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Yellowstone National Park, the first US National Park
Yellowstone National Park, the first US National Park
Conception of the first National Park
145 years ago, on March 1st, 1872, 18th US President Ulysses S. Grant signed "The Act of Dedication" law creating Yellowstone National Park, the first US National Park, as well as the first national park in the world.
Yellowstone National Park - which takes its name from the Yellowstone River that runs through the park - is located in the Western United States, and borders Montana (representing 96% of the park's surface), Idaho (3%), and Wyoming (1%). There was no dedicated department to run the park, so it fell under the Secretary of the Interior's control until 1886. Management was then assumed by the US Army until 1917, when the National Park Service (which was created the previous year) took over.
A number of surveys and expeditions during the early to mid-nineteenth century led to repeated pleas to section off part of the area to protect it under the auspices of a national park.
Today, hundreds of species of flora and fauna can be found in the park.
Yellowstone National Park - which takes its name from the Yellowstone River that runs through the park - is located in the Western United States, and borders Montana (representing 96% of the park's surface), Idaho (3%), and Wyoming (1%). There was no dedicated department to run the park, so it fell under the Secretary of the Interior's control until 1886. Management was then assumed by the US Army until 1917, when the National Park Service (which was created the previous year) took over.
A number of surveys and expeditions during the early to mid-nineteenth century led to repeated pleas to section off part of the area to protect it under the auspices of a national park.
Today, hundreds of species of flora and fauna can be found in the park.
Yellowstone National Park
March 1st, 1872
post by Chanez Baali
project: The Glass Files #onthisday via Instagram / Photo credit: Boyd Henrikse
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