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UNESCO World Heritage Site- Island of Gorée
The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposit...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
The monastic community founded by St Millán in the mid-6th...
Yellowstone Law Enforcement at Fort Yellowstone Historic District
Crimes committed in Yellowstone National Park are federal ...
Tower Fall
The 132-foot drop of Tower Creek, framed by eroded volcani...
Calcite Springs
This grouping of thermal springs along the Yellowstone Riv...
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary geologi...
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
The extermination of bison herds throughout the West in th...
Bannock Trail
15,000 years ago, glaciers and a continental ice sheet cov...
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in ...
Yellowstone Lake
With a surface area of 132 square miles, Yellowstone Lake ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Site- Island of Gorée
The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, its ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
The monastic community founded by St Millán in the mid-6th century became a place of pilgrimage. A fine Romanesque church built in honour of the holy man still stands at the site of Suso. It was here that the first ...
Yellowstone Law Enforcement at Fort Yellowstone Historic District
Crimes committed in Yellowstone National Park are federal offenses, and as outlined in the Organic Act, the General Authorities Act, and the definition of Special Territorial and Maritime Jurisdiction, NPS park rangers and special agents have the authority and responsibility ...
Tower Fall
The 132-foot drop of Tower Creek, framed by eroded volcanic pinnacles has been documented by park visitors from the earliest trips of Europeans into the Yellowstone region. Its idyllic setting has inspired numerous artists, including Thomas Moran. His painting of ...
Calcite Springs
This grouping of thermal springs along the Yellowstone River signals the downstream end of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The geothermally altered rhyolite inspired the artist Thomas Moran; his paintings of this scene were among those presented to Congress ...
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary geologic feature in the Canyon District. It is roughly 20 miles long, measured from the Upper Falls to the Tower Fall area. Depth is 800 to 1,200 ft.; width is 1,500 ...
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
The extermination of bison herds throughout the West in the 1800s nearly eliminated them from Yellowstone; even after the park was established in 1872 poachers faced few deterrents. With only 25 bison counted in the park in 1901, Congress appropriated ...
Bannock Trail
15,000 years ago, glaciers and a continental ice sheet covered most of what is now Yellowstone National Park. They left behind rivers and valleys people could follow in pursuit of Ice Age mammals such as the mammoth and the giant ...
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is the last major undammed river in the lower 48 states, flowing 671 miles from its source southeast of Yellowstone into the Missouri River and then, eventually, into the Atlantic Ocean. It begins in the Absaroka Mountain ...
Yellowstone Lake
With a surface area of 132 square miles, Yellowstone Lake is the largest lake at high elevation (i.e., more than 7,000 ft.) in North America. It is a natural lake, situated at 7,733 ft. above sea level. It is roughly ...
