Recommended Books

Gourley, Bruce T. Historic Yellowstone National Park (Lyons Press/Rowman &Littlefield, 2021) or Whittlesey, Lee H., and Elizabeth A. Watry. Ho! for Wonderland: Travelers’ Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872–1914 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009)

Syllabus

Session 1: Pre-Park History: Geology, Native Americans, Early Explorers

Session 2: Establishing Yellowstone and Early Decades of the Park

Session 3: Iconic Yellowstone: Tourism, Transportation, Hotels and Camps

Session 4: Modern Yellowstone: Tourism, Democracy, Ecosystem, Science