The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-06-30
Prem Bohemian 90 the wyoming Ma
tionaI Park.
NUMBER
BY A. V. RICHARDS.

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count some eighteen miles, we camp
ed at Baronett's bridge. This Is a
small and very rude mountain bridge
thrown across the western or main
branch of the Yellowstone, just above
the junction Of the two branches, and
at the foot Of the grand canon Of the
Yellowstone. In the banks OF the
river here are mer extinct steam
vents, and large pieces of pure crys-
tallized sulphur are strewn ~carelessly
about. Two brothers by the name Of
Baronett live In a log cabin ON the
p~eninsular between, and make a liv-
ing by hunting and gathering speci-
mems from the neighboring hills,
which they sell to visitors to the
Park. Some of these specimens are
very rare, and consist of beautiful
~petrifacIions and crystallizations,
a~methysts, chalcedony, opals, topaz
and various other formations ofquartz
and silica.
On the next day we halted for lunch
on Tower creek and visited Tower
Falls. This fall Is l12 feet in height,
and Is one OF the most beautiful little
sheets of water we yer beheld. 1t
falls the whole distance at n plunge,
entirely u%nbroken, and as it is entire
ly hidden by the high walls of the
rocky gorge it has worn u OF the
solid rock, the SUBMITS of which are
covered with a dense growth of pine
timber, 1t might easily be ignored by
the visitor. 1t gets its name from the
numerous basaltic towers which have
been carved out of the changing cur
rent of the rapid little stream.
In the afternoon, we crossed the
snow-capped summit OF Mt. Wash
burne, which towers among the
clouds to the altitude of 1850 feet.
This being n of the highest peaks
In the park, we will leave the reader
here for the present to enjoy the en-
chanting landscape which here lies
unfolded in every direction, and in
our next we will endeavor to point
out some of the more prominent fea-
lures as they appear to us.
There are several theories as to the
cause of these wonderful springs. One
Is that the ebulition is purely chem
ical, aud that the heat is caused by
the action of the water upon the inn
mense beds of limestone that are
known to underlie this whole coun-
try, Another is hat cold water
in contact with strata Of rock that
have been, or are, heated by the in-
ternal fires of the earth, which forms
the steam and vapor that force the
waters to the surface. Then there is
another, perhaps moi quite so scien-
tifc, but apparently equally logical,
which is best expressed in the words
Of its celebrated author. Hans Won
Donderkelt, when he remarked to his
son, "Drife on Shake, He'll is not one
mile fon dis blace."
Considered with regard to extent
and number, this is the most remark
able group of hot springs yer discov-
cred. In running our line,
due west from these, we dis
covered a group of hot springs, of the
same general character, but an infe-
rior scale. There are about thirty in
the group, and are located on the
west bank of Cascade creek. They
have not been described by any one
else, which leads Us to believe we
were the discoveries. To Mr.. w. H.
Boardway billie OF Rush, belongs
the honor OF this discovery Riding
ahead OF the pack train to select a
suitable camping place u evening,
he saw the steam jets pufing up from
the springs half a mile OF. As we
had been In the woods for several
weeks, we were constantly on the
lookout for signs OF civilization. Ri
ding back to the line, Billie impaired
the welcome intelligence that we
were nearing the habitations OF men,
as he had omesuddenly in sight ofsev-
eral saw mills. The party were some
what disappointed when they discov-
cred that the saw mills had taken
fight upon being discovered, leaving
behind them only their boilers. Their
disappointment was rather appeased,
however, in the novelty of this, their
first npan intn damn Nafurp,s kitchPn