It Happened in Yellowstone: Remarkable Events That Shaped History

by Erin H. Turner

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762764433
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/24/2012
Series:	It Happened In Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.32(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

The Making of Wonderland—600,000 Years Ago

The Change of the Seasons—1800

Joe Meek's Escape—1829

It Didn't Happen in Yellowstone—1866

Thirty-seven Days Alone in Yellowstone—1870

The National Park Idea—1872

Emma Cowan and the Nez Perce—1877

An Ordinary Journey—1883

Lieutenant Kingman's Dream—1883

Documenting the Park—1887

Soldiering in the Park—1889

Saving the Buffalo—1902

The Serpent Enters Eden—1902

For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People—1903

A Typical Tour Through Wonderland—1904

The Great Stagecoach Robbery—1908

Murder in Yellowstone—1912

Marguerite Lindsley Comes Home—1923

A Fatal Mistake—1927

When the Mountain Fell—1959

The Family of the Bear—1966

No Fishing Allowed—1973

Let It Burn—1988

The Return of the Wolf—1995

Steamboat Geyser Erupts—2000

Night of the Grizzlies—Yellowstone—2010