Yanceys is a location in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...

 in Park County, Wyoming

Wyoming

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, United States

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. In 1882, "Uncle" John Yancey

John F. Yancey

John F. Yancey also known as Uncle John Yancey was a Yellowstone National Park concessionaire who operated Yancey's Pleasant Valley hotel near Tower Junction in Yellowstone from 1882 until his death in 1903.-Early life:Very little is known about John Yancey's early life in Kentucky, although it is...

, established a remote mail station and hotel in this area for the benefit of tourists traveling in the northern part of the park. John F. Yancey died in 1903 and his heirs ran the hotel until 1905 when it was abandoned. No buildings remain in Pleasant Valley today.