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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MUA_life-in-the-fort_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
During the season (June, July, August, September), life at the post was always busy with fire patrol, guarding the thermal features, flirting with the maids of the hotels and camps, and going to dances. There were sports as well. Baseball was view…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MU9_guard-duty_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Protecting Yellowstone's wildlife and natural wonders was the primary aim of the army. An important part of this duty was managing the growing visitation to the park and watching for "shady characters."Park roads were once aligned so tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MU8_a-sense-of-community_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
The last of the structures built by the army (completed in 1913), the chapel added a finishing touch to the fort and was considered by far its most beautiful structure. The community held religious services in the troop mess hall, the post exchang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTH_the-parade-ground_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Gathering place, training ground, site of ceremonies and parades - the drill field was the focal point of daily life at Fort Yellowstone.Each day began early with a bugler sounding reveille. Gradually, the fort came to life, and another bugle call…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTG_road-builders_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
In 1883, when Lieutenant Dan C. Kingman and the Army Corps of Engineers arrived, the road situation was dismal. When the Corps left 35 year later, there were 400 miles of stable, secure roads which had been designed with the intent of allowing acc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MTA_fort-yellowstone_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
When Yellowstone was established in 1872, the fledgling park was viewed greedily by poachers, railroads, and mining interests. The nineteenth-century way of seeing wilderness as empty land on which to capitalize would need to change before these t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML4_chance-encounter_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Across the meadow, a fire burned in the campsite of nine tourists on the night of August 23, 1877. The Cowan party had unknowingly camped near hundreds of Nez Perce men, women, and children who were under violent pursuit by the United States Army.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KR9_sheepeater-cliff_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
This cliff was named for the Shoshone Indians who lived throughout this mountainous region.
Their use of bighorn sheep earned them the name "Tukadika" or "Sheepeaters".
The cliff is basalt lava that formed "columnar joints" when it cooled nearly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KP9_obsidian-cliff_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Yellowstone Plateau glowed red from volcanic activity, with molten rock welling up and spreading from numerous fissures. Obsidian Cliff, a 180,000-year-old lava flow, is part of the evidence. Cooling and shrinking, the lava solidified into large c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV54_beehive-geyser_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
this geyser, named for its 4-foot high cone, resembles an old fashioned beehive. Though its cone is modest by comparison to others in the Upper Geyser Basin, Beehive is one of the most powerful and impressive geysers in Yellowstone. The cone acts …