Fort Yellowstone

Fort Yellowstone
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
Historic District
	Fort Yellowstone (1895)
location	Yellowstone National Park , ; Wyoming
Coordinates	44 ° 58 '30 " N , 110 ° 41' 53" W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '30 " N , 110 ° 41' 53" W.
Built	1891
NRHP number	03001032
Data
The NRHP added	July 31, 2003
Declared as an NHL	July 31, 2003

Fort Yellowstone today

Fort Yellowstone is a former US Army - base , which today to manage the Yellowstone National Park serves. The fort is recognized as a National Historic Landmark .

history

Yellowstone National Park was established on March 1, 1872 , making it the first national park in the world. In the years after its inception, a civilian team with limited resources ran the park. This group was unable to protect the park's flora and fauna from vandalism and exploitation. Therefore, in 1886 , she handed control of the park to the US Army.

The Army set up a tent camp, Camp Sheridan , in the north of the park, near Mammoth Hot Springs . On May 11, 1891, the Army began building Fort Yellowstone at the same location. By autumn they had erected the first twelve buildings, including a guard house for 15 prisoners, an administration building with three offices, two officers' buildings, a barrack for 60 soldiers, a storage room, a bakery and a stable. In 1893 the Army added a hospital with ten beds and a warehouse for 150 tons of hay to the fort. Thus, the fort had enough capacity to accommodate a single troop. Between 1897 and 1909 the Army expanded the fort's capacity for a second force. The Army completed the construction of additional facilities such as a chapel and a new hospital by 1913. The Army continued to use the fort until 1918 when it transferred control of the park and fort to the newly established National Park Service . The National Park Service has since used the facilities of Fort Yellowstone as the administrative center for Yellowstone National Park and as a park museum.

With the exception of 1904 and 1905, Fort Yellowstone always had one or two cavalry troops stationed. In 1904/05 the fort was far overcrowded with four troops. In the summer units of the Army were also in camps outside the fort. The service in Yellowstone was a popular change from the otherwise tough life of a soldier.

On July 31, 2003, Fort Yellowstone was entered as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places and recognized as a National Historic Landmark.

Historical importance of the fort

The Army ran Yellowstone National Park for 32 years. The US Army has not managed a national park longer.

The park is often viewed by environmentalists as the first standard for national park management. During its 32-year presence in the park, the Army developed regulations that placed great emphasis on protection. The park's flora and fauna have been effectively protected from vandalism and extinction . The National Park Service adopted many of the Army regulations. Even the hats worn by the National Park Service rangers (the Ranger Stetsons) are derived from old Army hats.

literature

Aubrey L. Haines: The Yellowstone Story. A History of our First National Park , Volume Two, University Press of Colorado, Niwot, 1996, ISBN 0-87081-391-9

Individual evidence

↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Wyoming. National Park Service , accessed March 14, 2020.
Fort Yellowstone on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 14, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Fort Yellowstone - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Wyoming. National Park Service , accessed March 14, 2020.
Fort Yellowstone on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed March 14, 2020.