Protection of the Yellowstone Park 



tary of the Interior, dated April 14, 1891, this 

 addition was placed under the control of the 

 Acting Superintendent of the Park, "with the 

 same rules and regulations " as in the Park ; it 

 thus in every respect became a part of the 

 Park itself. 



Dr. Hayden drew the Park bill from his 

 personal observations, made in the summer of 

 1 87 1. At that time the territorial lines were 

 not run, and their exact location was not 

 known. He consequently chose for his initial 

 points the natural features of the ground, and 

 made his lines meridians and parallels of lati- 

 tude. His selections seem almost a work of 

 inspiration. The north line takes in the low 

 slopes on the north of Mt. Everts and the val- 

 ley of the East Fork of the Yellowstone, where 

 the elk, deer, antelope and mountain sheep 

 winter by thousands ; it leaves outside every 

 foot of land adapted to agriculture ; also — 

 and this is more important than all — it passes 

 over the rugged and inaccessible summits of 

 the snowy range, where the hardiest vandal 

 dare not put his shack. 



The east line might have been placed where 

 the timber reserve line now runs without much 

 damage to material interests ; but in that case 



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