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The Sacred Wonderland

Long before it was a national park, American Indians had known Yellowstone as a place of spiritual power. When U.S. and European tourists began arriving in the nineteenth century, they called it a wonderland. For over 150 years, Yellowstone has been an iconic landscape in the sacred geographies of America.

Excelsior Geyser Crater, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park (photo by T.S.Bremer)

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Book cover with an image of a waterfall in a large canyon. Title reads Sacred Wonderland the history of religion in Yellowstone Thomas S. Bremer.

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