Historic Yellowstone National Park: The Stories behind the World's First National Park

by Bruce T Gourley

Historic Yellowstone National Park captures the most interesting moments in the park’s history, the slices of life in Montana and Wyoming that provide an idea of what life was like for those who chose to explore this gloriously beautiful corner of the United States. There’s the presence of Native Americans in the early years of the area’s history, the early explorers and expeditions, its debut as the very first national park, the explosive growth of tourism, and the people who made history in this astonishing and mysterious Rocky Mountain landscape. Historic YellowstoneNational Park provides just enough of this rich history to make the experience of visiting the park better than expected.

264 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2021

Reviews

[Nikki Morton]

This book was exactly what I was looking for to quench my curiosity on the when and the how this amazing national park came to be. I wanted to know the history on how the area was first explored and the timeline regarding its discovery by Euro-Americans, as well as precisely how Wonderland was morphed into the park we know today. Gourley covers all of this and much more. I thoroughly enjoyed this well written account of Yellowstone’s history.

[Juan Carlos]

Good walk through the history of the park. At times very interesting...

[Scott]

I really enjoyed the early history of our first national park. It is fun to imagine those times and the author was excellent in description. Four stars due to a couple sections where a side-bar topic droned on and made me hope that the next page would return me to the park.

[Tammy]

Perhaps I should have read PRIOR to my trip to Yellowstone. Regardless, I picked it up in one of their visitor centers. Excellent history of our nations first national park and what it took to make it happen. Remote camping in the park and just amazingly beautiful, beyond description.