Roosevelt Arch
N 45° 01.777 W 110° 42.531
12T E 522935 N 4986281
The Roosevelt Arch, which is constructed of rocks hewn from basalt, is the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, USA.
Waymark Code: WM3Y4A
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/03/2008
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From
Wikipedia: "The arch's cornerstone was laid down by President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt, a freemason, in 1903. The top of the arch is inscribed with a quote from the Organic Act of 1872, the legislation which created Yellowstone, which reads "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People."
The following facts about the arch are from
The Total Yellowstone Page website:
- The Arch idea is attributed to Hiram Martin Chittenden
- The Arch design is attributed to Robert C. Reamer
- Construction started about 19 Feburary 1903
- The Arch was finished on 15 August 1903
- The Arch is 50 feet high
- The main opening is 30 feet high by 25 feet wide
- Each tower is: 12 feet square at the base, tapers to 6 feet where Arch begins
- The rocks were hewn from basalt, a volcanic rock, quarried locally
- Cost for the Arch was $ 10,000.00
- Above the arch is carved: "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People"
- On east tower is carved: "Yellowstone National Park"
- On the west tower is carved: "Created by Act of Congress, March 1, 1872"
- President Theodore Roosevelt was already in the park on vacation when asked to lay the cornerstone
- Several thousand people came to Gardiner - mostly by train - on April 24, 1903 for the dedication