TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE [Preface] 7 [Acknowledgments] 11 [Introduction] 13 [Poem “OUTDOORS”] 15 [Chapter I YELLOWSTONE—GEM OF THE MOUNTAINS] 23 [Chapter II JOHN COLTER’S FIRST DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE] 30 [Chapter III INDIANS IN AND AROUND YELLOWSTONE] 59 [Chapter IV PORTRAIT OF A TRAPPER BRIGADE] 71 [Chapter V WERE INDIANS AFRAID OF YELLOWSTONE?] 84 [Chapter VI SECONDARY VISITATIONS BEFORE 1869] 92 [Chapter VII JIM BRIDGER: MAN AND LEGEND] 106 [Chapter VIII FINAL DISCOVERY IN 1869 AND 1870] 116 [Chapter IX CREATION OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK] 136 [Chapter X THE LAST ROUNDUP] 147 [Chapter XI CHIEF JOSEPH’S TRAIL OF BLOOD] 165 [Chapter XII TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATIONS—NEW BUSINESSES] 192 [Chapter XIII “THE YELLOWSTONE IDEA”] 219 [Chapter XIV GENERAL ADMINISTRATION] 238 [Chapter XV THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE] 265 [Appendix I. YOUNG MEN CAMPING IN YELLOWSTONE] 281 [Appendix II. PROBLEM OF COLTER’S ROUTE IN 1807] 285 [Bibliographical Note] 299 [Bibliography] 301 [Subject Index] 310