Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Map of Yellowstone National Park, 1871

 
Original - Map of Yellowstone National Park, 1871. Created one year before the park was formed.
Reason
Yellowstone National Park itself is important enough: the oldest and largest of the U.S. National Parks, also a World Heritage Site. So why this old map of it? This happens to be one year older than the park itself and it was based upon the work of the geologist who played an important role in convincing Congress to establish Yellowstone. It's a remarkable example of nineteenth century surveying and a piece of history. Restored version of Image:Yellowstone 1871.jpg.
Articles this image appears in
Yellowstone National Park, Conservation movement, Surveying, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden
Creator
U.S. Geological Survey

Promoted Image:Yellowstone 1871b.jpg MER-C 07:37, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]