Witness / Archive / Commons
Back to Archive

1871

Yellowstone, Wyoming

LowerFallsJackson1871

LowerFallsJackson1871 — Yellowstone, Wyoming

Photo of Lower Yellowstone Falls by William Henry Jackson, 1871 taken during the Hayden Expedition to Yellowstone in 1871

Photograph by William Henry Jackson

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress through the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the US, and is also widely understood to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular. While it represents many types of biomes, subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.

Read more on Wikipedia

Part of the Geological Survey