When the Army Ruled Yellowstone
Constant Wonder
A Paramedic in America’s National Parks
Episode: A Paramedic in America’s National Parks
- Sep 16, 2021 6:00 pm
- 25:40 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 and provided a pattern for the Ranger system. 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”