Harry Yount

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First national park ranger, Yellowstone National Park

United States Historical FiguresLived 1839 to 1924 · aged 85

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Harry S. Yount was an American Union Army soldier, mountain man, hunter, prospector, wrangler and wilderness guide. A seasonal employee of the United States Department of the Interior, he was the first game warden in Yellowstone National Park. He was nicknamed "Rocky Mountain Harry Yount".

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The 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge, where Yount was taken prisoner in a skirmish just before the battle began

Yount c. 1873

Harry Yount atop Berthoud Pass in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

Scott Emmerich receives the 2010 Harry Yount Award from Will Shafroth

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