Yellowstone Place Names

Lee Whittelsey is one of the best, if not THE best Yellowstone National Park Historian. He has written many books about Yellowstone and this one is a keeper. It is very easy to use, so if you are driving around the park and wondered how a featured came by it's name you will be able to quickly find it in this book. Aubrey Haines book on the same subject is very difficult to navigate through. I have both. I found the stories behind the names to be well research and well written and some highly entertaining. This is a really fun book to have and read as you visit sites in the park. I highly recommend it!

Does a great job of telling the stories behind the places you encounter in Yellowstone. Interesting historical photos, but I would have liked color photos to be included throughout the book.

I have acted as a Tour Guide in Yellowstone Park for the last ten years, both summer and winter. I now own my own Custom tour business based out of Jackson, Wyoming, and do tours of Grand Teton and Yellowstone Parks. Lee Whitlesey's book "Yellowstone Place Names" is probably the single best reference source for information on place names and their origins that can be found. Aubrey Hayne's book, by the same title, is much more difficult to use, in that it is not alphabetized, and requires considerable searching to find the information desired. I would highly recommend Whitlesey's book to anyone interested in Yellowstone Nat'l Park, and the history of place names therein.

Ever wondered how that mountain got its name? Ever wondered why a small geyser has such a magnificent name? Lee has done excellent work here in compiling stories behind many of the features you encounter when in Yellowstone National Park. It is great fun to lear more about the things you have always taken for granted in Yellowstone (Note: This is a shorter version of Wonderland Nomenclature - a guide which contains stories behind almost every Yellowstone name -....)