Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment Table of Contents

Cover

Presidential Statement

Foreword

Preface

Author's Preface

Introduction

Part I: Early Knowledge

The Lewis and Clark Era (1805-14)
The Fur Trade Era (1818-42)
The Exploring Era (1851-63)
The Prospecting Era (1863-71)

Part II: Definitive Knowledge

Background for Exploration
The Folsom Party (1869)
Peripheral Events (1869-70)
The Washburn Party (1870)
The Hayden and Barlow Parties (1871)

Part III: The Park Movement

Biographical Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index (omitted from on-line edition)

1957 re-enactment of the Washburn, Langford, Doane Party—Expedition of 1870, In Camp at the junction of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers (Madison Junction) which gave birth to the National Park Idea. Courtesy of National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection.

Paintings by Thomas Moran.

The Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, from an original water color by Thomas Moran, guest artist with the Hayden Survey expedition into the Yellowstone region in 1871. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, oil on canvas by Thomas Moran, 1872. Courtesy of Department of the Interior Museum, Washington, D.C.

Liberty Cap and Clematis Gulch, from an original water color by Thomas Moran, 1871. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Crystal Falls, from an original water color by Thomas Moran, 1871. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Woodcuts from Ferdinand Hayden's Geological Surveys of the Territories (1872).

The Great Cañon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.

Yellowstone Lake, by Thomas Moran.

Yellowstone Geyers.

Photgraphs by William Henry Jackson.

Giant Geyser, 1902. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Thermal pool, 1902. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Paint pots, 1902. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Punchbowl Spring, 1902. Courtesy of Yellowstone National Park.

Mammoth Hot Springs, 1871. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey.

Hayden Survey camp, Yellowstone Lake, 1871. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey.

Yellowstone Lake. Courtesy of National Archives.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone. Courtesy of National Archives.

Old Faithful Geyser in 1883. Courtesy of National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection.

Portraits of Yellowstone Explorers.

1. Charles W. Cook, c. 1870. Courtesy Mrs. Oscar O. Mueller (nee Josephine Cook).

2. Walter W. deLacy. From Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana, (1896).

3. Gustavus C. Doane. From Strong, A Trip to the Yellowstone..., (1876).

4. Truman C. Everts. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

5. David E. Folsom. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

6. Warren C. Gillette. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

7. Samuel T. Hauser. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

8. Ferdinand V. Hayden. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey.

9. Cornelius Hedges. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

10. Nathaniel P. Langford. Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.

11. William Peterson. Courtesy Yellowstone National Park.

12. Benjamin F. Stickney. From Langford, Diary of the Washburn Expedition..., (1905).

13. Jacob W. Smith. Courtesy Herbert F. Seversmith, Chevy Chase, Md. (a grandson).

14. Henry D. Washburn. From an original Brady photograph loaned by Mr. R. H. Washburn, Phoenix, Ariz. (a grandson).

Maps of the Yellowstone Region.

1. The manuscript map compiled by William Clark from informants during the period 1806—11. Original in the William Robertson Coe Collection. Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

2. The engraving made by Samuel Lewis from Clark's manuscript map, to accompany the History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark. Philadelphia, 1814.

3. the manuscript map compiled by Capt. Washington Hood, of the Topographical Engineers, in 1839, from information supplied by William Sublette and other leaders of the fur trade in the northern Rocky Mountains.

4. The manuscript map drawn by James Bridger and captioned by Father Pierre Jean DeSmet in 1851. Original in the Missouri Province Archives (Jesuits), St. Louis University, Mo.

5. The manuscript map compiled by Father Pierre-Jean DeSmet at the Horse Creek Indian Council, near Fort Laramie, in 1851. Original in the Missouri Province Archives (Jesuits), St. Louis University, Mo.

6. The manuscript map compiled by Capt. William Raynolds, of the Topographical Engineers, in 1860. It is the basis for the map published with The Report of Brevet Brigadier General W. E. Raynolds on the Exploration of the Yellowstone and the Country Drained by that River, Washington, D.C., 1868.

7. The manuscript map compiled by Walter W. deLacy in 1865 incorporating the geographical information obtained in 1863, and subsequently, by himself and others. This is probably the draft of the published Map of the Territory of Montana with Portions of the Adjoining Territories..., 1865. Original in the Montana Historical Society collection.

8. The manuscript map probably compiled by Surveyor General Meredith of Montana Territory in 1869 on the basis of prior geographical knowledge.

9. The manuscript map compiled by Surveyor General Washburn of Montana Terri tory November 1, 1869, showing geographical information obtained from members of the Folsom party of explorers, just returned from the Yellowstone region.

10. The deLacy map as published by G. W. & G. B. Colton & Co. early in 1870, representing a revision of the original deLacy map to accord with the discoveries of the Folsom party in 1869. A copy of this map was carried by the Washburn Expedition of 1870.

11. The manuscript map compiled by Lt. Gustavus C. Doane, commander of the military escort for the Washburn party of explorers in 1870.

12. The manuscript map compiled by Surveyor General Blaine of Montana Territory in 1871, incorporating information obtained by the Washburn party of explorers.

13. The map published by the Geological Survey of the territories (Hayden Survey) as a part of its first report on the Yellowstone region (1872). Separate copies of this map were available late in 1871, and were used by the proponents of the movement which led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.

14. The manuscript map compiled by Capt. John W. Barlow and Capt. David P. Heap following their field work in the Yellowstone region in 1871. Publication of this map with the Barlow-Heap Report of a Reconnaissance of the Basin of the Upper Yellowstone in 1871, Washington, D.C. 1872, concluded the pioneering period of Yellowstone cartography.

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