Summer 2007
All Photos © Ken Dewey, SNR, UNL.
The North entrance to the park.
Roosevelt Arch
from the
NPS:
"The first
major entrance for Yellowstone was at the north boundary. Before 1903,
trains would bring visitors to Cinnabar,
Montana,
which was a few miles northwest of Gardiner, Montana, and people would
climb onto horse-drawn coaches there to
enter the
park. In 1903, the railway finally came to Gardiner, and people entered
through an enormous stone archway.
Robert
Reamer, a famous architect in Yellowstone, designed the immense stone arch
for coaches to travel through on their way
into the
park. At the time of the arch's construction, President Theodore Roosevelt
was visiting the park. He consequently
placed
the cornerstone for the arch, which then took his name. The top of the
Roosevelt Arch is inscribed with
"For the
benefit and enjoyment of the people," which is from the Organic Act of
1916."
A view of the North Entrance
of Yellowstone National Park from Gardiner, Montana. Note the "Roosevelt
Arch"
in the distance. The sky
is hazy due to the smoke that has drifted into the area from distant wildfires.
At the base of Mammoth Hot Springs
At the base of Mammoth Hot Springs
At the top of Mammoth Hot Springs
At the top of Mammoth Hot Springs
At the top of Mammoth Hot Springs
At the top of Mammoth Hot Springs
A vehicle used to transport
park visitors in the Winter.
A vehicle used to transport park
visitors in the Winter.
The many dead trees, killed during
the large fire of 1988 stand in stark contrast to the newly emerging forest.