North Entrance Road Historic District
The North Entrance Road is an unsigned portion of US 89.
History
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The road was planned in 1883 by Lieutenant Dan Kingman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later on improved by Captain Hiram M. Chittenden of the Corps.,. It replaced the old Gardiner High Road which went from behind the Mammoth Hotel north over the ridges west of the river to the town of Gardiner. The first permanent entrance station to house rangers checking vehicle entering the park was constructed in 1921. It replaced temporary tents used by rangers at the Roosevelt Arch.
The road was destroyed in the 2022 Montana floods. Most of the road was washed away by the river. On October 30, 2022, Old Gardiner Road was opened to regular visitor traffic between Gardiner and Mammoth Hot Springs, to bypass the damaged North Entrance Road.
Gallery
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Gardner River Crossing, 1901
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Lower Gardner River, 1923
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Grand Loop bridge over Gardner River
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Northern Pacific Railway station at northern end of road.
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Stagecoaches en route to Mammoth, 1904
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Stagecoaches at Mammoth
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Lower Gardner River road, 1912
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North Entrance Station, 1922
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North Entrance Station, 1936
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New North Entrance Station, 1938
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North Entrance Station, 1949
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North Entrance Station, 1990
See also
- Fort Yellowstone
- Grand Loop Road Historic District
- Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
- Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
- Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
- Old Faithful Historic District
Further reading
- Culpin, Mary Shivers (1994). The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service.