[YELL203479-D4414] Letter from D. C. Booth to Major John Pitcher regarding the Commissioner of Fisheries approval to plant Brook and Rainbow trout in the park dated April 30, 1907.

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DescriptionLetter from D. C. Booth to Major John Pitcher regarding the Commissioner of Fisheries approval to plant 100,000 Brook and 15,000 Rainbow trout in the park in the latter half of may. Booth specifies that the Rainbow trout should be planted in a tributary to Yellowstone Lake and as such may require the planting of the Rainbow trout to later in the season when the road conditions in the park should be better. Booth also requests that Major Pitcher inform him of where to plant the Brook trout and whether the park can provide transportation for them. (old system, document 8480)TypeTextCreatorBooth, D.C..Young, S. B. M.q(Samuel Baldwin Marks),d1840-1924.GenrelettersLanguageengDate1907-04-30SubjectRainbow troutFish cultureFish stockingBrook troutContributing InstitutionYellowstone National Park Heritage and Research CenterDigital CollectionYellowstone National Park Army Era RecordsDigital Formatimage/jpgDigitization SpecificationsScanned on an Epson Expression 12000XL Flatbed Scanner at 400 dpi as a TIFF image. This image was cropped, color corrected through level adjustment, and converted into a JPG using Adobe Photoshop. Date Digitized2025Physical CollectionYellowstone National Park Army Era Records (RG 00)Local IdentifierYELL203479-D4414Contact UsFor more information contact Yellowstone National Park Heritage and Research Center: yell_heritage_center@nps.gov / (307) 344-2264. CopyrightCC0

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Series NameSeries 1: Pre-1909 Correspondence FilesBox NumberYNP Army Era, Box 11Folder NumberYNP Army Era, Box 11, Folder 4

CollectionYellowstone National Park Army Era RecordsSub-CollectionPre-1909 Correspondence: A-E, 1903-1912

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[YELL203479-D4414] Letter from D. C. Booth to Major John Pitcher regarding the Commissioner of Fisheries approval to plant Brook and Rainbow trout in the park dated April 30, 1907.

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[YELL203479-D4414] Letter from D. C. Booth to Major John Pitcher regarding the Commissioner of Fisheries approval to plant Brook and Rainbow trout in the park dated April 30, 1907.

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