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The Golden Spike: Promontory Summit and the Transcontinental Railroad

By Emma Tolman, Brigham Young University
Western settlers longed for a faster and easier way to travel across the West. Emigrants traveling by horseback, wagon, or foot required several months to cross the plains and the Rocky Mountains. Trains made travel faster, safer, and much less…

Abby Williams Hill’s Artemisia Geyser Pool

By Emma Tolman, Brigham Young University
The Artemisia Geyser Pool sits just below the Gem Pool and Atomizer Geyser in the Upper Basin of Yellowstone Park. The three of these make up the Cascade Group that erupts for a duration of 15–25 minutes once or twice a day. Artemisia is unique…

William Henry Jackson’s Hot Spring and Castle Geyser

By Emma Tolman, Brigham Young University
As a member of the Hayden Geographical Survey in 1871, William Henry Jackson was the first photographer in Yellowstone. His photographs informed the government of the landscape and geological sites in Yellowstone, and provided artists on the survey…

Thomas Moran's Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

By Emma Tolman, Brigham Young University
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, carved out by the Yellowstone River, stretches 1,500 – 4,000 feet wide, and 800 – 1,200 feet deep. After the Yellowstone Caldera, essentially a giant volcano, erupted more than 600,000 years ago, the canyon was…

Albert Bierstadt's Old Faithful

By Emma Tolman, Brigham Young University
Old Faithful is a geological wonder with its consistent eruption schedule. It is not the largest or most regular geyser in Yellowstone National Park, yet it has become one of the most popular sites in Yellowstone. Albert Bierstadt, like tourists of…
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