Welcome to Greater Yellowstone
Think about a region so awe-inspiring that after having seen it in 1871, the members of the Hayden Expedition sat around a campfire near the Madison River and conceived of an entity both audacious and visionary: a "National Park." — C.J. Box, novelist, Wyoming
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Photo © Donnie Sexton/Travel Montana
Perhaps the most well-known feature of the park, Old Faithful was the first geyser in Yellowstone National Park to be named during the first official exploration of the region, the Washburn Expedition of 1870.
While not the largest geyser in Yellowstone, this cone geyser is notable for the frequency and reliability of eruptions with an interval of approximately 90 minutes. Although the interval has increased slightly over the years, with eruptions ranging between 45 to 125 minutes...
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Built in 1890, The Grand Hotel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and has been offering accommodations, fine dining - using local suppliers - and spirits to travelers, fishermen, cowboys, and sheepherders. A drifter can still order up a drink in the saloon of this 1890...
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Photo © Donnie Sexton / Travel Montana
Artists and fly casters have superseded gandy dancers and cow punchers in this old railhead. The Northern Pacific depot is now a gallery, and the last remnants of the cattle trade are the angling shops that sell calf tails to fly...
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