Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 138 Langford, Nathaniel Pitt 1832 1911 The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Journal of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870 Reading ease score: 60.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keren Vergon, Garrett Alley, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Discovery of Yellowstone Park" by Nathaniel Pitt Langford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative chronicles the Washburn Expedition of 1870, which was pivotal in unveiling the wonders of Yellowstone National Park to the world. The text intertwines the tales of adventurous pioneers, hazardous journeys through treacherous terrain, and the awe-inspiring natural phenomena encountered during their exploration. The opening of the book provides a comprehensive background on the journey leading to the expedition, highlighting the motivations behind setting out into the largely uncharted wilderness driven by the gold rush of the 1860s. Langford details the trials faced by numerous adventurers, including conflicts with indigenous peoples, harsh environmental conditions, and the determination to uncover the rumored marvels of the Yellowstone region. He introduces key figures in the expedition, such as General Washburn, amidst discussions of the impending dangers and their resolve to pursue exploration at all costs. The narrative sets the stage for what promises to be an awe-inspiring and peril-filled adventure into the heart of America’s natural beauty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Langford, Nathaniel Pitt, 1832-1911 -- Diaries Yellowstone National Park -- Discovery and exploration F721 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 323598 319871 2024-10-05T08:20:50.636712 2023-10-05T08:23:18.698114 text/html text/html 314520 2004-02-18T19:53:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1326022 2004-02-18T19:56:16 text/html application/zip 1333174 2024-10-05T08:20:58.976180 application/epub+zip 1339355 2024-10-05T08:20:54.170703 application/epub+zip 191114 2024-10-05T08:20:52.753694 application/epub+zip 1779146 2024-10-05T08:21:02.231159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1762774 2024-10-05T08:20:57.934187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240502 2022-09-05T11:53:16.338342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293576 293467 2024-10-05T08:20:49.832718 2023-10-05T08:23:18.172084 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 294940 2004-02-18T09:40:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 110054 2004-02-18T09:45:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294931 2004-02-18T09:40:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110026 2004-02-18T09:45:28 text/plain application/zip 21564 2024-10-05T08:21:02.445153 application/rdf+xml 16056 2024-10-05T08:20:53.314687 image/jpeg 3946 2024-10-05T08:20:53.031676 image/jpeg 1434433 2024-10-05T08:20:50.781731 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia