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The Yellowstone National Park
Historic Highlights of
the Old Faithful Area
Old Faithful Historic District
This designation applies to the developed area adjacent to Old Faithful
Geyser, which contains many historic structures.
Old Faithful Inn
Built during the winter of 1903-04, the Old Faithful Inn was designed by
Robert C. Reamer, who wanted the asymmetry of the building to reflect the
chaos of nature. The lobby of the hotel features a 65-foot ceiling, a
massive rhyolite fireplace, and railings made of contorted lodgepole pine.
Wings were added to the hotel in 1915 and 1927, and today there are 327
rooms available to guests in this National Historic Landmark.
Old Faithful Lodge
Unlike the Inn, the current Old Faithful Lodge is a result of numerous
changes dating back to the early days of tent camps provided by companies
like Shaw and Powell Camping Company and Wylie Permanent Camping Company.
These camps were erected throughout the park and offered shelter before
hotels and lodges were built. Both companies had facilities at Old
Faithful. By 1917, auto traffic into the park was increasing, and it was
decided that some camps could be eliminated. Yellowstone Park Camping
Company emerged and operated on the old site of the Shaw and Powell camp,
the present day site of the Lodge. In 1918, a laundry was built on the site
and construction continued on the facility until 1928 when the Lodge
reached its present configuration.
Cabin-style accommodations are available at Old Faithful Lodge. Often
confused with the other two hotels in the area, Old Faithful Lodge houses a
cafeteria, gift shop, coffee shop, and the front desk where guests check
in.
Lower Hamilton Store
Built in 1897, this is the oldest structure in the Old Faithful area still
in use. The "knotty pine" porch is a popular resting place for visitors,
providing a great view of Geyser Hill. (The oldest building at Old Faithful
was built as a photo studio in 1897 for F. Jay Haynes. Originally located
700 feet southwest of Beehive Geyser and about 350 feet northwest of the
front of the Old Faithful Inn, it now stands near the intersection of the
Grand Loop Road and the fire lane, near the crosswalk.)
Nez Perce Creek Wayside
This exhibit tells the story of the flight of the Nez Perce through
Yellowstone in 1877. A band of 700 men, women, and children entered the
park on the evening of August 23rd, fleeing 600 Army regulars commanded by
General O.O. Howard. The Nez Perce had been told to leave their homeland
and move to a reservation. They fled their ancestral home in the Wallowa
Valley in northeastern Oregon on June 17, 1877, and by the time they
entered the park, several battles, including a fight at Big Hole (another
NPS site), had occurred.
During the two weeks they were in the park, the Nez Perce bumped into all
25 known people visiting the new park at that time, some more than once.
Camps were plundered, hostages taken, and several peopl ...
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