
When the Army Ruled Yellowstone
Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 890 , Segment 2
An Atlas of the National Parks
Episode: An Atlas of the National Parks
- Feb 26, 2021 7:00 pm
- 28:54 mins
Creating Yellowstone National Park was quite a feat to begin with, but managing and patrolling it was quite another. For 32 years, the US Army protected the park; they had to deal with poachers practicing guerrilla warfare, hawkers setting up shop, and even boredom and desertion. Guest: Thomas Rust, Professor of History at Montana State University, Billings, and author of “Watching Over Yellowstone: The US Army's Experience in America's First National Park, 1886–1918"