Primary Source Spotlight: Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone became the United States’ first national park on March 1, 1872.
Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park: Primary Documents in American History
Report upon the Yellowstone National Park to the Secretary of the Interior 1879
Yellowstone National Park images
Yellowstone National Park maps
Yellowstone Park Guide: A Practical Hand-book 1894
Hayne’s Guide to Yellowstone Park: A Practical Handbook 1909
More books & reports about Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park films c. 1899
Sheepherding Near Yellowstone National Park oral history audio recording
Yellowstone National Park: Topics in Chronicling America
More Yellowstone National Park historical newspaper coverage
Yellowstone National Park contemporary federal legislation
KidCitizen: National Parks K-5 lesson centered on Yellowstone National Park with teacher’s guide
Yellowstone National Park website National Park Service
Library blog posts
- A Tour Through Yellowstone: Tracing the Park’s Legislative History on Its 150th Anniversary In Custodia Legis
- Radar Imaging Yellowstone National Park in 1968 Worlds Revealed
- From the Serial Set: Visualizing Yellowstone In Custodia Legis
- Summer Road Trip: National Parks Headlines & Heroes
- The Visual Wonders of Yellowstone National Park Picture This
- Yellowstone: American Milestone Headlines & Heroes
- Let’s Get Away From It All: Natural Wonders In the Muse
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