Just a couple of examples of the painted buffies that you see as you walk the streets of West Yellowstone.
West Yellowstone's history closely mirrors the history of Yellowstone National Park. When the park was first formed, early guides would have lead their clients into the park by following the course of the Madison River through the area that would one day become West Yellowstone
In 1908, the first train loaded with tourists arrived on the Oregon Shortline railway extension. Over the course of several years, the track was constructed up from Ashton, Idaho through Island Park, Idaho, over Targhee Pass and into West Yellowstone, harkening the founding of the little town at the end of the line
West Yellowstone was the terminus of Union Pacific train line that in the early history of Yellowstone NP was the main way that folks came to visit the park.
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