100 YEARS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE A publication of The Livingston Enterprise Page 2 I NPS Centennial Edition I August 11, 2016 1079 Page 3 I NPS Centennial Edition I August 11, 2016 John Prine, Emmylou Harris to perform at Centennial concert under the Arch By Enterprise Staff ery,” “Sam Stone,” “Paradise,” and “Hello in There” speak to the everyday he signature National experience of ordinary people with a simple honesty, and an extraordinary Park Service celebration ability to get right through to the heart at Gardiner’s Roosevelt of the listener. T Long considered a “songwriter’s Arch will be a star-filled night songwriter,” Prine is a rare talent in every sense of the word. whose writing is greatly admired by his peers. Performers who have On Thursday, Aug. 25, “An Evening recorded from his extensive catalog at the Arch,” will commemorate the include Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, the government agency that oversees the Everly Brothers, John Denver, Kris most-loved of America’s public lands. Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Ben Harp- With musicians, dancers and national er, Joan Baez, George Strait, Old Crow dignitaries slated to attend, the music Medicine Show, Norah Jones, Bette will be headlined by icons of American Midler, Miranda Lambert and many music John Prine and Emmylou Harris. others. Local music promoters Joanne Gard- With his career spanning more than ner and John Lowell are producing the 40 years, Prine continues to perform at musical portion of the event. They sold-out shows all over the United worked with their friend Rodney Crow- States, Canada, and Europe. ell, a Grammy-winning Nashville musi- Among the many awards and acco- cian, to brainstorm a “wish list” of pos- lades he has received in recent times sible performers, Gardner, who is a include his 2003 induction into the former video producer, said. Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame “Emmylou was pretty obvious — she and an Americana Lifetime Achieve- is a friend and loves Big Sky Country,” ment Award for songwriting. He was Gardner said. “I called John Prine’s also honored at the Library of Con- wife, Fiona, and she said yes immedi- gress by U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Koos- ately — John loves the national parks er. Prine has become for many, not just and at one point was planning on bring- a well-loved and appreciated songwrit- ing his own camper out here for a er, but a bonafide American treasure. while.” Prine lives in Nashville, Tennessee The event’s steering committee in with his wife, Fiona, and enjoys spend- Gardiner was happy with these choic- ing time with their three sons, daugh- es, Gardner said. ter-in-law and grandson. Gardner commented on the other musicians who will be featured at the Emmylou Harris centennial event. Not many musicians are as recogniz- “We thought of Leyla McCalla, able merely by their first names as because Rodney loves her Carolina Emmylou Harris. Chocolate Drops Band. And then A 13-time Grammy winner and Bill- (Crowell) started assembling his stellar board Century Award recipient, Har- house band. We added Bozeman’s ris’ contribution as a singer and song- Angella Ahn and realized we were shy writer spans 40 years, according to a a gospel singer, and added Dorothy Yellowstone National Park news Morrison, the legendary vocalist on ‘Oh release. Photo by Jim Shea Happy Day.’ She and her nephew Kyle She has recorded more than 25 Legendary singer-songwriter John Prine, shown in this recent publicity pho- Gattison will join the fun and add some albums and has lent her talents to to, is one of the headliners at “An Evening at the Arch,” Aug. 25 in Gardiner. gospel flavor,” Gardner recalled. countless fellow artists’ recordings. In And Gardner helped find a master of recognition of her remarkable career, friend Emmylou Harris won two Gram- ceremonies and other presenters. Harris was inducted into the Country Rodney Crowell mys and two Americana awards. He “I called Bill Pullman, because he’s Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Acting as music director for this served as music director for the Trib- played the president and been in so Harris is known as much for her elo- event as well as performing, Grammy ute to the Everly Brothers at the Rock many film projects, I thought he would quently straightforward songwriting as award winner Rodney Crowell has long and Roll Hall of Fame, and also the be the perfect emcee. We have a bril- for her incomparably expressive sing- been known as a poet among songwrit- recently released “I Saw The Light” liant Teddy Roosevelt reenactor named ing. Admired through her career for ers, the park news release said. biopic on the life of Hank Williams, the Joe Wiegand,” she said. her talent as an artist and song connois- Crowell embarked on his solo career release said. Here’s a look at the Aug. 25 lineup: seur, Harris shook up country radio in with the 1988 release, “Diamonds and the 1970s, and established herself as Dirt,” which charted an unprecedented Master of Ceremonies, John Prine the premiere songwriter of a genera- five No. 1 singles. He produced actor Bill Pullman Two time Grammy-award winner, tion, selling more than 15 million Rosanne Cash, Chely Wright, Shannon Bill Pullman started acting profes- John Prine, is a singer-songwriter who, records and garnering 13 Grammy McNally and many more. sionally in New York Theater in 1983, from his LP release in 1971, titled Awards, three Country Music Associa- His songs have been recorded by and shortly after began his film career “John Prine,” has continued to write tion Awards, and two Americana Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Lucin- that currently spans over 70 features and perform songs that have become Awards. da Williams, Waylon Jennings, Willie and several television series, including central to our American musical heri- Coming out in September is her col- Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Rosanne “Ruthless People,” “Spaceballs,” “The tage, his official biography on www. laboration with Dolly Parton and Linda Cash, Keith Urban, Van Morrison and johnprine.com states. Ronstadt, “The Complete Trio Collec- Tim McGraw, among many others. Classics like, “Angel from Montgom- tion.” His recent release with longtime See CONCERT, Page 9 Page 4 I NPS Centennial Edition I August 11, 2016 Since 1938... Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop has been Livingston’s headquarters for quality fishing equipment for 78 years. Our business was quite small at first, but we have grown with this area to become one of the largest suppliers of fly fishing equipment in the world. We are proud of the fact that Dan Bailey’s Fly Shop is always listed among those businesses and organizations that have worked to keep dams off the Yellowstone River and to preserve the quality of the streams, lakes and ponds of this area. We congratulate the National Park Service on its 100th Anniversary. In the early days, fish on the Wall of Fame were painted right on the wall. Dan Bailey is shown ty- ing flies with some of our employees in the store’s 209 W. 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The fort housed the U.S. Army, which served as the guardian of the park for 32 years before the establishment of the National Park Service. THE BIRTH OF THE NATIONAL PARKS By Liz Kearney for the preservation, from injury or remaining upright petrified trees near Montana Territory, at Hardin arrived Enterprise Staff Writer spoliation, of all timber, mineral Tower Junction. at Mammoth Hot Springs and found deposits, natural curiosities, or won- Early park superintendents weren’t the place deserted, Whittlesey efore there was the National ders within said park, and their reten- paid, Whittlesey said. Some took the recounted. Park Service, there was the tion in their natural condition.” job seriously, but others didn’t. In the One of the troop’s first duties was U.S. Army. The problem, Whittlesey explained, meantime, news of the park’s misman- fighting a forest fire on Bunsen Peak, BYellowstone National Park is that squatters and poachers and agement reached Congress, thanks to not far south of Mammoth. was established by an act of Congress those interested in profiting from the a disgruntled former employee who “The fire was purposely set by Gar- in 1872. But the National Park Service new tourist destination settled around had a brother in the House of Repre- diner locals who resented the govern- wasn’t founded until 1916. So how was the Gardiner and Mammoth area sentatives. ment intrusion,” Whittlesey said. the park managed for that 44-year gap? almost immediately. They built pri- In 1886, a bill to continue the sala- Gardiner had been established as a Yellowstone, as the world’s first vate hotels without permission, ries of the park superintendent and town by late 1879 or early 1880, with national park, was something of a test cooked food in the hot springs, and assistants died, and suddenly no mon- the addition of a post office.