Harry Yount
Henry S. Yount (March 18, 1837 - May 16, 1924 ), also known as Rocky Mountain Harry Yount , was a US Civil War veteran , mountain man , professional hunter , trapper , prospector , wilderness guide and the first ranger of Yellowstone National Park in the USA .
Yount first came into contact with the Yellowstone area as a cowboy in the 1878 Hayden Study. When he was about to enter the time with a colleague the park together, she was at Camp Bannock - Indians burned down. In addition, their animals were stolen from them.
On June 21, 1880, the park's second superintendent, Philetus Norris , hired him to stop poaching and vandalism in the park, which was founded in 1872. Hunting has been banned in the park since it was founded. Yount built himself a hut in the Lamar Valley and spent the winter there alone in the vast wilderness with deep snow and icy cold winds. His only company was the herds of wild animals that he was supposed to protect. In the fall of 1881 he resigned his job on the grounds that one man was not enough to do this job and that a powerful police force was needed.
Yount's successors would also not be successful in combating poaching and vandalism. The situation only improved when the US Army took over management of the park in 1886.
A mountain in the southeast of Yellowstone National Park, Yount Peak, was named after Yount .
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| SURNAME | Yount, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rocky Mountain Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first park ranger in Yellowstone National Park |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1837 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1924 |