When the Army Ruled Yellowstone

When the Army Ruled YellowstoneConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 890, Segment 2

Feb 26, 2021 • 29m

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"

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