North Entrance Road Historic District

North Entrance Road Historic District
North Entrance Road Historic District is located in Montana
North Entrance Road Historic District
North Entrance Road Historic District is located in the United States
North Entrance Road Historic District
Nearest cityYellowstone National Park, Montana and Wyoming
Coordinates45°0′24″N 110°41′58″W / 45.00667°N 110.69944°W / 45.00667; -110.69944
Built1883
ArchitectCOE
MPSYellowstone National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.02000529 and 02000530
Added to NRHPMay 22, 2002[1]

The North Entrance Road Historic District comprises Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road from Gardiner, Montana to the park headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, a distance of a little over five miles (8 km). The North Entrance Road was the first major road in the park, necessary to join the U.S. Army station at Fort Yellowstone to the Northern Pacific Railroad station at Gardiner. The road includes the Roosevelt Arch at the northern boundary of the park and winds through rolling terrain before crossing the Gardner River and joining the Grand Loop Road.[2]

The North Entrance Road is an unsigned portion of US 89.

History

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The North Entrance Road washout along the Gardner River after the 2022 floods.

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.,.[3][4] 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.[5]

The road was destroyed in the 2022 Montana floods.[6] Most of the road was washed away by the river.[7] 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.[8]

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Images of the North Entrance Road Historic District
  • Gardner River Crossing, 1901
    Gardner River Crossing, 1901
  • Lower Gardner River, 1923
    Lower Gardner River, 1923
  • Grand Loop bridge over Gardner River
    Grand Loop bridge over Gardner River
  • Northern Pacific Railway station at northern end of road.
    Northern Pacific Railway station at northern end of road.
  • Stagecoaches en route to Mammoth, 1904
    Stagecoaches en route to Mammoth, 1904
  • Stagecoaches at Mammoth
    Stagecoaches at Mammoth
  • Lower Gardner River road, 1912
    Lower Gardner River road, 1912
  • North Entrance Station, 1922
    North Entrance Station, 1922
  • North Entrance Station, 1936
    North Entrance Station, 1936
  • New North Entrance Station, 1938
    New North Entrance Station, 1938
  • North Entrance Station, 1949
    North Entrance Station, 1949
  • North Entrance Station, 1990
    North Entrance Station, 1990

See also

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Further reading

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  • Culpin, Mary Shivers (1994). The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service.

Notes

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "North Entrance Road Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. October 1, 2008.
  3. ^ Marcy Shivers Culpin; Christine Whitacre; Catherine Lentz; Lon Johnson (2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: North Entrance Road Historic District" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Bartlett, Richard A. (1989). Yellowstone-A Wilderness Besieged. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. pp. 75–80. ISBN 0-8165-1098-9.
  5. ^ Culpin, Mary Shivers (1994). The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service. p. 299.
  6. ^ Clifford, Catherine (June 16, 2022). "Satellite photos show extent of devastating Yellowstone flood". CNBC. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Road washed out at Yellowstone National Park's north entrance, 9news.com, retrieved June 29, 2022
  8. ^ Warthin, Morgan (October 30, 2022). "Flood Recovery Updates: Yellowstone's North Entrance and road to Mammoth Hot Springs to open TODAY, Oct. 30". National Park Service. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
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