Watching Over Yellowstone: The Us Army's Experience in America's First National Park, 1886-1918

by Thomas C Rust

When, in 1883, Congress charged the US Army with managing Yellowstone National Park, soldiers encountered a new sort of hostility: work they were untrained for, in a daunting physical and social environment where they weren't particularly welcome. When they departed in 1918, America had a new sort of serviceman: the National Park Service Ranger. From the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the conclusion of the army's superintendence, Watching...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700629408
• ISBN13: 9780700629404
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.4"