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:	9780762776320
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	01/24/2012
Series:	It Happened In Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	698 KB

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