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Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1809-06-04 - 1896-10-23

Biography

American lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman. Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of the Interior. Instrumental in the establishment of America's first national park, supervising the first U.S. federally funded exploratory scientific expedition into Yellowstone in 1871, and becoming America's first national park overseer in 1872.