The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-27
THE YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Rev o. G. McCullOch's Interesting Talk oil
the Great Western Resort

Rev. o. c. McCulloch's Interesting Talk on
the Great Western Resort.
Rev. Oscar q. McColloeh who has inst re-
turned from tour Oh Yellowstone Park, spoke
to large audience at the Grand Opera-house
last night on the beauties and wonders OF that
great national preserve. He began with a brief
but interesting history of its formation during
the geologic era, and told of the explorations of
Golfer, one Of the members of Lewis and Clar1'e
expedition In 1905, which gave to the world the
first short, meager but authentic history OF what
had previous to that time been vague wild and
unreliable runner. He said thar following the
Lewis and Clark expedition the park had been.
previous to Lacy's visit in 1858, only seen by
hunters and trappers, whose stories of petrified
forests and trees that bore rubies and saphires
were but distortions of facts that existed there.
The place had for the most part been stunned
by every one, particularly by the Indians, on
account OF the sulphurous odors, strange
sounds and weird formations until
1871, when it was fully explored by
DR.. Hayden, under whose recommendation
1t was in 1872 set apart by Congress a ma
tional park. He spoke of it the nursery Of
great rivers, showing that the rivers that make
the Missouri, the Columbia and the Colorado all
have their head i'll the knot of mountains in this
park. He gave interesting descriptions of the
CdH5 Jus, Tdrdulst Nal6y, Tue Devil S1Qe, 16f-
race Mountain and other wonders. The man.
moth springs that cover three four square
miles, the waters of which are brought up from
depth of 500 feet, are valuable for their cura-
tive powers and will some day be great
national santarlum for the cure of rheumatism
ana erupt1Ve cutaneous diseases he described,
In order, the GtbhOn Paint Pot, the spOutiug
Geysers, the GibboD Canyon, and Gibbon Falls
and the great falls of the Yellowstone. Here is
thelargest geyser in the world. 1t was first
noticed as a hot spring. $50 by $50 feet, then il
closed up. Year before last il opened, throwing
a column Of water 300 feet into the air. spouting
every twenty-four hours. Old Faithful Geyser
is SO called because of its regularity. 1t plays
every hour, lifting beautiful column of water
l75 feet. The Giantess is geyser that is ac-
tive once In fourteen days, when it
throws column of water eighteen by
twenty-five feet in diameter to height
of sixty feet, from which four or five
jets continue to a height of $50 feet, the play Of
the fountain lasting fourteen or fifteen hours.
Geysers exist in but two other places in the
world-in Thibet and in Iceland. There are
only two in Iceland; there thousands in
Yellowstone Park. The largest one in Iceland
rises, at most, TO a height of 100 feet-usually
only 60 feet. Mr. McCullOch's lecture was
deeply interesting, but, as he himself remarked,
lacking in not having the accompanying pie
lures. He said, however that the PARK was now
easily accessible and the journey no longer very
expensive, costing, from Chicago to the park
and return, including every expense, less than
S2OO. Within year or Two narrOw-gaEs5
road will make the round of the park.