The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-08-16
Ovsalsg q tho Teliewstsae River d
NaviSAtlSs.


Ovsaosg q The Tel1ewstsae River
Navigation.
Tbs successful exploration Of IL Vel
: lowsteus river. lste!y annosnced y 0sa
ohesidan. will probably spsn sp one Of d
9a'ss beautiful and wonderfal regime .
~ cs'nsinent 70 The tourist and Tho emf
} grant The military expedition which =
cends'l The Yellowstone tn,m Fort Bsfosd
on The, Missouri, asccsiainel the naviga
6iliiy Ut This grra. ,ribu,ary Of The latte
stream eighty miles abuve the mossh u
ROvslss river. IN the present year when Ii,
Spring waters we're hwcs than q ssl
period 10 the psss three yssrs.
The Ysllowssone b the principal a@ess
Of The Upoee Missouri, md iss Volume, q
Gen. Warren estimated Il, y - large q
what 10 considered the main stryam. Thl
country drained BY il aud the Jslferson,
Madison and 0sllslin Forks, sccorLin9 q
Lieutenant Nallsns rsport, b one Of ihs
most delightful snd desirable west Of the
Iississ'ppi-gsntly undulsicd prairie. DIT.
ted bere and there with clunps Of lumber.
All the streams ass forest. fringed, tn
slimss nj d and invixorasing. furnishsa
all o.her elements fur happy homes Ths
inclination Ut the coanncns and the water.
sheds. are ~ gradual, that Fremont even,
10 ascending the 0oath Paas-higher than
the Simplon u 81. G0shsssi over the Alps
--had " use tho utmost care 10 detect the
cslmiss'iss point or dividing crest.
The YELLOWSTONE hes sss soercs In the
nosstsis lake Ut that maine, LYING in Wy
oaisy Territory, 'brtween the Big Horn
ssd Upper Mn ouri branches, asd 10 che.
nacses'ssd BY ,nahy islands sqd By hold,
sweeping curves. frrqsrnlly Infringing %
the bill sides. Between Clarke Fork and
she mouth Ut The Big Horn y . rapid river,
Rowing sOsue three or four miles IN hour,
and " frOm i've hundred 70 ok hundred
yards wide. After passing The Big Horn,
and themes 70 Powder river, Il resembles
the ssE6id A,asoeri. aad expands into .
vo'soe siea huudssd yards wide. Il b
ueobesssc } didlcult rapids, and con.
sains numerous dspssly wooded and heavily
timbsred islands, and the >sasd.bar, could
very easily b removed, 1t very little ex>
peasa Cspssis Reynolds party, who sx>
pDosed Il some yesrs ago, represents iss
6oods q neither sudden nor excessive:
They followed Il ~ several miles, and ex.
pressed he opision thnt !, could b payi.
gaeed. al The way to the point where Il
sssoes from The mountains By boais thse
draw three feet Of water, from tho mid
dls OF Nay to sboct the first Of August, ssd
psosouscsd Il bsiies fir seesmbuat.navi.
cation Thea ths x,ssourt. The total jsueth
OF The Yellowssonc 10 sb,ul $50 miles, and |
It oar prsssss infor,aaiion 10 sols.ably chr.
Seet. shout $50 miles Ut the river viii be
opsn To the bosy steamboats, of the Wesssgu
wafen The Northern Pacific Railroad
(which 'rsvesses he natural chasnel Of
she Yelh'wstone). With i,s southern con.
neciions 70 Cheyenne anil Yanktou. will
greatly sts'ss In popahting aud devs,oplne
ne Yellowstone lssin and the many adioin. |
nver valleys. aud bringing their untold
mineral wealth and shs many vondess Of |
shssr vS'canic pAesomena vithis r,ach Of |
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