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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first Nationa...
Salt Works
Salt, for the preservation of food, was essential to the s...
Blackbird Hill
On August 11, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped...
Tower Falls
Tower Falls is a 132 foot waterfall located in the Northwe...
Packer Meadows
Packer Meadows is located on the Lolo Trail near the prese...
Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
On June 26, 1876, troopers of the U.S. 7th Calvary Regimen...
Ecola State Park
Named after the Chinook word for “whale,” Ecola State Park...
Colter Bay
Named after the explorer John Colter who passed through th...
Seventh Cavalry Memorial
The Seventh Cavalry Memorial is part of a larger historic ...
Midway Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring
The Midway Geyser Basin is located in Yellowstone National...
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is North America’s first National Forest. On March 1 1872, President Ulysses S Grant signed a bill making Yellowstone the first federally protected landmass in the United States. The park boundaries span an area larger than the ...
Salt Works
Salt, for the preservation of food, was essential to the survival of any long-term expedition in the nineteeth-century, including the Lewis and Clark Expedition. By the time the Corps reached the Pacific Coast, they were nearly out of salt. On ...
Blackbird Hill
On August 11, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition stopped at the foot of a hill on the west side of the Missouri River near present day Macy, Nebraska. The two leaders and ten corpsmen climbed the hill to visit ...
Tower Falls
Tower Falls is a 132 foot waterfall located in the Northwest portion of Yellowstone National Park. Samuel Hauser, a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition that explored northwest Wyoming, named the waterfall in 1870. Hauser was not the first person to ...
Packer Meadows
Packer Meadows is located on the Lolo Trail near the present day Idaho and Montana border. The Nez Perce tribe utilized the Lolo Trail in order to pass through the Bitterroot Mountains and reach buffalo country. The Lewis and Clark ...
Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
On June 26, 1876, troopers of the U.S. 7th Calvary Regiment led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer engaged in fierce fighting with Indians of the Teton Sioux and Northern Cheyenne tribes near the Little Big Horn River in Montana. ...
Ecola State Park
Named after the Chinook word for “whale,” Ecola State Park is located on the Pacific Coast of Oregon. During the winter of 1805-06 the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery camped at nearby Fort Clatsop. On January 6, 1806, William ...
Colter Bay
Named after the explorer John Colter who passed through the Jackson Lake area in 1807-08, Colter Bay is a small body of water located on the eastern side of the much larger Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. Colter ...
Seventh Cavalry Memorial
The Seventh Cavalry Memorial is part of a larger historic site known as the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The site as a whole pays homage to some of the most iconic figures in the history of the American West, ...
Midway Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring
The Midway Geyser Basin is located in Yellowstone National Park, and is part of the largest collection of geysers in the world. Midway features the Excelsior Geyser, which discharges more than 4,000 gallons of water per minute, as well as ...
