West Yellowstone, MT Photos

West Yellowstone, Montana, at the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park grew as a railway terminus for park visitors. Today the elegant railway station serves as the Museum of the Yellowstone.

See also: Montana, Yellowstone National Park
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Union Pacific Dining Hall (1926). Style: Rustic. Architect: Gilbert Stanley Underwood. On National Register.

Union Pacific Dining Hall built to allow tourists coming out of Yellowstone National Park by carriage to take a formal meal before boarding a train home.

Underwood's Union Pacific Dining Hall in his Rustic Architecture style.

Entrance steps of Union Pacific Dining Hall.

West Yellowstone City Court log heritage structure.

West Yellowstone Union Pacific Depot (1908-9). Architect: Gilbert Stanley Underwood. On National Register.

Porch & cochere of West Yellowstone Union Pacific Depot.

Arched window of rhyolite volcanic stones on West Yellowstone Union Pacific Depot.

Entrance of West Yellowstone Union Pacific Depot, now Museum of the Yellowstone.

Statue of bear & cub by Van Howd Studios at Museum of the Yellowstone.

White Bus of Yellowstone Park Company, once used to take visitors to park at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Open touring stage coach (1880s-1916) at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Open touring coach of Yellowstone-Western Co. at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Open Sinter touring coach (1912) of Yellowstone-Western Co. built by Abbot & Downing Co., Concord, NH, at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Mount Washburn Special Coach (1908) once used for day-trips from Canyon Hotel to top of Mt. Washburn at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Weber Freight Wagon at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Weber Freight Wagon used to haul supplies to Yellowstone at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Antique souvenir Yellowstone Park plate with Old Faithful at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Antique souvenir Yellowstone National Park pitcher with Old Faithful at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Collection of railway dining car china at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Traveler dining car china (1937-69) with flying pink birds used by Milwaukee Railroad (MILW) at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Traveler china used by Milwaukee Railroad on Gallatin Gateway into Yellowstone Park at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Traveler china cup & saucer used by Milwaukee Railroad on Gallatin Gateway into Yellowstone Park at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Galetea china pattern by Syracuse used (1926-44) at Yellowstone's Gallatin Gateway Inn at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Portland Rose Festival China used on Union Pacific Overland trains (c1909) at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Portland Oregon Rose Festival promotion (1909) published by Union Pacific Railroad at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Flambeau 400 train of Chicago and North Western Railway plate (1939) at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Dining car china from Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad which served Yellowstone via Cody, WY, at Museum of the Yellowstone.

CB&Q Violets & Daisies pattern (1929) made by Syracuse China at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Burlington Route Ak-Sar-Ben China (Nebraska spelled backward) at Museum of the Yellowstone.

Great Northern child's dining car china service at Museum of the Yellowstone.

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Streetscape of West Yellowstone.

Madison Hotel (1912) of saddle notched log construction. On National Register.

Interior of Madison Hotel which hosted President Harding (1923) & early Hollywood stars visiting Yellowstone Park.

Carved bear welcome sign.

Carved bear typical art of Yellowstone region.

Bison decorate plates in shop window.

Native designs on pottery in shop window.

Frontier architecture of Montana Outpost.

Mounted animal heads in Montana Outpost.

Montana Outpost shop.

Painted buffalo called Spirit of the Bison (Bishee Ahpalaaxe) by Pat Schermerhorn & Robin A. Berry at Yellowstone Historic Center.

Painted buffalo called Sage by Rebecca McClive at Yellowstone Historic Center.

Painted buffalo called Ponies of the People of Indian Ponies under Northern Lights by Mitzi Nelson at Yellowstone Historic Center.


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