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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FO_the-golden-gate_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Bridging the Golden Gate Canyon was one of the most difficult and expensive engineering engineers faced when building the first roads through the park. The first bridge was built in 1885. Twelve hundred seventy-five pounds of explosives were neede…
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Yellowstone National Park Chapel Erected 1913 at the suggestion of Honorable John W. Meldrum, First National Park U.S. Commissioner and endorsed by Bishop William F. Nichols Bishop Nathaniel S. Thomas Bishop James J. Keane Brigadier Gene…
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Fort Yellowstone has been designated a National Historic Landmark This Fort Possesses National Significance In Commemorating the History of the United States America 2003 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFE_life-in-a-fire-tower_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Beginning in the early 1900s, fire towers were built across the nation to protect the forest resources from uncontrolled wildland fire.These towers were manned by rugged individuals who spent their days alone searching the horizon with binoculars …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFD_mt-washburn-trail_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
After a steady ascent through whitebark pine and fir forest the trail reaches alpine tundra - a wind-scoured world of stunted trees and briefly blooming wildflowers.Mt. Washburn's steep slopes and low groundcover are ideal habitat for bighorn shee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9T_snow-movers_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
For months on end their food is buried. Herbivores - plant-eaters - face the same relentless winter fate: adapt or starve.To reach sedges and dry grass, bison swing their huge heads back and forth, clearing away the drifts. Fields become pocked wi…
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Hot springs create different water temperature environments for living things. Cistern Spring's brown, orange, and green colors represent species of visible algae and bacteria, each requiring a different temperature environment. Only a handful of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9Q_echinus_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Millions of spine-shaped deposits surround Echinus Geyser. Iron, arsenic, manganese, and aluminum are all found in the acidic fountain of water that showers the landscape. With each eruption, these metals help build miniature rust-colored sinter s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9P_echinus_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Millions of spine-shaped deposits surround Echinus Geyser. Iron, arsenic, manganese, and aluminum are all found in the acidic fountain of water that showers the landscape. With each eruption, these metals help build miniature rust-colored sinter s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5Z_forces-of-the-northern-range-self-guiding-trail_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
A Special PlaceYellowstone's northern range is home to a large variety of plants and animals. It is unique - different from other areas in the park. What makes it different? · Elevations are 5,200 - 7,000 feet - lower than anywhere else i…
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