Nathaniel P. Langford

American explorer and conservationist

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In Yellowstone National Park: Development of the park
The park’s first superintendent (1872–77), Nathaniel P. Langford (who had been a member of the 1870 expedition), was largely ineffectual, primarily because Congress allotted no administrative funds, and he had to find other work and thus was rarely there. His successor, Philetus W. Norris (1877–82), however, undertook considerable scientific study…
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