Events Reveal Crown of the Continent Timeline

It took more than 60 years to create Glacier National Park, which is the foundation of the much larger natural system called the Crown of the Continent that we study and celebrate today. The events that led to the formation of the park and the surrounding ecosystem are regarded today as the bedrock of the conservation movement in America.

What follows then is a timeline as we see it:

1849 – George Bird Grinnell born in Brooklyn, N.Y. – Sept. 20, 1849.

George Bird Grinnell was the single most important individual to set in motion actions that would eventually lead to saving Yellowstone and even...