The coming of the railways to Montana Territory changed the pattern of access to Yellowstone Park from both the west and the north. The Northern Pacific Railroad's tracks were laid to the crossing of Yellowstone River in 1882, and a new town — Livingston — was laid out on railroad property at the edge of Clark City.
There is considerable confusion regarding the name of the railroad's town, and it is variously given as honoring different persons — each reputed to be a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Cheney (1971), p. 140, says the official was Crawford Livingston, of St. Paul, Minnesota (but that was obviously taken from an interview with Joe George in 1944). Campbell states that the town “was named in honor of Charles Livingston of New York.” An official publication of the railroad indicates it was neither o
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