Did Yellowstone have gold?

Don't miss Gold Rush Days and hunting for treasures in the historic gold and sapphire mining towns of Wyoming and Montana when you travel to Yellowstone. In the mid-1800s, prospectors scoured the streams of the greater Yellowstone area looking for gold. Today's visitors to Yellowstone can also try to strike it rich.



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Yellowstone was especially valuable as a source of obsidian, a volcanic glass used to make knives, arrowheads and other tools, and more than 50 ancient obsidian quarry sites have been documented in the park by archeologist Douglas MacDonald.

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Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.

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The ranch is owned by John Dutton. His family has owned the land for seven generations and has been under constant threat by land developers, casino moguls, and the Broken Rock Reservation. The Duttons are the sole residents of the ranch along with the workers and hired hands who protect and improve the ranch.

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