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Colters Hell
On Lewis and Clark's trip, a man name John Colter left the expedition and saw the area of what is now Yellowstone National park. He came back with stories of steaming geysers and bubbling cauldrons. they now call that story "Colter's Hell." -
Established by Grant
it was established when Ulysses S. Grant was president. -
wagon
yellowstone national park has its first wagon trip -
Army Help
U.S. Army takes over protective duties for Yellowstone and its wildlife -
Fort Yellowstone
fort yellowstone is in the mamath hot spring, which is in the northwestern park of yellowstone. this date is when the first building was done. there was also other buildings such as a guard house and headquarters. -
cars
Yellowstone is opened to automobile traffic -
Services
U.S. Congress authorizes the National Park Service -
plow roads
First request to park managers to plow roads in winter -
snowmobiles
First personal snowmobiles enter the park -
FIRE
in 1988 yellowstone was hit with a fire -
wolves are introduced
12 wolves were brought to yellowstone from canada -
Harsh winter
Harsh winter leads to more than 1,000 bison dying or being killed -
winter-use plan
Park completes 2007 winter-use plan -
3,394,326 people
3,394,326 is the amount of visitors in yellowstone that year
