This exhibit explores travel through Yellowstone National Park, from the earliest Native American groups and European American trappers and surveyors to present-day visitors. It examines how the area has been managed over time, how visitors tour the park on land, water, and snow, and how the National Park Service uses technology to steward the land and protect its visitors.
Explore how Native American groups, trappers, park rangers & early tourists traveled the Yellowstone region prior to the twentieth century.
From the first European Americans surveys of land that would become the park, to roads built through rugged terrain still in use today.
Visitors have been touring the park on land, water, and snow from when cars were first admitted to the present.
Visitors have been touring the park on land, water, and snow from when cars were first admitted to the present.
Explore all the objects and historic photographs featured in this virtual exhibit.
Learn about how tourism changed in Yellowstone from the 1870s to the 1940s.
Explore postcards that highlight the park's natural features and helped promote tourism.
Explore Johnston's candid scenes of travel and recreation at Yellowstone National Park.
Explore historic photographs from 1872 - 1918.
Explore historic photographs from 1919 - 1945.
Explore Yellowstone National Park’s historic vehicle collection.
Last updated: June 10, 2024
