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Stones in Yellowstone
News · April 17, 2014


University of Iowa geoscience Prof. Emeritus Dr. Richard Baker continues his series of lectures about geology in our national parks with a presentation on Yellowstone National Park.


The 2 p.m. April 19 lecture is free and last about one hour at the visitor center of Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Baker completed his doctorate research at Yellowstone.

He has traveled to many of our national parks and has taught a course on them at the University of Iowa.

The lecture series is offered in recognition of President Herbert Hoover’s interests in geology and conservation.

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum are in West Branch, Iowa at exit 254 off I-80. Both are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. For more information go online at www.nps.gov/heho