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Yellowstone National Park by Bruce T. Gourley

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BY BRUCE T. GOURLEY

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Historic Yellowstone National Park: The Stories Behind the World’s First National Park  (Rowman & Littlefield / Globe Pequot / Lyons Press, December 2021).

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From ancient times to the present-day, an all-new history of America’s first national park. Shaped by primordial geological forces, a remote land of intrigue for thousands of years, and for more than a century-and-a-half one of Earth’s greatest natural marvels, the history of Wonderland is an inspiring story of wilderness and human spirit alike. Order your copy now.

Yellowstone History Journal 2021

Editor, Yellowstone History Journal, 2018 – present.

“The Admiration of Every Traveler: A Photographic History of Morning Glory Pool,” Yellowstone History Journal (Vol. 2, No. 1), 2019, pp. 37-40.

“Chasing Florence Keyser: The Arrival of the Great Depression in Yellowstone National Park,” Montana History Conference, Montana Historical Society (September 2018)

“Chasing Florence Keyser: The Arrival of the Great Depression in Yellowstone National Park in August 1931,” Yellowstone History Journal (Vol. 1, No. 1), 2018, pp. 58-68.

“Defying the Great Depression: A Yellowstone ‘Vacation Without a Care’ in 1931,” Presentation, Yellowstone Arts and Photography Center, Yellowstone Forever, Yellowstone National Park, August 2017.

“The Yellowstone Experience 100 Years Ago,” Haynes Photo Shop, Yellowstone Park Foundation, Yellowstone National Park, August 2015

“The Yellowstone Experience 100 Years Ago,” Yellowstone Historic Center, West Yellowstone, Montana, August 2015

Creator and owner, Yellowstone Net (www.yellowstone.net), an extensive compilation of information about Yellowstone National Park and one of the most popular Yellowstone sites on the internet.