Visitor Center at Old Faithful Village
By Janet Chapple on August 4th, 2010
In News, History
When I first heard they were putting up a new visitor center and planning to call it a Visitor Education Center, I confess to wondering if that name would put people off. Do people really want to come to Yellowstone to be educated? Don’t the kids who hav… more »
Category: History
More about the Burns TV documentary
By Janet Chapple on January 12th, 2010
In History
On the National Parks Traveler Web site, a former park superintendent discusses some interesting issues about the parks that were not covered in Ken Burns’s fine TV documentary aired this past fall. I agree with much of what Rick Smith says. However, he… more »
In Yellowstone Park 94 years ago
By Janet Chapple on September 19th, 2011
In Yellowstone National Park, History
I’ve been neglecting my blog lately, writing about once a month instead of meeting the once a week goal I had set for myself. It’s not as if I weren’t thinking about Yellowstone most of every day. But most of that thinking, reading, and writing are relat… more »
Yellowstone, Land of Wonders
By Janet Chapple on December 17th, 2011
In Other writing, History
My best excuse for neglecting my blog this late fall is that I’ve been working non-stop with my colleague Suzanne Cane to send off our new Yellowstone manuscript to a publisher. We’ve translated into English a French book called La Terre des Merveilles.… more »
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