Explore historical artifacts from Wyoming National Parks

 If you're like me, you use Google as your search engine of choice.

And all day today, in celebration of 2016 being the 100th anniversary of the founding of the National Park Service (on August 25, 1916), Google has a link on their home page saying " Explore historical artifacts from our National Parks."

Every state with National Parks is represented, though there only seems to be 4 photos from each park.

But, here are some screen captures of the artifacts on display from Wyoming National Parks.

(Note - since the National Parks service is a government entity, it's okay to share all these screen captures.)

I went to the home page (https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/u/0/collection/centennial-one-object-exhibit?projectId=national-park-service&utm_campaign=national_parks_us&utm_source=google&utm_medium=hppromo&utm_content=desktop)

and this is what it looks like (click on image to show full size):

National Park Service, Centennial One Object Exhibit

I did a search for "Wyoming"in the top left hand search box, and it came back with 5 results for some reason...

Five results found including Wyoming National Parks

Here's the home page for the Wyoming National Parks exhibit

Collections from Wyoming National Parks

First page - a painting from 1937 depicting the bear climbing Devil's Tower, which explains the grooves in the surface of the extruded column of basalt (actually, that's what happens when basalt cools), and a photo of David Haddenham from Fossil Butte National Monument.

Devils Tower painting, David Haddenham photograph

Sutler's store token, Fort Laramie National Historic Site, beaded buckskin dress, Grand Teton National Park

Our National Parks need your support, and deserve it, since there are so many beautiful and/or historic things to see at each and every one of them.