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A 5 page paper which provides an historical overview of the world’s oldest national park. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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breathtaking visual images covering over two million mesmerizing acres (Rainsbury 555). There is, of course, "Old Faithful," the magnificent geyser which spews boiling water well over 100 feet into
the air (Rainsbury 555). Then, there is the placid Yellowstone Lake, an impressive river canyon that is over 2,000 feet deep, and the largest collection of geysers, reflecting pools
and gigantic hot springs anywhere in the world (Rainsbury 555). Visiting Yellowstone is like taking a step back in time, back to a place that can truly be called
Gods country, virtually unspoiled by man or industrialization. Although a devastating 1988 fire destroyed nearly a third of the park, the other two-thirds has changed amazingly little throughout the
centuries. It is a place where visitors can actually see the song "Home on the Range" come to life, with elk, bison, moose or perhaps some bighorn sheep meandering
about (Rainsbury 555). Yellowstone has been a permanent fixture on the American landscape, and its history is every bit as interesting and exciting as the park itself. A primitive
trapper turned explorer named John Colter is believed to be the first white man to travel through the Yellowstone region (Magoc 5). Years later, perhaps because of Colters vivid
descriptions, mountain men like the famed Jim Bridger would frequent the area, and return mesmerizing tales "of a bizarre and fantastic landscape" (Magoc 5). After the Civil War, America
embarked on restoring order. The lure of the West, fueled largely by the gold boom in the mid-nineteenth century had families moving their covered wagons westward, in search of
riches. The prevailing American philosophy of the time was that of Manifest Destiny, or the sense that it was mans fate to control as much frontier territory as possible,
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