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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUG0_artist-point_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
A Photographer's CanvasArtist Point offers a magnificent view of Lower Falls plunging 308 feet (93 meters). Framed by canyon walls, forest, and sky, the picturesque scene has been photographed countless times for more than a century.
Artist Poi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFR_nez-perce-war_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Journey through YellowstoneOn August 23, 1887, more than 600 men, women, and children camped in the woods near here. Sustained by courage, social structure, and knowledge of the land, they were midway from their homeland in Eastern Oregon to the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFP_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/HMSJT_camp-devin_Hulett-WY.html
The Ft. Laramie treaties of 1851 & 1868 set aside the Black Hills for the Sioux, for as long as the grass shall grow and the river shall flow. Nevertheless, in 1874 Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was sent to investigate rumors of gold in the are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS4Q_redwood-water-tank_Lusk-WY.html
This Redwood Water Tank was built by the Wyoming Central Railway in 1886. It was first filled by a windmill, then by other types of pumps. It stored water for the steam engines that pulled the trains. It is one of only six remaining in the nation.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRQF_the-grand-canyon-of-the-yellowstone_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
The canyon varies from 800 to 1200 feet in depthand from 1500 to 4000 feet in width. Its length is about 24 miles. The upper 2½ miles is the most colorful section. Hot spring activity has continued through the ages altering the lava rock to p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR6J_road-builders_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
In 1878 civilian Superintendent Philetus Norris began cutting crude wagon paths to Yellowstone's major features. However, better roads were needed, and from 1883 to 1918 the U.S. Army's Corps of Engineers built and maintained Yellowstone's roads a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR6I_from-soldier-to-ranger_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
In 1912, President Taft in a special message to Congress said:
"I earnestly recommend the establishment of a bureau of National Parks. Such legislation is essential to the proper management of those wonderful manifestations of nature, so start…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR69_welcome-to-historic-fort-yellowstone_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
From 1886 until the creation of the National Park Service in 1916 the United States Army was responsible for the administration and management of Yellowstone National Park.The row of buildings ahead of you is part of Historic Fort Yellowstone. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR68_a-soldiers-life_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
A solider lived with the rest of his company in the Troop Barracks (structure in front of you).
A typical day began at 5:30 am, at the stable, just behind the barracks where the horses were fed. From that time until almost noon, soldiers groom…