Bierstadt was an important champion of the Yellowstone region. He also brought attention to the areas that would become Yosemite and Rocky Mountain national parks.… Read More
Points West Online: Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall 2006 Roosevelt’s Presidential Tour of Yellowstone National Park By Jeremy Johnston All images are courtesy of the Theodore… Read More
Bierstadt: Boone and Crockett Club
In 1888, Bierstadt became a charter member of the Boone and Crockett Club, North America’s first conservation group committed to preserving and managing wildlands and… Read More
Museum Minute: Zoroaster Peak
Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone… Read More
10 Tips For Visiting Yellowstone
I was fortunate to have grown up in Paradise Valley working for our family business. We spent the majority of our time riding horses, fishing,… Read More
Museum Minute: Yellowstone’s “Most” Famous Bear: Bear 104
Bear 104 was a female grizzly bear who made her home on the edge of Yellowstone National Park and Shoshone National Forest, near a very… Read More
The History And Realities Of Large Carnivore Expansion
Mountain lions, wolves, and grizzly bears are all thriving in Wyoming. But only a couple of decades ago, these large carnivores were not doing so… Read More
Celebrating Local Students
Celebrating local students can make lifelong impacts that encourage skill building, problem solving, and creativity, while igniting a spark that could impact them for years to come. Last summer the… Read More
Center of the West lecturer shares the latest on “The Yellowstone Hotspot: Past, Present, and Future
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Lincoln, Montana, on July 6, 2017, followed by a 3.0 quake in roughly the same area on July 11—and… Read More
Points West Online: Yellowstone and Jellystone: Yogi Bear at 50
Originally published in Points West magazine in Winter 2008 Yellowstone and Jellystone: Yogi Bear at 50 By John Rumm, PhD Former Curator, Buffalo Bill Museum… Read More
