The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18
THE YELLOWSTONE.
The Salt LakerS' Out Among the
Worlds Wonders.
THE MANY WONDERFUL GEYsERs.
The Yellowstone Lake and Falls-The Trip
To and From the Great
National Park.

a handsome palace car, filed with
equally handsome Salt Lake eXcursionists,
under the care OF genial ingalls,, pulled out
OF the Utah Central depot at 6 a. m, bent
on seeing the wonders Of Uncle SANS great
park, and, rs it proved later, on having a
merry time together. The first days i'm
pressions were about as follows That as
party we were equally divided, ladies and
gents, Jew. Gentle, Mormon and atheist
being alike represented; q minister to look
after our religious welfare; musician 10
lead in the song; a number of school teach
ers and professor to scientifically aid US
in our explanations; youths, storing up
memories of wonderful nature in the be
ginning of life, and old age browning life's
heap of recollections with these never to-be
forgotten scenes. These were indoor i'm
pressions. The outdoor were not numer-
Gus, as the country, interesting though
it be, was too well known to win much
notice. A rather slim breakfast at Ogden
very poorly prepared us for the unmerci-
full days ride TO our next meal station
POcatello. 1t might suit pilgrims devoted to
fasting, but eXcursionists in quest of pleas
ure, heed my advice and fill your lunch
baskets before starting. AS beautiful
either in fancy or reality delighted us as
we flew along the banks of the Snake
river towards Beaver canon where we
leave the train at dusk, and after COM
Portable nights rest at Bassett Brothers
MOTEL take stages for Yellowstone in the
morning. Bidding a short farewell to
civilization we mount our cOnVeyanceS,
three four seated coaches and one two
seated (which latter served as the inyalids
wagon the whole drawn by fourteen
spirited horses. The first ten miles we
run along foothills of lava formation then
we reach Camas meadows a wide, level
tract of land, whose grassy surface makes
pleasant contrast to the rough lava sur
rOundings. Near the middle of this we dine
AZ Station, and one of the most wonder
full sights ON the trip to me
was the pleasant, cheerful countenance
maintained by the host, while his food
disappeared faster than he could carry it,
ana the delicious milk he gave US
WENT DOWN IN TORRENTS.
The key to the wonder found in hand
ing over my one dollar;uhe was still un
Changeable and gave no change. One hour
and half's rest and away we go! over the
meadows, then a hill to Antelope valley
and Sheridan flats. Down this to Crooked
c eek. Here one coach tecln unmanage
able, the wheel refused to turn, but after
being kindly ltreated to CO5moline it came
to terms, ana we reached Snake river at
5 p. m. Supper-beds in rooms separated
by massive factory walls, and roof covered
with genuine dirt. Two young eagles and !
numerous elk horns, and various other en-
blems of the wilderness made US realize v e
were in natures own domains. Here v e |
enter the pine forests, which will stay Ky !
us most of the time until our return. The |
Snake is quiet, clear, shallow stream here !
teeming with fish The mountains in the |
I T1fn ari1n hfor6n TRn fa,s11s
pearance of the country becomes more in |
teresting. After hearty breakfast we
start out towards Tighee station, which we |
reach after a pleasant ride through |
forests and meadows, BY early noon,
Henry lake glisteus below US and the noun |
tain above us. This we penetrate and cross
afte' c per, and then Wend our way down |
ano her wooded valley until we reach the |
park limits: and at the foot of the Madison |
diviC we cross the Madison river, q dark. |
clear stream, o nc OF the hCa' W ter creeks |
of the Missouri One more steep mountain |
between US and the Fire Hole Basin. This |
we climb at a very steep incline, but are |
well repaid for our pu1fngs and perspiring |
by the extended view of the valley behind |
us, with TIE river winding through 1t, that |
we get from the summit. Then down |
through a maze of pine forests until we |
reach Fire Hole. Here we find quite a |
comfortable hotel The steam arising from |
gerous ground. A squirt of hot water may |
be our portion any minute if we wander |
around the country too recklessly or in |
cautious. HELPS Half Acre is within sight, |
and we see the steam rising from the great |
Fountain geyser, a mile away. Hot springs |
are too numerous to mention, and the |
ground we walk upon seems to be mere
crust over a great cauldron of
RAGING STEAM AND HOT WATER.
Morning-We hasten to be at the per-
Torrance of the Fountain geyser His |
majesty wentup at am. sharp, and subse- |
duently every two hours day and night. |
Just as we arrived he began putting on
extra steam and i'll few moments the |
water, clear as crystal, came squirting up !
in great spouUs mingled with clouds of !
steam. Up, up it goes, fifty or seventy |
five feet, falling again in great tolds Just |
like a mighty fountain at play. After |
gazing with delight at this for ten or fifteen |
minutes we went few rods away and took |
a look at the Paint Pots. Here was a
great hole, fifteen or twenty feet across, !
full of mud, boiling gently, and containing |
various colors and the most delicate shades. |
A strong odor of sulphur, mingled with the |
heat arising from it prepared US with a |
gentle hint of hades to go to the Half Acre |
we were next to witness.
AELL's HALF ACRE.
A drive of about mile brought us to this |
great patch of boiling springs and lake, |
called the Prismatic lake; in the steam ris- |
ing from the water we could see all the |
cClors of the rainbow. Several streams of |
water ran down a bank of mineral sedi- |
ment into the river, and in one place there |
was very large hole, once great geyser,
but now only boiling spring.
UPPER BASIN.
We next take a drive of about ten miles
up the canon, passing ever now and tlen |
the most beautiful shaped springs, all OF |
which appeared to be bOttOmless pits of |
great beauty. The formation around these |
springs have spongy Ape france tina take !
upon themselves d greaC variety Oh shapes, |
initiating to perfection various flo Hers.
Perhaps the most beautiful is the |
one called the Morning Glory, the
transparent blush tint o. the !
water and the various shades of color of its
walls added to its perfect shape, delight the
beholder beyond expression. Now we are
surrounded on all hands with great steam
valves, angry boiling springs and spoutiDg
geysers. Within reach of the eye there are
MORE THAN TWENTY GEYsERs
one here and there steaming wildly and
madly throwing up its waters, while others
are quiet, awaiting their turn. The most
noted we saw in trim and at work, were
first, Old Faithful; who shoots up magni-
ficent stream $50 feet into the air every
siXty-five minutes. He never keeps his
visitors waiting more than five minutes at
the longest, and when he does that he
repays them by shooting higher than usual.
About half-a-nile down we saw Little
Faithful, he initiates his namesake every
four minutes. The Castle was also very
turbulent but did not do his best for us.