Yellowstone And The Great West

Author : Marlene Deahl Merrill
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803282893

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Yellowstone and the Great West by Marlene Deahl Merrill Pdf

Here, for the first time in paperback, is a fascinating daily record of Ferdinand Hayden?s historic 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. The expedition?s findings quickly led Congress to establish Yellowstone as the world?s first national park. In addition to its scientific discoveries, the expedition is famous for producing the earliest on-site images of Yellowstone, by its photographer, William Henry Jackson, and its guest artist, Thomas Moran. ø Marlene Deahl Merrill has woven together a compelling daily narrative from the field writings of three expedition members: unpublished journals kept by mineralogist Albert Peale and geologist George Allen, periodic reports by Peale to his hometown newspaper, and letters from Hayden to his friend and mentor Spencer Baird at the Smithsonian Institution. Enriching this narrative are Jackson?s photographs of camp scenes and landscapes; rare panoramic drawings by the party?s topographical artist, Henry Elliott; maps; an introduction; and extensive annotations.

Author : Megan Kate Nelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982141356

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Saving Yellowstone by Megan Kate Nelson Pdf

From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating story of how Yellowstone became the world’s first national park in the years after the Civil War, offering “a fresh, provocative study…departing from well-trodden narratives about conservation and public recreation” (Booklist, starred review). Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park—one of the most popular of all national parks—but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was established. In late July 1871, the geologist-explorer Ferdinand Hayden led a team of scientists through a narrow canyon into Yellowstone Basin, entering one of the last unmapped places in the country. The survey’s discoveries led to the passage of the Yellowstone Act in 1872, which created the first national park in the world. Now, author Megan Kate Nelson examines the larger context of this American moment, illuminating Hayden’s survey as a national project meant to give Americans a sense of achievement and unity in the wake of a destructive civil war. Saving Yellowstone follows Hayden and two other protagonists in pursuit of their own agendas: Sitting Bull, a Lakota leader who asserted his peoples’ claim to their homelands, and financier Jay Cooke, who wanted to secure his national reputation by building the Northern Pacific Railroad through the Great Northwest. Hayden, Cooke, and Sitting Bull staked their claims to Yellowstone at a critical moment in Reconstruction, when the Ulysses S. Grant Administration and the 42nd Congress were testing the reach and the purpose of federal power across the nation. “A readable and unfailingly interesting look at a slice of Western history from a novel point of view” (Kirkus Reviews), Saving Yellowstone reveals how Yellowstone became both a subject of fascination and a metaphor for the nation during the Reconstruction era. This “land of wonders” was both beautiful and terrible, fragile and powerful. And what lay beneath the surface there was always threatening to explode.

Author : Bradly J. Boner
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781607324492

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Yellowstone National Park by Bradly J. Boner Pdf

Pioneer photographer William Henry Jackson’s photographs from the 1871 Hayden Survey were instrumental in persuading Congress to designate Yellowstone as a national park—America’s first and greatest experiment in the preservation of an extraordinary landscape. Yellowstone National Park: Through the Lens of Time is an extended visual essay presenting Jackson’s images paired with breathtaking color rephotographs of each view from photojournalist Bradly J. Boner. These contemporary comparisons to Jackson’s originals reveal just how well that experiment has stood the test of time. Yellowstone is always changing. The Grand Canyon is getting deeper and wider as the Yellowstone River carves a chasm into the earth. The flows of the great hot springs at Mammoth are creating new layers of delicate, colorful cascades and leaving the old terraces to crumble in decay. Roads, bridges, and pathways wind through the park, and there are restaurants, campgrounds, and hotels. Yet even with the impact of humanity, Yellowstone remains remarkably intact, evidence that the effort to preserve and sustain the park for future generations has been a success. Combining more than 100 gorgeous “then and now” sets of photographs—the first complete published collection of Jackson’s images from the 1871 Hayden Survey and a result of Boner's three years of work rephotographing them—with history, extensive notes, and personal tales, Yellowstone National Park: Through the Lens of Time pays homage to the park’s early history and its present state, and offers a glimpse into the future. The great experiment of Yellowstone—which captivates millions of visitors from all corners of the globe each year—has transcended generations and should be maintained for generations to come. The University Press of Colorado and the author gratefully acknowledge the generous contributions of the many donors to the Kickstarter campaign supporting the publication of this book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Diaries
ISBN : OCLC:1059176031

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Yellowstone and the Great West by Anonim Pdf

Author : Darlis A. Miller
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0806138327

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Matilda Coxe Stevenson by Darlis A. Miller Pdf

A woman in a man's world among the Pueblos of the Southwest

Author : George O. Shields
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Bighorn Mountains (Wyo. and Mont.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086963295

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Hunting in the Great West by George O. Shields Pdf

Author : Henry Howe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Mississippi River Valley
ISBN : CHI:082925951

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Historical Collections of the Great West by Henry Howe Pdf

Details the history of the Western United States with emphasis on travel explorations and geographic discoveries.

Author : F. L. Dana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081785523

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The Great West by F. L. Dana Pdf

Author : Frank L. Dana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Colorado
ISBN : HARVARD:HX4TVF

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The Great West by Frank L. Dana Pdf

Author : Dennis Drabelle
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496230133

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The Power of Scenery by Dennis Drabelle Pdf

Featured in Wall Street Journal's 2021 Holiday Gift Books Guide 2021 Marfield Prize Finalist Wallace Stegner called national parks "the best idea we ever had." As Americans celebrate the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone, the world's first national park, a question naturally arises: where did the idea for a national park originate? The answer starts with a look at pre-Yellowstone America. With nothing to put up against Europe's cultural pearls--its cathedrals, castles, and museums--Americans came to realize that their plentitude of natural wonders might compensate for the dearth of manmade attractions. That insight guided the great landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted as he organized his thoughts on how to manage the wilderness park centered on Yosemite Valley, a state-owned predecessor to the national park model of Yellowstone. Haunting those thoughts were the cluttered and carnival-like banks of Niagara Falls, which served as an oft-cited example of what should not happen to a spectacular natural phenomenon. Olmsted saw city parks as vital to the pursuit of happiness and wanted them to be established for all to enjoy. When he wrote down his philosophy for managing Yosemite, a new and different kind of park, one that preserves a great natural site in the wilds, he had no idea that he was creating a visionary blueprint for national parks to come. Dennis Drabelle provides a history of the national park concept, adding to our understanding of American environmental thought and linking Olmsted with three of the country's national treasures. Published in time to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 2022, and the 200th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted on April 26, 2022, The Power of Scenery tells the fascinating story of how the national park movement arose, evolved, and has spread around the world.

Author : Julian Ralph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : YALE:39002007540256

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Our Great West by Julian Ralph Pdf

Overview of America, from Chicago to the Pacific Coast.

Author : Rocky Barker
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597266253

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Scorched Earth by Rocky Barker Pdf

In 1988, forest fires raged in Yellowstone National Park, destroying more than a million acres. As the nation watched the land around Old Faithful burn, a longstanding conflict over fire management reached a fever pitch. Should the U.S. Park and Forest Services suppress fires immediately or allow some to run their natural course? When should firefighters be sent to battle the flames and at what cost? In Scorched Earth, Barker, an environmental reporter who was on the ground and in the smoke during the 1988 fires, shows us that many of today's arguments over fire and the nature of public land began to take shape soon after the Civil War. As Barker explains, how the government responded to early fires in Yellowstone and to private investors in the region led ultimately to the protection of 600 million acres of public lands in the United States. Barker uses his considerable narrative talents to bring to life a fascinating, but often neglected, piece of American history. Scorched Earth lays a new foundation for examining current fire and environmental policies in America and the world. Our story begins when the West was yet to be won, with a colorful cast of characters: a civil war general and his soldiers, America's first investment banker, railroad men, naturalists, and fire-fighters-all of whom left their mark on Yellowstone. As the truth behind the creation of America's first national park is revealed, we discover the remarkable role the U.S. Army played in protecting Yellowstone and shaping public lands in the West. And we see the developing efforts of conservation's great figures as they struggled to preserve our heritage. With vivid descriptions of the famous fires that have raged in Yellowstone, the heroes who have tried to protect it, and the strategies that evolved as a result, Barker draws us into the very heart of a debate over our attempts to control nature and people. This entertaining and timely book challenges the traditional views both of those who arrogantly seek full control of nature and those who naively believe we can leave it unaltered. And it demonstrates how much of our broader environmental history was shaped in the lands of Yellowstone.

Author : Chris Hunt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781439667125

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Catching Yellowstone's Wild Trout by Chris Hunt Pdf

This history and guide to the fly-fishing waters of Yellowstone National Park is a loving homage to the region’s iconic wild trout. Yellowstone National Park is home to some of the most storied destinations in the history of fly fishing. Casting in the Firehole River is like going back in time to when bison roamed nearly every meadow in the West. Restored to their natal streams after near extinction, native Arctic grayling can once again be plucked from icy water at the foot of breathtaking waterfalls. Meanwhile, a daylong hike into true wild country rewards an angler with a chance to catch trophy native cutthroat trout on a lonely mountain lake. In Catching Yellowstone’s Wild Trout, local journalist and experienced angler Chris Hunt explores the rich history of these beloved and bountiful waters.

Author : George Bird Grinnell
Publisher : New York : Winchester Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X000610341

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The Passing of the Great West by George Bird Grinnell Pdf

Author : Bradly J. Boner
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781607324485

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Yellowstone National Park by Bradly J. Boner Pdf

An extended visual essay presenting orignal images from William Henry Jackson's 1871 Hayden Survey paired with breathtaking color rephotographs of each view from photojournalist Bradly J. Boner.