort-yellowstone-national-historic-landmark_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
"This is the only point in the park where an extensive transformation of natural conditions by the work of man has been permitted. Yet, it was unavoidable here, and in yielding to this necessity, the effort has been made to provide a substit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUB_mail-carriers-cabin_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
When Alden Roseborough accepted the Mail Carrier's position in 1895, a long and rugged road awaited. The route - 100 miles round trip - took him from Mammoth Hot Springs through remote northern Yellowstone National Park to Cooke City, an isolated …