The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-29
Yellowstone Park Chronicles.
Editor of the Chronicle:
Mammoth Hot Springs. Wyoming Ter

Editor of The Chronicle:
Mammoth Hot Springs. Wyoming Ter
ritory, Dec 26th, 1885.
AS you are a faithful chronicler Of
local, social, political and foreign events
as well as of the National Park, send
you, at the close of this year of grace,
1885, retrospective chronicle of the
Park, that may be of general interest
and I may venture some present and
prospective chronicles of the Park at
another time.
1t is IA years since the Yellowstone
Park was dedicated and consecrated by
act of congress for National Park and
pleasure ground for the nation, and the
nations who may choose to visit it.
Since March LIST, 1872, there have been
five presidents who had control of the
government and the department which
charge of the Park. These were Grant,
Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland.
of whom but two are alive. Of secretar-
les of the interior there were five who
took some degree of interest in the Park.
These were Chandler, Schurtz, Kirk
wood, Teller and Lamar. Under these
there have been five superintendent, N.
P. Langhorne, P. w. Norris. P. H. Con-
ger, R. E. Carpenter and D. W. Wear.
There alive five packers and Park guides
whose names are mentioned in connec-
ton with the early history of the Park
by W. w. Wylie, one of the reliable
authors of guide books to the Yellow
stone Park These are Nelson Catlin.
George Rowland, Sam Jackson, E. Hofer
and F. d. Nelson. Geo. Huston, de-
ceased, was also named among the early
pathfnders in the Park.
The wonders of the Park, statistically
considered, are five in number:-The
Mammoth Hot Springs and Terraces,
the Grand Canyon and Falls of the
Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, the
Great Geyser and gaseous boiling springs,
the great chemical basins and mud vol.
canoes. The dynGmical aspects of these
phenomenal objects are also five in num-
terrace building and and cave |
excavating forces at Mammoth Hot |
Springs, the mineral painting and hy-
lraulic washing in the Grand Canyon,
the melting SHOWS from the mountains,
the boiling floods from the bowels of the
earth, that supplies the waters of Vel.
owstone Lake, the duplex pulsating,
lrtenal gushings of the geysers, the
and morpho-foral forces of
he chemical basins, and the nauseating
of the mud volcanoes.
Besides these physical manifestations,
he Park has had five social events
worth noticing. There has been one muir
Ter, one marriage, five births, one high
way robbery and one elopement. There
rave also been five leases granted and
w. Marshall at forks of
7irehole river, John Vance, at Pleasant
1alley, Hubbard, Hatch & Douglas, at
Hot Springs, and six more
laces in the Park; James A. Clark at
Iammoth Hot Springs; H. l.. & W. ].
henderson at Mammoth Hot Springs,
ttage Hotel; Geo. w. Marshall's has
cen three times transferred. and is
ow in the possession of the Yellow
tone Park Association. This company
lso holds most of the interests and fran
hises of the old Yellowstone National
ark Improvement Co. There are four
Ease holders doing business in the Park.
The superintendent is now in the
ands of the military, commanded by
apt. NJ. Harris, Troop No. l. U. S. Cav
Try OF wild animals there are five of
ne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bison, elk,
lack and white tailed deer, antelope
nd mountain sheep. There are five of
he ctrnivOra-bears, wolves, lions, bad
ers and several smaller varieties of the
line species. Such is condensed past
nd present of the Park. !
G. L. HENDERSON.