biography
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Langford, Nathaniel Pitt
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1832–1911)
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| biography:
| Explorer and conservationist, born in Westmoreland, New York, USA. He moved to Minnesota (1854) and then to Bannack, MT (1862) where he led a group of Mormon vigilantes, described in Vigilante Days and Ways (1890). He explored the Yellowstone area (1870) and after playing an influential role in having it designated a national park (1872) he served, without pay, as the first superintendent of Yellowstone Park (1872–6). |
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