EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Act creating Yellowstone National Park, March 1, 1872; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1996; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives. Photograph, Cascade Creek, Yellowstone, 1869-1878 by William H. Jackson; Records of the U.S. Geological Survey; Record Group 57; National Archives. View All Pages in the National Archives Catalog View Transcript Yellowstone became the first Federally protected national pa...