VINTAGE PARK MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Yellowstone National Park Map. Circa 1935.

A scarce and fascinating pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park. An original map hangs in the Buffalo River Co Library.

This is a scarce 1935 Jo Mora pictorial map of Yellowstone National Park. The map depicts the park in detail from West Yellowstone, Montana to the east entrance to the park and from Gardiner, Montana to the park’s south entrance. Signposts included throughout the map help orient the viewer, and mark Cody, Wyoming and Lander, Wyoming along the right and bottom borders, respectively, two of the closest towns to the park that had railroad stations. Some of the locations labeled within the park include the North and South Geyser Basins, Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Several hotels and inns are illustrated and labeled, including the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, the Old Faithful Inn, and the Lake Hotel.

Numerous ranger stations dot the park, along with charming drawings of bison, elk, deer, bears, moose, big horn sheep, and other wildlife. Vignettes of tourists fascinated by the geysers, walking along the trails, fishing, or riding on horseback are also present. Illustrations of Native Americans are also prevalent throughout. The continental divide snakes its way through the southern part of the park, illustrated as a dotted line. Several Haynes and Hamilton stores are also labeled.  

Along the left and right sides, four boxes are populated by vignettes personifying locations within the park, including Mammoth Hot Springs, the Norris Geyser Basin, the Upper Geyser Basin, and the Lower Geyser Basin. Within these boxes, individual geysers and other geologic features are illustrated in a cartoonish manner. Along the top of the map, a mural illustrates the meeting of the Old West and the New West, depicted by Native Americans, trappers, and cowboys being confronted by a stagecoach pulled by a team of horses, and an automobile. Along the bottom, the bottom, Mora has included caricatures of park visitors, the tourists, and how these people, so unaccustomed to life in the wilderness act in the park. 

Jo Mora illustrated and published the first version of this map in 1931. This is the second version of the map printed in 1935 by J.E. Haynes who owned the Haynes Stores in Yellowstone National Park. This version includes the addition of Haynes stores on the map.

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