The Livingston enterprise., 1889-12-25

and gurgling, into it's aavernous bowl
The Castle is SO named from the impos-
ing, castle-iike formation of its mound.
It is believed that this vus foemerly the
most powerful geyser in the basin. but
it's period Of greatest activity has long
since ceased, although it yet tri-we1ly
erupts column Of water to the height
of $50 feet, accompanied with enormous
volumes Of steam. The Splendid, Giant,
Oblong, Fan, Riverside and Lion are also
noted and powerful geysers, erupting
columns Of water to the height Of from
100 to 25O feet. Springs of great beauty
also abound, the most noted being tho
Morning Glory, Artemesia, Punch Bowl,
Sponge and numerous others.
The tourist who has visited the Upper
Basin by the regular route will next no
trace his steps to the Lower Geyses
Basin and, following up the east fork OF
the Firehole river, cross the mountain
divide by Marys' Lake. amid magnificent
mountain scenery. Numerous hot
springs line the route, some Of them Of
such size as to warrant in calling them
lakes. A short distance from the road at
one point stand a group of sulphur hills,
around the base Of which boiling springs
exist in profusion while the air is SUI
charged with the hot, sulphurous odore.
4 short distance further on and the Yel
lowstone river is once again reached.
Turning to the southwark the tourist
travels for nine miles through the beau
tiful Hayden valley. when Yellowstone
Lake is sighted, q vast body Of water
twenty-three miles in length by fourteen
in breadth, lying between ranges Of tow
ering mountains at an altitude Of 7,78B
feet above the sea.
Along the western shore Of the lake n
to be seen a natural bridge and numes-
GUS hot springs From the lake the Yel-
lowstone river flows smoothly onward
for twelve miles when it reaches series
of rapid descents, eliminating in the
Upper Falls, 1l2 feet high, and one-half
mile further down is the Great or Lower
Falls, 1852 feet in height At the Upper
Falls the deep column Of water shoots
out in clear, unbroken fall into the
abyss below and then gathering its eney-
gies winds its way through rocky chan
mel until, amid clouds Of spray, it leaps
from q height OF over 36O feet into the
inspiring vortex of the Grand can
yon. For sublime beauty and unriyaled
grandeur the falls and canyon have no
compeer on the earth. They are incom-
parable. The canyon, that for ten miles
constitutes an almost inaccessible rift in
the mountains, from 100 to 1000 feet
in depth, its sublime attractions of form
and color, changing and presenting new
forms Of beauty with every radiation of
light, the fantastic forms assumed BY
time-worn walls, all the indescribable
features that defy the brush of the art
ist or the pen of the writer complete
the indescribable picture.
Among other notable features Of the
Park may be mentioned Mount Wash
burn, 10000 feet high, near the Grand
canyon, Specimen mountain, the Petri-
fed Forests. Soda Buttes and the Hoodoo
region to the east of the lake and river,
and the Shoshone Lake and Geyser Basin
in the southern portion Of the Park.
Volumes have been devoted to des-
cription of the Park and volumes more
might be written and its wonders and
beauty not half told or anything like an
adequate idea given Of all that may he
ssen within its borders. We have given
the more prominent wonders brief
glance and SO must leave them. Those
who would see an aggregation Of the
greatest wonders and grandest natural
scenery of the world, crowded within
comparatively small area, must pay
visit to that land of enchantment, the
Yellowstone National Park.
Ennis & Dawson.
The livery stable business in Living
ston has always been Il good one. The
great extent of magnificent driving coun-
try tributary to the city little of which is