Yellowstone National Park (English name: Yellowstone National Park): referred to as Yellowstone Park, is managed by the U.S. National Park Service . On March 1, 1872, it was officially named a national park to protect wildlife and natural resources, and was included in the World Natural Heritage List in 1978 . This is the world’s first national park .
Yellowstone National Park covers an area of approximately 898,317 hectares, mainly located in Wyoming, USA, and partially located in Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone Park is divided into five areas: the Mammoth Hot Springs area in the northwest is dominated by limestone steps, so it is also called the Hot Steps area; the Roosevelt area in the northeast still retains the Old West landscape; and the Canyon area in the middle, where you can view the Grand Canyon and waterfalls of Yellowstone. The southeast is the Yellowstone Lake area , which is mainly about lakes and mountains; the west and southwest are the geyser area, which is full of geysers , hot springs, steam pools, hot water pools, mud fields and fumaroles. There is a historical monument museum in the park.
The park is home to one of the largest volcanic craters in the world, and it contains one of the largest areas of forest in the world. There are more than 10,000 hot springs and more than 300 geysers. It has more than 290 waterfalls. There are landscapes such as Huangshi Lake, Huangshi River, canyons, waterfalls and hot springs in the park. It is a famous tourist attraction. There are many kinds of wildlife in the park, including 7 species of ungulates, 2 species of bears and 67 species of other mammals, 322 species of birds, 18 species of fish and the cross-border gray wolf. There are more than 1,100 species of native plants, more than 200 species of exotic plants and more than 400 species of thermophilic microorganisms .
Yellowstone National Park is proudly called “the most unique magical paradise on earth” by Americans. The park has convenient transportation. The mountain-ring highway is more than 500 kilometers long, connecting the main attractions in various scenic spots. There are more than 1,500 kilometers of hiking trails.
Tracing the history
world record
Yellowstone National Park is the world’s first certified national park and one of the most spectacular national parks in the world. It spans three states in the United States: Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Yellowstone National Park covers an area of approximately 9,000 square kilometers and includes lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountains. The largest lake in the park is Lake Yellowstone, located at the heart of the Yellowstone Volcano and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in all of North America. The Yellowstone volcano is the largest and still active supervolcano in North America. It has erupted with great force several times in the past two million years, spewing lava and ash and covering most of the park. Due to its continued active status, half of the world’s geothermal resources are located in the Yellowstone Park area.
Yellowstone Park has rich landforms and a changeable climate. The slopes are covered with snow and steam is rising near the geysers. When driving on the roads in the park, you can often see the sun shining brightly. Attractions not to be missed include the majestic Old Faithful Geyser, the colorful Grand Prism, the tranquil Yellowstone Lake, the rushing Yellowstone Falls, the magnificent Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and the beautiful Colossus Hot Springs (also called Mammoth Hot Springs). In addition, as the largest wildlife refuge in the United States, Yellowstone Park is home to a large number of wild animals. The most common sightings in Yellowstone Park are herds of American bison, and red deer and antelopes can often be seen. People can even see reindeer fighting with their strong horns, small black bears playing on the grassland, and sometimes eagles can be seen flying across the sky. The park is densely forested and is the most successful wildlife refuge in the world. Sometimes grizzly or black bears are found deep in the park or on the roads.
Yellowstone was established in the fall of 1807. According to an act of Congress on March 1, 1872, Yellowstone was “authorized to be a public park and place of recreation for the benefit of the people” and “for the preservation of all her trees, minerals, and Sediments, natural wonders and scenery, and other features are maintained in their existing natural state and protected from destruction.” It was officially named a national park to protect wildlife and natural resources. This is the first and currently largest national park in the world. national park.
Yellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, USA. It has more than 10,000 hot springs, including 500 geysers – accounting for two-thirds of the total number of geysers on the earth and the largest concentration of geysers. The most striking of these is Steamboat Geyser. It spouts water up to 91.4 meters high, making it the tallest active geyser. Steamboat Geyser erupted 48 times in 2019, setting a record for the most eruptions in a year. (Guinness World Records)
Naming history
Yellowstone National Park is located at the source of the Yellowstone River , hence the park’s historical name. Near the end of the 18th century, French hunters named the river “Roche Jaune”, possibly a translation of the Mandan (Minnetaree) name “Mi tsi a-da-zi” (Rock Yellow River). Later, American hunters translated the French name into English as “Yellow Stone.” Although the Yellowstone River is generally believed to be named after the yellow rocks seen in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Park, the origin of the Indian name is unclear.
archaeological exploration
Human history in the Yellowstone region dates back 11,000 years. Originating from the Clovis culture about 11,000 years ago , founded by ancient Indians in the remote Mississippi River Basin, obsidian arrowheads made during the same period in Yellowstone Park have been found . Human history in Yellowstone began when Native Americans first began fishing and hunting in the area, and these traditions continued until 200 years ago. By the time white explorers (Lewis and Clark Expedition) first entered this area in 1805, they discovered Indian groups and tribes living in this land for hunting or even scattered settlements, including the Nez Perce (Nez Perce). Perce, Crow and Shoshone . At that time, they lived a life of extreme poverty.
Adventures over the years
In 1795, the place name now known as the Yellowstone River first appeared in written records.
From 1797 to 1798, the British explorer and geographer David Thompson, who was engaged in the fur trade in the Northwest, used the word “Yellowstone” in his notes when he visited the Missouri Mandan village. Although the towering canyon walls are very close to the upper reaches of the “Yellow River Stone”, it is uncertain how the term originated.
In 1805-1806, John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, left the expedition to join a group of trappers in what is now Montana. They heard the sound of volcanoes to the south shaking the earth like thunder.
In the winter of 1808, John Colter traveled through an area that would become part of Yellowstone Park. He observed at least one geothermal area near Tower Falls in northeast Yellowstone. Becoming the first white man to date to explore here.
In 1827, the first written document of the Yellowstone region appeared in a Philadelphia newspaper, but it seemed not to have been noticed. People only paid attention to and valued the barbaric history. The earliest letters about Yellowstone were written by trapper Daniel T. Potts, in which he described some of the geothermal characteristics of the area.
In 1829, trapper Joe Meeker stumbled upon the area now known as Norris Geyser Basin. The place he described was similar to John Colter’s “Fire and Brimstone” and was thought to be an imaginary and fictitious place, nicknamed “Colter’s Hell”. Over the next forty years, numerous reports from mountain men and fur trappers told of the boiling mud, steaming rivers, and petrified trees, but most of these reports were considered myths at the time.
In 1834, Warren Angus Ferris, a salesman for the American Fur Company, walked into what is now Yellowstone Park in order to become famous. He was the first person to actually “tour” to visit the Yellowstone area. , the first to provide a full description of geysers.
From 1835 to 1839, Trapper Osbourne Russell, during the peak of the hunter era, ventured into the Yellowstone area three times, reaching many of Yellowstone’s hot areas and the southern Yellowstone Lake.
In 1842, Western literary envoy Warren Ferris entered Yellowstone. He identified “geysers” that retain heat, a term derived from Iceland.
1850-1860, the American Civil War, which broke out as a direct result of the fight against slavery. At the same time, skirmishes with the Indians continued. The U.S. government decided to explore the Yellowstone region.
After an exploration in 1856, mountain man Jim Bridger, believed to be the first or second European settler to see the Great Salt Lake , also reported seeing boiling springs, geysers, and A mountain made of glass and yellow stone.
In 1859, U.S. Army surveyor Captain
William Reynolds began a two-year survey of the Rocky Mountains . After spending the winter in Wyoming, in May 1860, he and a group including naturalist Ferdinand van der Weerheyden and tour guide Jim Bridger planned to travel from the northwestern part of the state to The Wind River crosses the continental divide between two oceanic plateaus . Although there was heavy snow in the spring, they successfully achieved their goal and became the first people to enter the Yellowstone area to conduct measurements in an organized manner. However, the outbreak of the Civil War put the exploration plan on hold until the late 1860s.
In 1863, a group of gold prospectors entered the southern part of Yellowstone. A few years later the de Lacy Lake area appeared on the map until it was renamed to present-day Sho shone Lake. [7]
In 1865, Francis Xavier Kuppens, a young Jesuit priest, came to the Great Falls to serve in what is now Montana. Among other things, he visited the Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. and geysers. Later, when Coupon had the opportunity to describe his incredible journey, he suggested to Thomas Francis Meagher, acting territorial governor, that there was such a real local wonder that it should be preserved as a national park.
In 1868, Frederick and Phillip Bottler became the first settlers of Bozeman and the park. The Bowtell Ranch was the first base for hunting and exploration.
In 1869, the Cook Folsom Peterson expedition conducted the first detailed exploration of the Yellowstone area. The expedition was made up of three privately funded explorers. Folsom and his party followed the Yellowstone River to Yellowstone Lake. He used his diary to report the recorded information, which became known as the Cook Fulson Peterson Expedition. Members of Folsom’s team kept an expedition log and based their reports on this information.
Develop and build a park
In 1870, a group of Montana residents organized the Washburn Langford Doane Expedition, led by Henry D. Washburn, the state’s surveyor general, and including Nathan N. Langford (later known as “National Park Langford”) and U.S. Army Cavalry Captain Gustavus Cheney Down, among others. The expedition spent about a month exploring the area, collecting specimens and naming some of the sites. One of the team, a Montana writer and attorney named Cornelius Hedges, proposed protecting the area as a national park. He wrote a number of detailed articles about his observations and published them in the Helena Herald in 1870-1871. In October 1865, Montana Territory Acting Administrator Thomas Francis Meagher, who had previously stated that the area should be protected, reiterated Higgs’s opinion. Others have given similar advice.
Langford, the first superintendent of Yellowstone Park
In 1871, the U.S. government received a report from Langford’s expedition to the Yellowstone area the previous year. Ferdinand V. Hayden was appointed by Congress to lead formal exploration and geological surveys into the area. Hayden was in 11 years after his first attempt failed. He was finally able to try exploring the area again. With government funding, Hayden returned to the Yellowstone area with a geological survey team. Hayden brought together a diverse group of geologists, botanists, and zoologists as well as the artist Thomas Moran and the photographer William H. Jackson. Hayden compiled a 500-page comprehensive report on the Yellowstone area for Congress, which included large-scale photographs by William Henry Jackson and paintings by Thomas Moran. Moran’s watercolors and Jackson’s photographs attest to the wonders. All the people were stunned by the wonder and beauty before their eyes. His reports helped convince the U.S. Congress to cancel the public auction of the Yellowstone area and lobby for the creation of “Yellowstone National Park.”
On March 1, 1872, based on the initiative first proposed by Judge Cornelius Hedges that “this land should be a national treasure belonging to all the people of this emerging nation”, then President Ulysses Ulysses S. Grant signed the Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park. At this point, the world’s first ” national park ” was born. Nathaniel Langford, one of the most outspoken supporters of the national park idea, was appointed the park’s first superintendent.
According to an act of Congress on March 1, 1872
, Yellowstone “the 2,200,000 acres of wilderness, is authorized as a public park and recreational place for the benefit of the people” and “for the purpose of containing all its trees, mineral deposits, The natural wonders and scenery, as well as other scenery are maintained in their existing natural state without being destroyed.” It was officially named a “National Park for the Protection of Wildlife and Natural Resources”, which was the first national park in the world.
commemorative annual pass
On March 1, 2022, Yellowstone National Park in the United States celebrated its 150th anniversary. The park launched a new way to invest in the future, a commemorative annual pass for admission to the park, but it can only be used after 150 years. This special annual pass is launched by the Forever Yellowstone Foundation, a partner of Yellowstone National Park, and each “annual pass” is priced at $1,500. The annual pass is printed with the surname of the purchaser’s family, and future generations can enter the park 150 years later, that is, in 2172. In addition, those who purchase this annual pass can visit Yellowstone National Park for free throughout 2022.
This ticket, which can only be used after 150 years, is also called the “Heritage Pass.” Introduced by the park as a way to donate to the park, help protect the future of the park and ensure that future generations of stewards can experience and learn from the world’s first national park. For those who want to not only protect but showcase our natural heritage for the next generation, there is only one way to get your hands on a Heritage Pass. Anyone who donates $1,500 will receive a Premium Memorial Heritage Pass.
Distribution realm
Yellowstone National Park is located in the Rocky Mountains , known as the “Backbone of America”. It is located in the northwest corner of Wyoming in the midwestern United States and extends northwest to Idaho and Montana , covering an area of 8,956 square kilometers. Approximately 96% of Yellowstone National Park is located in Wyoming. Another 3% are in Montana, and the remaining 1% is in Idaho. The park is 101 kilometers from north to south and 87 kilometers from west to east. Yellowstone Park covers an area of approximately 898,317 hectares, an area larger than
Rhode Island or Delaware . Rivers and lakes account for 5% of the land area. The largest water body, Huangshi Lake, occupies 35,220 hectares. The Yellowstone Lake is about 120 meters deep and has a 180-kilometer-long shoreline. Yellowstone Lake, with an altitude of approximately 2,357 meters, is the largest high-altitude lake in North America. Forests cover 80% of the park’s land area; most of the remainder is grassland.