{"id":695,"date":"2012-03-01T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=695"},"modified":"2012-03-12T22:58:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T22:58:31","slug":"happy-birthday-yellowstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/?p=695","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Yellowstone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LINK TO OUR WEBSITE: \u00a0<a href=\"www.wyolifestyle.com\">www.wyolifestyle.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Sister Publications: \u00a0Wyoming Weddings &#8212; <a href=\"www.wyoweddings.com\">www.wyoweddings.com<\/a> \u00a0Wyovore &#8212; <a href=\"www.wyovore.com\">www.wyovore.com<\/a> \u00a0WYO XY &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/WYOXY\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/WYOXY\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Cliff-Cox-5.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"Cliff Cox 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Cliff-Cox-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Cliff-Cox-5.jpg 720w, http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Cliff-Cox-5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image by Cliff Cox Photography &#8212; <a href=\"www.cliffcoxphoto.com\">www.cliffcoxphoto.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yellowstone National Park turns 140 today! The park was established by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872 &#8212; the first national park in the world! \u00a0It has been enjoyed by generations from across the entire planet &#8212; and its majority lies within our own boundaries in Wyoming. \u00a0Idaho and Montana also contain portions of the park. The Yellowstone Caldera is the largest supervolcano on the continent, and because of this the ongoing thermal activity makes Yellowstone a site to behold &#8212; 60% of the world&#8217;s geysers reside in the park, including world renowned Old Faithful.<\/p>\n<p>Many people have memories and stories of Yellowstone National Park, and we&#8217;d love to celebrate its birthday today by hearing your stories! \u00a0Did you visit as a child? In different seasons? \u00a0Do you remember the 1988 Yellowstone fires? \u00a0As a child, our family visited the summer after the fires, in 1989. \u00a0It was quite the experience!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/yellowstonecountryorg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-697\" title=\"yellowstonecountryorg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/yellowstonecountryorg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/yellowstonecountryorg.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/yellowstonecountryorg-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"www.yellowstonecountry.org\">www.yellowstonecountry.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>Please share your stories, photos and memories with us, and we will add them to this blog! Post here, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Wyoming-Lifestyle-Magazine\/258768099856\">our Facebook page, <\/a>our Twitter page (@wyolifestylemag), or email us at editor@wyolifestyle.com!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday Yellowstone &#8212; May you live long and wow millions more with your wonders!<\/p>\n<p>Kati Hime, Editor<\/p>\n<p>editor@wyolifestyle.com<\/p>\n<p>LINK TO OUR WEBSITE &amp; FIND A WY VENDOR: \u00a0<a href=\"www.wyolifestyle.com\">www.wyolifestyle.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Sister Publications: \u00a0Wyoming Weddings &#8212; <a href=\"www.wyoweddings.com\">www.wyoweddings.com<\/a> \u00a0Wyovore &#8212; <a href=\"www.wyovore.com\">www.wyovore.com<\/a> \u00a0WYO XY &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/WYOXY\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/WYOXY\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINK TO OUR WEBSITE: \u00a0www.wyolifestyle.com Our Sister Publications: \u00a0Wyoming Weddings &#8212; www.wyoweddings.com \u00a0Wyovore &#8212; www.wyovore.com \u00a0WYO XY &#8212;\u00a0http:\/\/www.wyolifestyle.com\/WYOXY\/index.html Image by Cliff Cox Photography &#8212; www.cliffcoxphoto.com Yellowstone National Park turns 140 today! The park was established by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872 &#8212; the first national park in the world! \u00a0It has been enjoyed by generations from across the entire planet &#8212; and its majority lies within our own boundaries in Wyoming. \u00a0Idaho and Montana also contain portions of the park. The Yellowstone Caldera is the largest supervolcano on the continent, and because of this the ongoing thermal activity makes Yellowstone a site to behold &#8212; 60% of the world&#8217;s geysers reside in the park, including world renowned Old Faithful. Many people have memories and stories of Yellowstone National Park, and we&#8217;d love to celebrate its birthday today by hearing your stories! \u00a0Did you visit as a child? In different seasons? \u00a0Do you remember the 1988 Yellowstone fires? \u00a0As a child, our family visited the summer after the fires, in 1989. \u00a0It was quite the experience! www.yellowstonecountry.org Please share your stories, photos and memories with us, and we will add them to this blog! Post here, on our Facebook page, our Twitter page (@wyolifestylemag), or email us at editor@wyolifestyle.com! Happy Birthday Yellowstone &#8212; May you live long and wow millions more with your wonders! 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