There was a very important superintendent of Yellowstone, a man who was involved in the founding of the National Park Service itself, Horace Albright. And he became superintendent, which is the boss of Yellowstone Park, in 1919 – from 1919 to 1929. Later, he was director of the park service itself. Albright embraced the idea that in order for the national parks – and Yellowstone in particular – to have support from the American people and from politicians, there needed to be wildlife as spectacle.
