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Title: The Yellowstone national park, historical and descriptive, illustrated with maps, views and portraits
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Chittenden, Hiram Martin, 1858-1917
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Publisher: Cincinnati : The R. Clarke company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e early administra-tion of the Park was necessarily very inefficient. In look-ing back over those years it is a wonder that it survived atall and was not restored to the public domain. The administration of the Park was entrusted by theSecretary of the Interior to a Superintendent, and his firstchoice naturally fell upon Mr. Langford, well known as amember of the famous Washburn Expedition and as anardent friend of the new reservation. But, from the first,his hands were completely tied. No salary was ever al-lowed him for his services, nor any funds with which rocarry out his duties. He was, therefore, powerless to ac-complish effective work. His office, which he held forabout five years, was a source of great annoyanceto him; for he was frequently, and most unjusitly, chargedin the public press with responsibility for a condition ofthings for which he was in no sense to blame. In 1877, there appeared, as Mr. Langfords successor,one of the unique and picturesque characters in the his-
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Mam.moth Hot Sprixcs Teruaces. ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF THE PARK. 109 tory of the Park, Philetus W. Xorris, of Michigan. Hewas appointed immediately upon the advent of PresidentHayes administration, and held office for nearly five years.Xorris filled with varying capacity the roles of explorer,path-finder, poet, and historian in the Park. Naturally aman of extraordinary energy, he entered upon his newcharge with a genuine enthusiasm and an unbounded faithin its future value to the people. He was fortunate inreceiving from Congress substantial means for carryingout his plans, and with his term of service begins the realadministrative history of the Park. His work covered an extensive range, and left its mark,as its author did his name, in every quarter. He was anuntiring explorer. He traveled all the existing trails andpenetrated the unknown sections in every direction. Hestudied the history and antiquities of the Park and theresults of his researches possess scientific value. He buil

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