YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone’s 150th-anniversary celebrations begin today, March 1. Here’s a look back at the park in its early days of establishment.
Buckrail will be commemorating Yellowstone’s 150th anniversary with SNAPPED galleries. Submit your favorite photos to be featured throughout the month.
1894: Men who captured Poacher Howell, posed with eight of the confiscated bison heads. Left to right in uniform are Dr. Charles M. Candy (Standing) Lieutenant John T. Nance, Captain George Lawson Scott and Lieutenant Forsythe. Photo: Gandy // YNP
1871-1905: Jack Baronett’s toll bridge across the Yellowstone River; Bridge. Photographer unknown;c. 1879;Catalog #18693d
1901: Interior of Old Post Exchange, Fort Yellowstone. Men sit around tables with drinks, cards, and a bartender appears behind the bar. Photo: Richards
1903: Soldiers stand in the camp of President Roosevelt. Photographer Unknown // YNP
1904: Female employees sitting on Canyon Rim. Photo: Haynes
1904: Tally-Ho Stage passing in front of National Hotel
1910: Ski patrol at the Canyon. Photographer unknown // YNP
1922: Chief Ranger Sam Woodring holding two of ten captured wold pups sitting in front of the blacksmith shop. Photographer unknown // YNP
