The Indiana State sentinel., 1883-08-29
THE YELLOWSTONE.
An Interesting Description OF the
Grand National Park.
The Mammoth Hot springs -Ce the sum
nit OF Mount Washburn, and
What One Sees.
The Geyser Basins-rhs ExceIsier or
Sheridan Geyser-rhe Falls OF the
Yellowstone-Gsrdsn Spots
Of the Continent

The following lecture was delivered SuDdsg
night at the Grand Opera House by Rev. O.
c. McCulloch, pastor of the Plymouth
Church. lie has recently returned from the
Yellowstone Park, and describes what he saw
in graphic and entertaining manner and
Language. He said:
The brarch Of the Nozfhern Pacific leaves Liy-
ingston1 co miles west Of ST. Paul, and when eDm-
Park. II is now within ten miles of completion.
Riding into and up this beautiful valley takes
some Of its wesIinesS for misses the beautiful
views which greeted those who came fcoIn B0zs-
or Fort Ellis, the former out f.iiog stations.
The Yellowstone pa'ses through It's third canon.
or the gate, and begins its eastward a. this
place. 10 is strong, beautiful river running oTer
RITES Of a ceep green color. tOssiog spumeS of
white fosm as IL oasbes against rocks and in its
GOODNESS oil purity givi g no iniicat,9a Of the
received since il left Yellowstone Lake II full
OF splendid trout running as high rs fur pounds
Ne fHer river ever invoked he ily-fsher.
Just within the gate opens Paradise VallaE, the
lower valley OF the Yellowstone. a ont three miles
ers' ranch used TO extend its bospitality to the
travellers and was far-fsmed. In the valley are
many cattle and various kinds OF grain Then
clings ike hy TO the grim walls. having cut a
way in the solid rock The old road costing s5. 90
and owned and built By Yankee Jim is largely
superseded. When we caIle the railroad stopped
at Yankee Jim's" and there the stages we're
drawn up for our accommodation. A ride Of
eighteen miles was ahead of Us over a fair load as
roads CO. but requiring steady nerves u make IL in
the dark. Rain set in and the roads beam very
slippery. Our own light buck bDard rolled al ing
easily, but the heavier stages and wagons
had difficulty such lettin' up
the hills on foot. the corduroy" bridges rolled
up The dining car waiter. who had tnought to
see the So iDgs, Yves hurled twenty feet like ball
from gun. Gatherir g himself up he remarked that
'diDin' csr is good enough for me- Bef re the
Night shut down we saw the "Devlps slide, OF
Cinnahar Mountain, sandstone to which oxide Of
iron bss given red color was thou hit II be cnna-
lar. The strata which had been deposited when
this was en- ancient lake region have all been up
turned on ecge. Between these have been forced I'D
masses of trap rock. The softer Sc iimentary rock
have been vOrnaWay leaving the trap1ikes. These
stand forth the whole length Of the mou ltsin
side. Two in particular, which give the name to
"DEyILs's SLIDE"
are over 2oO feet high and iiTy fee broad. Be
tweeE tACrn the red sandstone shows. II is G
the sams lame in Websr Canon f-taS
but r. crapder With this nsms we enter
the domain of internal nomenclature rne regions
DiSh Tames Hell Roaring RIVER" Il LIS Half
acre The Devils Den" ''The DEVILS HOOf."
is tbe scene Of the lest ihTSes o. voea1ic energy
so ia these rameS Is tn ne reed the revival OF
ancieut supersutOns that al strange. unusual
nature pat nOmena. especially those that awaken
spiTi,s of he nj derVOrld This whole region has
been avoided by the Innians because Of lis fearful
sights eLd sounds Perhaps a cult might have
been ceyeloped bere-s devil worship such as Is
race. Al Gardner. "a little tent village the to ne
terminus tf the railroad the Tnad leaves the Vel.
Tnis aver has three forFs the east. mitdle and
north and cuts its way through great eaneus with
besuiul falls On aplatesu or terrace which IS but
broken-down fountain which the Hot Springs
have made sss1Gs 1 the new hotel L eeve no sign
dow. IL is but partially completed, the founds-
ticn having been laid as late as May 20-a huge
structure; 4i0 feet long built on the Queen Anne
not expected for three days and hurried prepars.
ticrs we're made. Throu. the great halls two or
three small lamps glimmered. No fires gloWed.
But what was wanting in comfort was made up in
we-cOme and Willingness. And as one by one
the party struggled in wet. shaken, with large
stories 10 tell they were sent TO beds which were
soft, and 10 sleep which was dreamless
TIE MAMMOTH HOT tPRINes.
The principal hotel Of the Yellowstone National
PIX improvement Company is located at the
wonders Of the Yellowstone The Hot Spring, Of
the Gardner VALLEY deposit lime For mile up
distely in front of the hotel are the lates' and
active Springs. White as marble they gtisien in
of ihese Springs, They are a multitude Of shallow
bowls. ore above another. of varied shapes. The
evaT Grating water leaves its atom Of lime on the
edge like tiny pearl: ,ese are arranged in
sca!lopS, like shells laid side by side. As the
sides rise the , water Iises and 50 arc built up the
50 as 10 sculptor can carve. The other mineral
constituents OF the water give col
looking into the shell OF a oyster where ma
ture has painted with morn each annual cell"
Conceive these bowls, one row upon another, many
feet high. and then Oth-r terraces higher up and
other groups near by. The whole region is full of
them. The underlying lime which they come
thrO ugh lies SEQ feet below. The waters. heated
10y volcanic fires dissolve out the lime and deposit
itin The edges OF the bowls. They are the srehi.
where the In eS and grass are II is the same the
underlying so being the broken down formations
resort It's baths are open to the world free of
chsTge They can be tfken at sill temperatures, rs
hisn a, 9i degrees nsIy have come Tor relief
HobeTi, Nlfe President OF the improvement Com
Tsny, tells nae that many carpenters at
work on the hotel came to the SPRINGS on account
of rheumatism were cured by the baths and re-
mained to work Nor will these Spriugs be mac
cessible dCIing winter. The hotel remains open,
very little nov falls and the temperature warned
by the spiings, and coDlnCd within the wall Of
mouIisiDss is not sunk so low as on the plains.
Springs Vii compete with the Hot Springs OF Ar
ksnsss ard those OF Las Neea' for those troubled
The large size Of the paIty-nearly ftty-made
the movement and provisioning Of 1t like that of
an aruy. II was therefore broke into two COM
psnies, ore 10 leave Monday at noon. the other to
follow on Tuesday. The first party, uader char c
ii inst. . Some OF us rode the little tough Indian
ponies. Others took wagons and Carriages. The
ooleeye point was ine MOTHS Geyssp boSln As
road made by the Government, may at this mo-
ment give an account of the
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
asa whole. The expedition OF Lewis and Clarke
into this Northwest. in 1904 did not enter this
giOr. but they tOuched the Roche Jaune. or lel-
lOWstOne, and heard certain rumOrs OF its Won
ders One OF the Company sitter their return. how
ever did enter It in 1906 and brought back stories
were petTifed trees and bushes, he said, and
shrubs and trees bearing rubies and sapphires for
fruit Near them were rabbits and grouse IN nat
ural position but turned to stone. Two
men pursued by the Indians took
refuge he'e and told wonderful stories. In 1859,
two prospectors, Cook and Folsom. made a pros
pectine tour through the Park. returning down
the Madison River. Their report attracted gen
era attention. In 1870 party from Helena. Mont,
under the lead of General Weshburn explored the
PARK. ACCOMPANIED by Lieutenant Doane with a
small escort OF soldiers. They visited most OF the
springs aud geysers, saw the falls and the lake
and gave names TO some OF the mountains. Their
repoT- TIst called public attention 70 the PARK;
and g UNITS OF II were given In volume Iii; OF
Scribner's Monthly. IL was from this party thas
Mr.. Eyerts was lost. The account. given IN the
ssme volume of Scrfbner. under the title ol
Thirty seven Days of PERIL" shows bow the
county. now so easily traversed and full OF pe0
pie looked 10 its early days. In 1871 two expedt
lions were organized By the Government, one
under command of Captain Barlow aud the Other
scientific expedition under charge of d.. F. v
HAYDEN. This last thoroughly opened up the
Wonders M HellOWstOne. studying its various