Tag Archives: Cook-Folsom-Peterson Expedition

Old Yellowstone: Early Expeditions

Early expeditions were the foundation for the signing of the Act of Dedication on March 1, 1892, establishing Yellowstone National Park!

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Yellowstone Books: Empire of Shadows

Who would ever go so far as to call Yellowstone National Park an “empire of shadows?”

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Old Yellowstone: Cook-Folsom-Peterson Expedition

David Folsom

Papers compiled by David E. Folsom after the first organized expedition to what would become Yellowstone National Park — the Cook-Folsom-Peterson Expedition of 1869 — have been uncovered and subsequently purchased by Montana State University.

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