Yellowstone National Park was signed into law, becoming the first United States National Park, on March 1, 1872, and has been a popular site for tourists and scientists alike ever since. But what were the park's lands and wildlife like when it just opened, over 140 years ago?
Find out with this set of field notes from botanist and Smithsonian curator Joseph Nelson Rose. Rose conducted field work in Yellowstone, among other places, in 1893--just one year after the National Park was established. Explore Rose's notes and botanical lists and help transcribe them!
Yellowstone National Park was signed into law, becoming the first United States National Park, on March 1, 1872, and has been a popular site for tourists and scientists alike ever since. But what were the park's lands and wildlife like when it just opened, over 140 years ago?
Find out with this set of field notes from botanist and Smithsonian curator Joseph Nelson Rose. Rose conducted field work in Yellowstone, among other places, in 1893--just one year after the National Park was established. Explore Rose's notes and botanical lists and help transcribe them!