Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-14
OUR NALI0NAL PARK.
BEAUTIES AND WONDERS or rHl
YELLOWSTONE RESERVATION.
a Geological Curiosity - The Famous
Devils siide-vaiiey of the sinking
water-The snow Eik-iIenry Lake.
snake River.

Devus Nitde-Naiisy of the ~hhkihg
water-Ths snow Eik-iIsnry Lake.
snake River.
There aro many wonders within our great
national rsurvation that have never teen
noticci by The numerous guide hooks, AMI
therc are Jus, a. many more outssie % thu
border linz AMI In tho neighborhood which
shouli have bccn Included when the park wa.
crtafci Tho mistake was In not making "
twice tho Slse, for the whole country round.
about u ono rrgion u continuous woniles,
such a. no other portion of the known or un-
known worli can boast ~. The Cinnatar
mountains, the Devii's Slide. the lsautiful
valley of tho Sinking Water. The Teton
Basin, Just acru-s the Continental diytie, AMI
last, but NJ, least, IIcnry's lake, over In
Idaho-thsss AMI the other marvsls closo by,
when taken a. a whole. anil leaving out all
tha, /. no, Includ~i In tho PARK propsr, COM
blne n frgion ~ stuTrndous AMI startling
wonders, fully elual n NJ, actually suIrrior.
to all that Il oontainei In The a,ss3 SQUARE
mlls- u the park
Tho cinnaiar mountains arr fun q re,ri-
fAetions % cvery Kind, and tho fossils scai-
terrell all through the canyons ani gurs,- AMI
on tie I.aks arr NUMEROUS AMI vari"i enough
o. SUPPLY all the MUSEUMS In the country Tor
arcs a. come On the submits ~ tho-e hugo
rlles arr undouhtoi cytlencss % the glacial
Tcri0l. Glaciers exist even now In the Wind
river AMI Teton rangss, much below 1900
fcet.
A GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.
hut the ms, remarkable example ~ the
glacial rrriol In this region l. a huge bowler
r,siing ou thu hrink ~ the Grani canyon,
about a mile AMI n half below The great falls
n 4 very c0mTacf, a ooars', crystallins fells-
tathic granlte. Ia shape rectangular, the edgss
sharp ani unwurn, anil its cublcAl Dimensions
somewhat nor than ,5D fest II 4 within
a stones throw % ths brink u the canyon,
AMI rrsts upon a ssrh> of shests - rhyoliie,
surely not morc than i,Voo fest I'm thickness
In -sking The possible source of This rock ono
wOuli naturally turn toward the south, the
sDurus n the Ycliowstone. but the great
range. % the ca., AMI south arr volcanic,
ami are not known Ia contain a single
erpoaIrr n granite rock. Thcrc ara M such
formation. in the whole upper Yeliowstone,
for th.re Is a total al-onoe u granite Tsbbles
on The shor. Il the lake or In this t.sis of the
rivers. The home ~ this wAnierer must H.
Thlni canyon, ffty miles away, AMI at the
southern eni q the Gallatin mountains
-Four miles from the northern bor'ier limo
of the Iark aRi Just after passing the S's'ond
canyon going south !. the famous Owls
Slids liisAro-y. brovn-colorci shoot run
ming from tho top io iho bass q the mountain
AZ an angle u about - degrcs. AMI looks for
all tho world like a tologgan sliie that
has iscn generously sprnklei with CHINA
mon ~ the top on either sisie ri-' two lofty
mlnarr. towers 80 wonderfully Tairrl In
slrs, shaFo ami outline that one might very
well supps-e they wcV construci"i from a
single moicl rather than icing, A. they are,
Ito simple hAndiwork u nature. Tho slhic
start. frum this point ami shoots down .
step grade. bringing up sharp anil abrupt on
the brink a ths S.s,Dnd canyon, The Indians
lslievo that when u thunisrcd The evil ons
.gni Tlunging down this awful incline, pitch
ing into the roaring Nellowst0ne At H. ba-',
AMI then by -ome subisrransan pa<sagc within
the earth m0untei to the Top again, and ~
patel hls little diversion until IL oa-si thun-
derins The lightning was causssi by friction
with the fiery-ool0r-i roadi-si LA tho devils
npi ioscent
GARDEN 90 EDES.
Tho Valley of the sinking Water i the
mot bsauiiful little garien q Ellen On the
North American continent The title wOuh
ssm % convey the imprc>~ion that u i bad
snelllny strcam, q offensive cior AMI viio
taste. a. IT, name wOuh indicate On tho
coutrAry, 10 l. n beautiful mountain riyulct ~
tbs cloarcst AMI pur,st waisr, but strongly
linprcgnaiei with sulphur. Onaccouni of its
r.cullAr oior Il was namcl BY Tho liannock
lnlliAns, whoss r-sryation was, a long time
ago. ,he rark, @Yuskinmaya Wicista,' which
translAiei into the vcrnAculAr signifies hai
water Here II l. that the few large game
animals still left alive In the northwest seek
a refuge from the rcaaly rife % the hunter.
Thl- BEAUTIFUL country Is the home u tho
mighty elk. Herr arr to L. fOund tho brown
sT.cis-. the giant blue elk. AMI The rarsst %
All game animals, the albino elk. Tho snow
elk l. ccrtAinly the sarc,st u the hlg game
rill left In our country. AMI until a short time
ago was known D. the white man only by ira
ditlon. The IndAns have often spoken n u,
lut their siAisments wero never crsiitod.
Vow eoms- the proof in the -eclng. \ hand
of afty was sighted In tho sinking Water
country by a party q hunters last February,
aIlt lAA"'' -
days ami a night by the iniefAtigable noun
talnecrs, yet di they fortunately succeel in
c-,aplng tho deadly bullets of the pot hunters
They finally made their cscaIo over into tho
National park, wherc they were safe from
pursuit go
jus, acryss the western boundary In Idaho
Is the lovely Henry lake. BefOrc u Il too late
this beautiful sheet q water should L. pre-
ssrvel from destruction. IL l. situated on
tho public road built by the government,
Icadins from the upper geysr basin % Nir.
ginia City. THIS lake u thu hcadwaters of the
lIenry's fork or Snake riycr. Snake ryer,
followed throughout IT, courSe, Is truly a
river II rapiiS For three miles above the
Shosh0ne falls II flows through immenss
cavcrns with lofty basaltic walls on each siie
hundrc,ls II fcs, high. ~ the Twin or Little
fall. the river j. divided by an lsland, AMI tho
two strains rIsh over sefarate prcipios
AMI pitch into pool LIS feet below. ~
vi.wel from the hluf. buDirslsof - fest above,
the sight l. grand; and as for looking up
from below, tho gorgeous panorama h too
awful AMI tremendous a. dsscrihs In wori~
Five miles fellow are the great falls where
the entire river descends Ia ono mighty shest
80 feet. Forty miles further are Solomons