Fort Yellowstone - Mammoth, WY
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N 44° 58.522 W 110° 42.031
12T E 523613 N 4980257
Located at the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Mammoth, Wyoming.
Waymark Code: WM3Y8Z
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2008
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Fort Yellowstone is a former United States Army base that currently serves as the administrative headquarters for the Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park, was established on March 1, 1872. In the park's early years, a civilian staff (with limited financial and human resources) was in charge of running and protecting the park. However, the civilian group was unable to protect the park's natural features and wildlife, so in 1886, control over the park was delegated to the United States Army.
The Army set up a tent camp near Mammoth Hot Springs, which eventually evolved into Fort Yellowstone, which the army continued to use until they turned over control of the park (and the fort) to the then newly-formed National Park Service in 1918. The National Park Service used Fort Yellowstone as Yellowstone National Park's headquarters, which has continued to this day.
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