Famed nineteenth-century landscape artist Albert Bierstadt painted “Geysers in Yellowstone,” a portion of which is featured on the cover of Yellowstone Standoff.
Bierstadt’s paintings of geysers, waterfalls, and other magnificent topography in the Yellowstone area, based on a trip there in 1871, played a significant role in Congress’ decision a year later to preserve the region as America’s first national park. Mount Bierstadt, a 14,065-foot peak south of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, is named in Bierstadt’s honor.
“Geysers in Yellowstone” is used by permission of the Whitney Western Art Museum, Cody, Wyoming.