Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Megan Kate Nelson to explore the history of Yellowstone, America’s first national park, and its pivotal role in shaping the nation’s

identity in the aftermath of a brutal civil war. As the country’s vision expanded westward, however, not everyone was included in the new national narrative.

 

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Introductions

2:13 - What First Interested In Yellowstone?

8:27 - Understanding Reconstruction and It’s Impacts

14:55 - Federal Power and The Creations of National Parks

23:31 - Settler Colonialism and Transformation of the West

29:25 - Visual Culture and The Creation of the West

32:32 - The Role of Photography in Documenting Yellowstone

40:58 - The Yellowstone Act: Establishing AMerican’s First National Park

44:12 - The Unique Geology and Identity of America

48:16 - The Foundations of American Exceptionalism

50:54 - The Exclusion of Indigenous and Minority Voices

52:57 - Renaming and Recognizing Indigenous Histories

57:41 - The Importance of Context in Historical narratives

59:05 - Narrative History: Bridging the Past and Present

 

EPISODE LINKS:

Dr. Megan Kate Nelson – http://www.megankatenelson.com

Saving Yellowstone – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-Yellowstone/Megan-Kate-Nelson/9781982141356

The Great Courses – Stories of America’s National Parks – https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/megan-kate-nelson

The Three-Cornered War – https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Three-Cornered-War/Megan-Kate-Nelson/9781501152559

Ferdinand Hayden – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Vandiveer-Hayden

Yellowstone National Park – https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm

Grand Teton National Park – https://www.nps.gov/grte/index.htm

Glacier National Park – https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm

Reconstruction – https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history

Yellowstone Act (1872) – https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/act-establishing-yellowstone-national-park

Sitting Bull – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sitting-Bull

Battle of the Rosebud – https://fwp.mt.gov/stateparks/rosebud-battlefield/

Battle of Little Bighorn – https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Little-Bighorn

Homestead Act (1862) – https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act#:~:text=The%20Homestead%20Act%2C%20enacted%20during,plot%20by%20cultivating%20the%20land.

Pacific Railway Act (1862) – https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/pacific-railway-act

Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion by Elliott West – https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496233585/continental-reckoning/

Thomas Moran – https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1730.html

William Henry Jackson – https://www.nps.gov/people/william-henry-jackson.htm

Jackson’s Photos – https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/history/jacksonphotos/page.htm

Jupiter Terrace – https://spencerart.ku.edu/art/collections-online/object/45207

Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation by Karl Jacoby – https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt629020bd&brand=ucpress

“The Scientist Turned Spy” with Dr. Patrick Spero – https://youtu.be/1YOyU11e8K8?si=wv58qKQboF2246Ry

Mammoth Cave of Kentucky – https://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm

Mesa Verde National Park – https://www.nps.gov/meve/planyourvisit/index.htm

 

 

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