Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, United States

- JAMES G. BLAINE, Speaker of the House.
- SCHUYLER COLFAX, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate.
- ULYSSES S. GRANT, President of the United States.
There was considerable local opposition to the Yellowstone National Park during its early years: some locals feared that the regional economy would be unable to thrive if there remained strict federal prohibitions against resource development or settlement within park boundaries; local entrepreneurs advocated reducing the size of the park so that mining, hunting, and logging activities could be developed and numerous bills were introduced into Congress by Montana representatives who sought to remove the federal land-use restrictions.