The Boone and Crockett Club 



purchased from M. Pablo in Montana and trans- 

 ported to Canada to be set free in a park near 

 Edmonton. All this recent work has been done at 

 the instance of a member of the Club, the Hon. 

 Frank Oliver, Minister of the Interior for the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. 



In the year 1869 a hunting party from Helena, 

 Montana Territory, stumbled into the region of 

 hot springs and geysers, now the Yellowstone 

 Park. The stories which they brought back were 

 scarcely credited, and in 1870 the Washburn party 

 set out for the locality and at length returned with 

 authentic accounts of many of its wonders. These 

 were thoroughly exploited with pen and voice by 

 N. P. Langford. In the summer of 1871 parties 

 under Capt. J. W. Barlow, U. S. Engineers, and 

 Dr. F. V. Hayden, U. S. Geological Survey, made 

 explorations of the region. Mr. Langford's writ- 

 ings and lectures had already aroused much public 

 interest, and Congress was ready to yield to the 

 influence of Dr. Hayden and to pass (March i, 

 1872) the Organic Act by which this area was set 



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