Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The army administered
the park from then until 1918 when it was transferred to the newly
created National Park Service. The first structures (1891–1897) were
mainly wood-framed buildings in what has been called the "cottage
style", some with Colonial Revival elements. Later structures
(1908–1913), including the current park headquarters and the Horace
Albright Visitor Center, were primarily built from locally quarried
sandstone, and many of these are still in use as administrative offices,
residences for National Park Service employees, and museums. The army
left a legacy of policies and practices that served as precedents for
the National Park Service's management of national parks, including
wildlife management, protection of natural features, and prosecution of
illegal activities. A version of the campaign hat worn by members of the
army during the last years of their management of Yellowstone National
Park was adopted by the National Park Service's Park Rangers.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Yellowstone>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1270:
Livonian Crusade: In the Battle of Karuse, the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania achieved a decisive victory over the Livonian Order on the
frozen surface of the Baltic Sea.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karuse>
1804:
United States Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur led a raid to
destroy the captured USS Philadelphia in Tripoli, denying her use to the
Barbary States in the First Barbary War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Philadelphia_(1799)>
1918:
The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence of
Lithuania, proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania
governed by democratic principles, despite the presence of German troops
in the country during World War I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Independence_of_Lithuania>
1946:
The Sikorsky S-51, the first helicopter to be built for
civilian instead of military use, made its first flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5>
1983:
The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned 513,979 acres (2,080 km2)
in South Australia and 518,921 acres (2,100 km2) in Victoria, killing
75 people and injuring 2,676 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_bushfires>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
finitary:
1. Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.
2. (logic) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of
axioms.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finitary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I know of nothing useful in life except what is beautiful or
creates beauty.
--Henry Adams
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Adams>
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