The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-06-26
NATIONAL PARK NOTES.
Early visitors at Mammoth Hot sprine,

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Fredrick Friend, Woollet Hall Graz.
Kent, England, was the first visitor at th
Springs this year. Mr. Friend hae. re
Gently visited the hot springs and terrace
of New Zealand, but after examinin.
these he admitted that they were incom
parably superior every way to those 0
New Zealand. On June 9th, party O
eight, including Mr.. John Speak, Geo
Charles Sim, Alfred Humphrey, Charlie.
English, all Englishmen, are the men
who. organized the plan of making tho
| first tour of the Park in 1884. They
were accompanied by Mr.. j. S. Case Of
New jersey, and Mr.. J. c. Beldin, Hot
Springs, Ark. James Blanding, with a
double team and wagon, Geo. Young
with team and blackboard, were the
guides. They had been warned at the
Springs (as reported in the DAILY ENTER
pRIsE), that they would find bad roads
and high streams and that there would be
great difficulty in getting through with
wagons. They found the truth of this
prediction and had to leave their convey
ances at the Geyser meadow at Gibbon
canyon, and, without saddles make the
remainder of the journey on horseback
An Intellectual attempt was also made to
reach the lake and canyon. England is
thus entitled to the credit of sending the
first visitor to Mammoth Hot Springs and
the first party of tourists as far as the
Upper Geyser Basin in 1891.
E. N. Edwards, Riverside. Montana, was
really the first who accomplished the feat
Of reaching the Great Geyser valley known
as the Upper Geyser Basin, in 1884 on
wheels. His party consisted Of Warren
Barlow, of Gardener, Ulster county, n.
Y, j. NJ. Trimble, Washington, d. C., w.
Milton Farrow, the famous marksman.
J. II. Neal ofsOregon, accompanied them
on horseback. This party started through
Snow Gate on June 14th and returned on
the 18Th, without any misllap | hardly
know how they managed at the lake,
where the road is submerged. / think
they carried all their goods around it and
pulled their wagon through by cables
England must also be awarded the
glory of first reaching the Grand canyon
IN 1884. On Thursday, June 10Th, Char
lie Chadburn, with splendid pair Of
mules and spring wagon, started from
Hot Springs, having under his
ARE and guidance II. w. Rowe and wife
rom Liverpool, England, and j. Evans
us, from England In order that they
hould make good safe start on their
journey, the writer accompan-
ed them as far as Joslyn's Lake. There
We had to work fonr hours to cut and
,rade q passable road fifty yards in length
round the north side of the lake. After
which, with ropes to keep the wagon
evel. the feat was accomplished without
njurlng single article of food or cloth
ng. We have since heard at Mammoth
lot Springs that this English party had
listed all the great geyser basins and
lere on their way back to the Grand can
on safe and sound. II
On the day following, June goth, four I
cams, heavily loaded with tents, beds I'D 4
rovisions, belonging to the n. p r. r., |
arted up to the Norris Gevser Basin At !
oslyn's Lake they had to work nearly all i
ay to widen and deepen the grade that |
al been so we'll begun tie day before. The |
anger and difficulty to he met with )
this point having been reported
Superintendent Conger, he secured 4
le labor Of several volunteers to extend t
e grade the whole length of the lake. t
his was complet d on the 22nd and is il
w In fair condition In "a few weeks, {.
hen the snow is almost gone from Lime a
one mountain, the o.d grade, which is
" i lake, will become the travelled
adj. But when the new Kingman road s.
, the west Gallatin river is completed j
this danger and difficulty will be g
oidesl. It's nearly completed as far Ii
Golden Gate. Fifty men would, in 2
cnty days Or less. open the road in to al
ran Lake Park, close to the west Gar D,