How Yellowstone's North Entrance Became The Roosevelt Arch

How Yellowstone's North Entrance Became The Roosevelt Arch

Yellowstone National Park has five entrance stations, the West Entrance, the South Entrance, the East Entrance, the Northeast Entrance, and of course the North Entrance. At the North Entrance lies the “Roosevelt Arch” named for President Theodore Roosevelt who spoke at the cornerstone laying ceremony in 1903. The arch welcomes guests into Yellowstone National Park from the north with an inscribed phrase, “for the benefit and enjoyment of the peo…