Yellowstone National Park Research Paper

Today was the best day ever! My family and I went to Yellowstone National Park. It was the prettiest place on earth covering 3500 square miles. Did you know that it is located atop of a volcanic hotspot? Well i didn't either until today. The park rangers told me so many facts which i would have never known. Yellowstone was established as the world's first National Park on March, 1, 1872. People had been there for more than 11,000 years shown by archaeological site. The US army managed the park from 1886-1918. The Army had accompanied many expeditions helping conserve the natural resources for the park that millions of people love today. There are more than 900 miles of walking trails, 5 entrances, 466 miles of roads, and 287 backcountry campsites.
Yellowstone is home to many animals such as grizzly bears, bison, grey wolves, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and mountain lions. Yellowstone is also home to many plants such as wildflower, lodge pine, whitebark pine, white spruce, fir trees, limber pine, shrubs, and Rocky Mountain maple.
My favorite tree I saw today was the lodge pine. They looked like a Christmas tree but way bigger. The animals are so lucky they have so much space to roam around and the land is so pretty. They prettiest sight was the mama and baby bear getting a sip of water under one of the many waterfalls. Just try to imagine how cute that was. Adorable right! One of the park rangers told us that the coldest day ever recorded in Yellowstone National park was -66 degrees. Thankfully today it was in the seventies. Yellowstone is home to half the world's geothermal features. That's a lot of geysers and volcanoes. Old Faithful one of Yellowstone's most famous geysers, but not the largest, was once used as a laundromat. In the 1880’s members of the washburn-Langford expedition discovered that clothes placed inside the crater became totally clean once ejected from Old Faithful. At one time Old Faithful would erupt about every sixty minutes due to earthquake damage. Yellowstone experienced about one thousand to three thousand earthquakes annually. That's a lot of
earthquakes. Liberty cap is a forty foot cone of dormant hot springs thought to be twenty five hundred years old. I actually got to walk right up to it today because it is dormant which means it is inactive at the time. President Ulysses .S. Grant established the park. He was the eighteenth president of the United States. As a Commanding General of the United States Army, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He was the one to sign the bill creating Yellowstone. He was born on April 27, 1822 and died on July 23, 1885. He said “It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.” That is quote that has went down in history. Ulysses played a big role in the creation today. Fossil’s found there date to the mid-to-late Jurassic period. Some one hundred six to one hundred forty five million years ago. In fact some of the dinosaurs footprints are forever preserved in sandstone layers, as the area was once a sandy shoreline. I actually got to see once today. It was massive. My experience at Yellowstone was magnificent. It is one of the most beautiful wonders in the world. The park annually sees about 3.2 millions visitors. I'm proud to say that I was one out of 3.2 million this year. If I were you I would be planning my trip to Yellowstone National park right now.