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The
National Park Story
in Pictures

By ISABELLE F. STORY
Consultant, National Park Service

IT WAS FITTING THAT THE FATE OF THE YELLOWSTONE COUNTRY should have been decided, and the national park idea given birth, at the 1870 campfire at the close of the Yellowstone explorations. The campfire is interwoven into the fabric of America. Around it gathered the early explorers, the trappers, the fur traders, the soldiers, and the pioneer settlers. Today it stands for campanionship, relaxation, and recreation in the out-of-doors. Campfire gatherings in the national parks are gaining steadily in popularity; and in the long range plans of national park development more campfire circles are planned.

(Web Edition Note: The Yellowstone campfire myth was later proven to be untrue).

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1957

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fred A. Seaton, Secretary

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director

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