The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-20
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rEE woNnERs % THE rElLoWSTpNN.
Il is siAicd in the sixth annual report
OF The United S,AtcS Geographical SEfVuy
l lhe Territories by y ". Hayden,
United States GeologlSI lkst lhefO . per,
hats no more unEhoWu or inierU1ting
SepEfAphiCAl rtEiUn IN AmeriCA than the
didkFORt branches q the Snake river and
the Madison, the great water divide oi
the COutMtni, The maps now 10 prug
lTuas AZ conSlFuetiod WI almost entirely
change the geuEFIpAY ni tAb WondIiul
lrrghA. Within = TAdiuA o. tan miles
may ho found the sources Of thFue OF tic
largest TiVrFS 10 AmeFlcI Tue general
eloVaIlOn 10 from 1000 70 5000 loel
tAtns, whose eternal anOWS iOrm tho
nouTcCB Of these grpli rlvsFs, riSo 10 4
height Oi ten tAoDaAld 20 twelve thou
BAna toot Flowing nltthNAEd GEs the
BnmgOus bganeAel q u NlB0aEi, Yol.
lpNttnaq and Wlnd Nun, Ehich ~
eVentdAIly uAlld b one mig fhly stream, the
II suIi - III south Gfv De bFanchSS
Of qtoon HiHeE, which, unitink with tho
COl6yAdO, dpally ompllol Into Tho Gnli Of
CaHorui6, while south and west now tho
branches Of Snake river, which, uniting
with the Columbia, pour their vast vol
umN Ol water into the Pacific. Tho eX-
plOmliOn ui this remarkable water divide
proves that the Madison fork has It's
source in u small lake not hitherto noted
on any map, and that the so called MAdi.
son Lake belongs on the Pacific slope.
This latter lake was found to be about ~
a ls.tt. ltt IA
this body oi water lllTs n stream nearly
one hundred feet wide, which, after dis
tanco OF about five miles, cmptieS into
second lake which Is four miles long and
one and half miles wide, The lormer
Of these lakes was named Shoshone, and
the latter lake Lewis, In honor ot the
great pioneer explorer Ol the Northwest
AT the upper end Of Lake ShoShone new
geysCr basin was discovered, with from
seventy y.nve to one hundred springs, many
OF them gCysefa nj considerable power.
In some TcspccH these springs were re-
gaTdcd more interesting than those In
FiIeholc basin
The divide between the NrllOwslOnd
Lake aud lake Lewis was IOunl 10 10
about fifty feet above the former and two
hundred feet above the latter This low
ridge on the great water divide OF tho
Continent has doubtless given rise TO the
story OF the Two Oceans river, and such
a stream has found It's way Ia most OF
our printed maps, From the summit OF
the mountain the scope Division embraces
q radius Of one hundred and iiIty miles,
within which four hundred and sew.
enty muunialn peaks worthy ul name
could be- distinctly observed The
area that conll bo swept by the eye
Iruul ~ .tn' not have been lOsa
Than il,J ,uouGaud square miles, Cmbra-
cling every variety OF grand and beautiful
scenery OF mountain and valley, probably
without parallel ON the Continent. Ten
large lakes and several smaller ones were
embraced In the view. and the entire Nel.
IOWslono park was spread out under tho
pyO. To the cast the Wind river and Big
HOrn ranges, with the snOw-Clad sum
nils 6f FTemOnrg, UnlOn and Cloud
peaks, bounded the view On the north
The Yellowstone range. with EmigrAnls
peak and many Of the lOltiCst mountains
In Montana, were clearly seen To the
west the numerous ranges com
ptissd iu what are called the Salmon
river mountains OF Idaho formed the ho.
riZon Of vision 10 that direction, while the
near Fort Hall aud the Wa
IOtch range completed the mighty Hm.
philheAtTG. This remarkable view en-.
braces large portion Of Wyoming, Mon
lana, Idaho and Utah Territories. About
Iurty small streams, which unite and
form the upper part AT Snakr i.VsT, were
carefully examined. Tho party then
proceeded down snake river through Ito
CAnOns, eXameDinR Jaekeon's
Lake and The nTmuTbna HireanlA tnAt
empty Int0 InG main river on either side
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