. Yellowstone Park via Gardiner Gateway . of what is now the park. JamesBridger and Jos. L. Meek, fur trappers, were therein the 30s. Warren A. Ferris saw the geysers in1834, and wrote the first published account of DeLacy explored a part of the country in1863; Folsom, Cook, and Peterson were there in 1869, the Washburn-Doane party in 1870, andDr. Hayden in 1871-2. Yellowstone Park was established by the govern-ment March 1, 1872. Subsequently a Forest Reservewas added on the east and south sides. The parkproper is about sixty-two miles long from north tosouth, fifty-four miles wide
. Yellowstone Park via Gardiner Gateway . of what is now the park. JamesBridger and Jos. L. Meek, fur trappers, were therein the 30s. Warren A. Ferris saw the geysers in1834, and wrote the first published account of DeLacy explored a part of the country in1863; Folsom, Cook, and Peterson were there in 1869, the Washburn-Doane party in 1870, andDr. Hayden in 1871-2. Yellowstone Park was established by the govern-ment March 1, 1872. Subsequently a Forest Reservewas added on the east and south sides. The parkproper is about sixty-two miles long from north tosouth, fifty-four miles wide, and has an area of3,348 square miles. It is mostly in NorthwesternWyoming, with a narrow strip each in Montana andIdaho. It is situated about midway between , Minneapolis, Duluth, and Superior on theeast and Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland on theNorth Pacific coast. The park is an elevatedplateau surrounded by mountains and has anaverage elevation above sea level of from 7,500 to8,000 feet. Large streams of lava have .spread over. FOOT OF GRAND CANYON AT TOWER FALLyellowstoneparkv300gnort
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