https://twitter.com/EsotaricPorgism/status/1272381840163291137
been a couple weeks huh?

Here you go. kickoff to a series of threads on the history of our National Parks, indisputably America's best idea.

I'd like to kick this off with a focus on Yellowstone and how it became our first national park.
https://twitter.com/EsotaricPorgism/status/1272381840163291137been a couple weeks huh?Here you go. kickoff to a series of threads on the history of our National Parks, indisputably America's best idea.I'd like to kick this off with a focus on Yellowstone and how it became our first national park.
https://twitter.com/EsotaricPorgism/status/1272381840163291137been a couple weeks huh?Here you go. kickoff to a series of threads on the history of our National Parks, indisputably America's best idea.I'd like to kick this off with a focus on Yellowstone and how it became our first national park.
https://twitter.com/EsotaricPorgism/status/1272381840163291137been a couple weeks huh?Here you go. kickoff to a series of threads on the history of our National Parks, indisputably America's best idea.I'd like to kick this off with a focus on Yellowstone and how it became our first national park.
In order to get at Yellowstone, you have to go by the Bannock Trail. A" roughly 200-mile path [running] northeast from Idaho's Camas Meadows, overtaking the Continental divide at Targhee Pass, then entering Yellowstone National Park."
In order to get at Yellowstone, you have to go by the Bannock Trail. A" roughly 200-mile path [running] northeast from Idaho's Camas Meadows, overtaking the Continental divide at Targhee Pass, then entering Yellowstone National Park."
In order to get at Yellowstone, you have to go by the Bannock Trail. A" roughly 200-mile path [running] northeast from Idaho's Camas Meadows, overtaking the Continental divide at Targhee Pass, then entering Yellowstone National Park."
In order to get at Yellowstone, you have to go by the Bannock Trail. A" roughly 200-mile path [running] northeast from Idaho's Camas Meadows, overtaking the Continental divide at Targhee Pass, then entering Yellowstone National Park."
From there it weaves "among the park's rugged western peaks, wildflower-studded meadows, blistering geysers, & spirited waterways. After dropping into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the trail traverses the river to an island-Bannock Ford-dividing Yellowstone river's flow."
From there it weaves "among the park's rugged western peaks, wildflower-studded meadows, blistering geysers, & spirited waterways. After dropping into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the trail traverses the river to an island-Bannock Ford-dividing Yellowstone river's flow."
From there it weaves "among the park's rugged western peaks, wildflower-studded meadows, blistering geysers, & spirited waterways. After dropping into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the trail traverses the river to an island-Bannock Ford-dividing Yellowstone river's flow."
"From that juncture. the trail drives east through the Lamar Valley and onto the 'Buffalo plains' east of the park"

"The [Bannock trail] was used heavily from 1838-1878 to read the cool high-country air, obsidian collection sites, and bison hunting grounds"
Named for the Bannock Indians, the trail was traced through by the first White men, traders & trappers chasing the fur trade, who ventured into Yellowstone and "brought home dubious tales of hissing, trembling earth ... sky-high waterfalls ... fathomless canyon, & an inland sea
Named for the Bannock Indians, the trail was traced through by the first White men, traders & trappers chasing the fur trade, who ventured into Yellowstone and "brought home dubious tales of hissing, trembling earth ... sky-high waterfalls ... fathomless canyon, & an inland sea
Named for the Bannock Indians, the trail was traced through by the first White men, traders & trappers chasing the fur trade, who ventured into Yellowstone and "brought home dubious tales of hissing, trembling earth ... sky-high waterfalls ... fathomless canyon, & an inland sea
The first non-Indian who traversed the Yellowstone Region was John Colter, a member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1807-1808.

Jim Bridger, a famous mountain man himself, the first Euro-American to lay eyes on the Great Salt Lake, decades later explored Yellowstone as well.
The first non-Indian who traversed the Yellowstone Region was John Colter, a member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1807-1808.Jim Bridger, a famous mountain man himself, the first Euro-American to lay eyes on the Great Salt Lake, decades later explored Yellowstone as well.
The first non-Indian who traversed the Yellowstone Region was John Colter, a member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1807-1808.Jim Bridger, a famous mountain man himself, the first Euro-American to lay eyes on the Great Salt Lake, decades later explored Yellowstone as well.
Their reports of "Smoking pits and noxious steam" or of the hot springs being like "Hell bubbling up" were disbelieved. After all, mountain men were famous for exaggerating characteristics and attributes. This was just an entertaining yarn they were spinning, right?
As decades passed, however, "One newspaper decided to... introduce those wilds to the world. The first written impressions of Yellowstone appeared in newspapers in 1827. From trapper Daniel Pott's letters to his brother, the Gazette of the U.S & Daily Advertiser(Phil.) printed:"
(From https://user.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/pottsltr.html)

However, even though Yellowstone was now in the papers, fewer trappers explored there, an aftereffect of the declining beaver trade after they were hunted almost to extinction. Even into the 1830s, Yellowstone was still "terra incognita".
As such, Tribes continued " to pass along the rugged, winding Bannock Trail relatively unimpeded by Euro-Americans"

A shortlist includes the "Arapaho, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, Crow, & Shoshone"

"A Shoshone band, the Tukudeka, were the only permanent residents of Yellowstone."
By the 1840s tho, expansion was in full swing. With 1000s of Pioneers and 49'ers going west it became needed to fully map the west. In 1860 an expedition led by Captain William Raynolds & Geologist Ferdinand Hayden was guided by Jim Bridger exploring Yellowstone's perimeter.
By the 1840s tho, expansion was in full swing. With 1000s of Pioneers and 49'ers going west it became needed to fully map the west. In 1860 an expedition led by Captain William Raynolds & Geologist Ferdinand Hayden was guided by Jim Bridger exploring Yellowstone's perimeter.
By the 1840s tho, expansion was in full swing. With 1000s of Pioneers and 49'ers going west it became needed to fully map the west. In 1860 an expedition led by Captain William Raynolds & Geologist Ferdinand Hayden was guided by Jim Bridger exploring Yellowstone's perimeter.
While they failed to penetrate the interior, a geological map was finally made that "marked features of the Upper Yellowstone Valley, based on Bridger's descriptions, including the lake and falls." as well as Hayden's educated conjecture.
While they failed to penetrate the interior, a geological map was finally made that "marked features of the Upper Yellowstone Valley, based on Bridger's descriptions, including the lake and falls." as well as Hayden's educated conjecture.
While they failed to penetrate the interior, a geological map was finally made that "marked features of the Upper Yellowstone Valley, based on Bridger's descriptions, including the lake and falls." as well as Hayden's educated conjecture.
But soon, the Civil war broke out, and plans for more expeditions were shelved as the Union put all their attention to the South.

I think that's a pretty good place to leave off for now.
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