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The Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition of 1869 was the first organized expedition to explore the region that became Yellowstone National Park. The privately financed expedition was carried out by David E. Folsom , Charles W. Cook and William Peterson of Diamond City, Montana , a gold camp in the Confederate Gulch area of the Big Belt Mountains ...
The Cook-Folsom-Peterson Expedition of 1869 was the first organized expedition to explore the region that became Yellowstone National Park. The privately financed expedition was carried out by David E. Folsom, Charles W. Cook and William Peterson of Diamond City, Montana, a gold camp in the Confederate Gulch area of the Big Belt Mountains east ...
Map of North America, from an 1818 U.S. edition of Pinkerton's Atlas, showing the approximate area of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase west of the Mississippi River. Secretary Calhoun stated the expedition was a "part of a system of measures" to maintain northwestern trade, describing its objects as "the protection of our northwestern frontier and the greater extension of our fur trade."
Yellowstone timeline explained. While the hit show Yellowstone may have come out first, the Dutton family tree goes back much further than the Paramount show’s premiere. The series has two ...
Yellowstone is one of the planet's largest volcanic systems, a place where a plume of the Earth's molten core rises up through the solid rock of crust, heating and melting it to form reservoirs of ...
Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Hellroaring Creek which is a tributary of the Yellowstone River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,200 feet (671 meters) above the creek in 0.6 miles (0.97 km) and 2,750 feet (838 meters) above the river in 2.3 miles (3.7 km).
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone finally returns tonight after a nearly two-year-long hiatus. On Sunday, Nov. 10 the Dutton family saga continues with the final stretch of episodes for Season 5 ...
George Graham Vest – Senator from Missouri (1879–1903) – Self-appointed protector of Yellowstone; Promoters. Jay Cooke – Northern Pacific Railroad – Financed Nathaniel P. Langford's 1871 lectures on Yellowstone exploration; Historic events Expeditions and the protection of Yellowstone (1869–1890) Nez Perce in Yellowstone Park