TABLE OF CONTENTS
Merrill D. Beal
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Preface
7
Acknowledgments
11
Introduction
13
Poem
“OUTDOORS”
15
Chapter I
YELLOWSTONE—GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS
23
Chapter II
JOHN COLTER’S FIRST DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE
30
Chapter III
INDIANS IN AND AROUND YELLOWSTONE
59
Chapter IV
PORTRAIT OF A TRAPPER BRIGADE
71
Chapter V
WERE INDIANS AFRAID OF YELLOWSTONE?
84
Chapter VI
SECONDARY VISITATIONS BEFORE 1869
92
Chapter VII
JIM BRIDGER: MAN AND LEGEND
106
Chapter VIII
FINAL DISCOVERY IN 1869 AND 1870
116
Chapter IX
CREATION OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
136
Chapter X
THE LAST ROUNDUP
147
Chapter XI
CHIEF JOSEPH’S TRAIL OF BLOOD
165
Chapter XII
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS—NEW BUSINESSES
192
Chapter XIII
“THE YELLOWSTONE IDEA”
219
Chapter XIV
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
238
Chapter XV
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
265
Appendix I.
YOUNG MEN CAMPING IN YELLOWSTONE
281
Appendix II.
PROBLEM OF COLTER’S ROUTE IN 1807
285
Bibliographical Note
299
Bibliography
301
Subject Index
310
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