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It all started in 1864, when Congress donated Yosemite Valley to California for preservation as a state park. Eight years later, in 1872, Congress reserved the Yellowstone country in the Wyoming and Montana territories as a public park. Since the territories…
Quiz: Yellowstone National Park
Way back 145 years ago, Yellowstone was made into the first national park in the US. Native Americans had lived and hunted in the region that would become Yellowstone for hundreds of years before the first Anglo explorers arrived. Abundant…