Fort Yellowstone was established as a U.S. Army cavalry post in 1891 at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The army administered the park from then until 1918 when it was transferred to the newly created National Park Service. The first structures (1891–1897) were mainly wood-framed buildings in what has been called the "cottage style", some with Colonial Revival elements. Later structures (1908–1913), including the current park headquarters and the Horace Albright Visitor Center, were primarily built from locally quarried sandstone, and many of these are still in use as administrative offices, residences for National Park Service employees, and museums. The army left a legacy of policies and practices that served as precedents for the National Park Service's management of national parks, including wildlife management, protection of natural features, and prosecution of illegal activities. A version of the campaign hat worn by members of the army during the last years of their management of Yellowstone National Park was adopted by the National Park Service's Park Rangers.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1270:
Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the frozen surface of the Baltic Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karuse
1804:
United States Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid to destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the Barbary States in the First Barbary War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_(1799)
1918:
The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops in the country during World War I. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Independence_of_Lithuania
1946:
The Sikorsky S-51, the first helicopter to be built for civilian instead of military use, made its first flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5
1983:
The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned 513,979 acres (2,080 km2) in South Australia and 518,921 acres (2,100 km2) in Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2,676 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_bushfires
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
finitary: 1. Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output. 2. (logic) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finitary
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