Oldest, largest and one of our most beautiful vacation lands as Yellowstone National park. There it is in northwestern wyoming. Doesnt it touch your imagination a little . All the flowers and mountains are reserved for you. Established in 1872 by the United States congress, Yellowstone National park was the first National Park encompassing land from three states. The park is an economic driver for towns that surround it. Wele in bozeman montana, spoke with former park historian about his career and the impact the parkas had on the region. Us about your first yellowstone experience. My first yellowstone experience reaches way back. Ite for so many americans, was a vacation. Parents taught us, my brother yellowstone from norman oklahoma, our hometown and continued bringing us for many years. We were always interested in not just yellowstone but the whole american west. Into that trap of never going east, no matter what mother wanted to do. Mostly dad wanted to fish in yellowstone. So we
Thats 90 miles from Yellowstone National park, drawing many tourists to the city. We will learn about the history and the surrounding region. When i first moved, there were so many named story. A story streets, story motors, story distributing. Lot written on him. There was a historian who said bozeman is misnamed. Personally i think bozeman has a better ring to it than any of those other options. I was curious about nelsons story, since his name was plastered all over the place. Has not been a fulllength biography ever written about him. Over the years i put it together. Nelson story was one of the more successful western capitalists in the history of the American West. If you take a step back and try and name others, you come up with Leland Stanford in california. Im sure that name rings a bell area you would have John Creighton from nebraska. John e live from northern colorado, and all of those people were very good. They started the most part and goldmining. After making some headw
At cspan. Org citiestour. Cspans cities tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. Every first and third weekend of the month, we bring you the history and literary life of a different that he as we visit Historic Sites and talk to local authors. With support from our spectrum cable partners, this weekend we traveled to bozeman, montana. Situated in the southern part of the state, bozeman sits 90 miles from Yellowstone National park, drawing many tourists to the city. Over the next hour, we will learn about the history of the bozeman and the surrounding region. When i first moved to bozeman, there were so many story, story streets, story distributing, story hills, but there was not a lot written on him. There was a historian who once said to me you know, bozeman is misnamed. He said it ought to be story. Orstory bill storyville, story town. Personally, i think bozeman has a better ring to it than any of those other options. They remaine
Oh, this largest and one of our most beautiful vacation lands is Yellowstone National park. There it is. That white area in northwestern wyoming. It touches montana and idaho and doesnt touch your imagination a little. To think that the worlds greatest outdoor museum, all the flowers and forest and mountains are reserved for you. All established in 1872 by the United States congress, Yellowstone National park was the worlds first National Park, encompassing land from three states. Idaho, montana and wyoming. The park is an economic driver for towns that surround it. While in bozeman, montana, which sits about 75 miles north of the park, we spoke with former park historian Lee Whittlesey about his career and the impact the park has had on the region. Tell us about your first yellowstone experience. Oh, my gosh. My first yellowstone experience reaches way back. And like for so many americans, it was a vacation. I was four and my parents brought us my brother and me, to yellowstone from n
Oh, this largest and one of our most beautiful vacation lands is Yellowstone National park. There it is. That white area in northwestern wyoming. It touches montana and idaho and doesnt touch your imagination a little. To think that the worlds greatest outdoor museum, all the flowers and forest and mountains are reserved for you. All established in 1872 by the United States congress, Yellowstone National park was the worlds first National Park, encompassing land from three states. Idaho, montana and wyoming. The park is an economic driver for towns that surround it. While in bozeman, montana, which sits about 75 miles north of the park, we spoke with former park historian Lee Whittlesey about his career and the impact the park has had on the region. Tell us about your first yellowstone experience. Oh, my gosh. My first yellowstone experience reaches way back. And like for so many americans, it was a vacation. I was four and my parents brought us my brother and me, to yellowstone from n