Native peoples moved in and out of the area that was to become Yellowstone National Park for ceremonies, hunting, and the medicines, minerals, and plants found there. Yellowstone was established as the first national park on March 1, 1872, and has remained an enduring inspiration for artists and scientists. Geology and botany specimens in the Smithsonian collections from the 1870s Hayden expedition into Yellowstone still serve scientists studying changes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem over time. When Hayden led the first geological survey of Yellowstone, he brought along a photographer, William Henry Jackson, and a painter, Thomas Moran, to document the area. Their images helped influence Congress to make Yellowstone the first National Park.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Smithsonian American Art Museum Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Smithsonian American Art Museum Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Hymen Terrace, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Jupiter Terrace, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Landscape Study Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Castle Geyser Cone, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Sapphire Pool, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Riverside Geyser, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Above Tower Falls, Yellowstone
Smithsonian American Art Museum The Paint Pot, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian Archives - History Div Stevenson and Dawes of Hayden's Expedition
Smithsonian American Art Museum Liberty Cap, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. Spoon Of Horn Of Mountain Sheep
Smithsonian American Art Museum Pulpit Terraces from Above, Yellowstone National Park
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Castle Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Yellowstone Geyser
NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept. Geyserite
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Thirty-Six Selected Haynes Stereoscopic Views of the Yellowstone National Park
Smithsonian American Art Museum Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept. Sulfur
Smithsonian American Art Museum Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Smithsonian Institution Archives Waterfalls - Yellowstone Falls
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. Bow.
Smithsonian American Art Museum View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
NMNH - Botany Dept. Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.
National Museum of American History "Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone" dress silk, Mallinson's National Park series
Smithsonian American Art Museum Castle Geyser, Yellowstone
National Postal Museum 5c National Parks Yellowstone single