Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

Truly, Yellowstone National Park is a wonderland of nature. Poets have

written about it, and artists have painted it, but to believe that such a scenic

region is possible, you must see with your own eyes the spouting geysers,

bubbling cauldrons, giant canyons and other spectacular phenomena, all of

which present a flashing brilliance of motion and color which you will

never forget.

Yellowstone is the largest, the oldest and, perhaps, the best known of

Americäs many national parks. It is at once weird, incredible and

magnificent in its rugged, wild beauty. It is one of the greatest wild-life

sanctuaries in the world.

Frontiersman John Colter discovered the fabulous area by chance in the

winter of 1807-08. Colter had been sent by the celebrated trader, Manuel

Lisa, to Pierre¿s Hole in eastern Idaho to make friends with the Crow

Indians. Coming home Colter sought a short cut and stumbled upon the

mystery of Yellowstone. When he told his friends of the fantastic land he

had seen, they refused to believe him.