It Happened in Yellowstone
Stories of Events and People That Shaped America's First National Park
Seiten
2025
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Third Edition
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-8856-0 (ISBN)
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-8856-0 (ISBN)
This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of Yellowstone Park. Read about the making of "Wonderland" over 600,000 years ago. Try to piece together the Great Stagecoach Robbery of 1908. Discover why fishing at Fishing Bridge has been banned since 1973.
True Tales from Yellowstone’s Past—from the volcanic eruption that formed its landscape to the great fires of 1988
Waterfalls, mountains, trees, geysers, and magnificent wildlife form the backdrop for the first national park’s lively history. It Happened in Yellowstone goes behind the scenes to tell its story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped Geyserland. • Experience Truman Everts’s harrowing thirty-seven day struggle to survive alone in the landscape in 1870. • Learn about the historic flight of the Nez Perce and their encounter with early Yellowstone tourists. • Feel the earth shake as it did in 1959 when Quake Lake was formed in a massive earthquake. • Glimpse grizzlies and wolves as these wild creatures find a way to survive in a changing ecosystem.
True Tales from Yellowstone’s Past—from the volcanic eruption that formed its landscape to the great fires of 1988
Waterfalls, mountains, trees, geysers, and magnificent wildlife form the backdrop for the first national park’s lively history. It Happened in Yellowstone goes behind the scenes to tell its story, in short episodes that reveal the intriguing people and events that have shaped Geyserland. • Experience Truman Everts’s harrowing thirty-seven day struggle to survive alone in the landscape in 1870. • Learn about the historic flight of the Nez Perce and their encounter with early Yellowstone tourists. • Feel the earth shake as it did in 1959 when Quake Lake was formed in a massive earthquake. • Glimpse grizzlies and wolves as these wild creatures find a way to survive in a changing ecosystem.
Erin H. Turner is a writer, editor, and author of It Happened in Northern California and More than Petticoats: Remarkable California Women. She has a degree in history and gender and women's studies from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and has traveled extensively throughout the West.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.03.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | It Happened In Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 35 BW Illustrations, 1 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Old Saybrook |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 240 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4930-8856-4 / 1493088564 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4930-8856-0 / 9781493088560 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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