Yellowstone celebrates its 150th anniversary on March 1. See how America's first national park paved the way for others across the U.S., and what’s in store to preserve its future.
Yellowstone National Park celebrates its 150th anniversary on Tuesday. The 2.2 million acres that span Wyoming, Montana and Idaho have transformed from a wilderness to an attraction that millions visit every year.The area was home to Native Americans before the land was allocated for a park, said Alicia Murphy, Yellowstone’s historian.President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation on March 1, 1872, to establish the country’s first national park.
“People had the money and the ability and the desire” to visit, she said.In 1948, Yellowstone reached one million annual visitors for the first time ever. People flocked to the park’s popular sites, including the Old Faithful geyser and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.A wave of Americans came flooding into the park last year. A record 4.8 million visitors stepped foot in Yellowstone in 2021. Ms. Murphy said she finds the recent influx of visitors similar to that of the 1940s.
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