Yellowstone and the Great West: Journals, Letters, and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition

Book Overview

Here, for the first time in paperback, is a fascinating daily record of Ferdinand Hayden's historic 1871 scientific expedition through Utah, Idaho, and Montana Territories to the Yellowstone Basin. The expedition's findings quickly led Congress to establish Yellowstone as the world's first national park. In addition to its scientific discoveries, the expedition is famous for producing the earliest on-site images of Yellowstone, by its photographer,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282893
• ISBN13: 9780803282896
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.7"