Yellowstone National Park Timeline of Events

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...

Timeline of Events

1872

3.1.1872

Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.

1890

10.1.1890

The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.

1988

8.20.1988

"Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park