Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-11
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Through Snake River Valley and
Teton Basin.
AVID THE woRID's NelpERs.
Five Salt Lakers Make the Trip Or
Horseback Fror Market l.41ke.

L from SaIt Lake City for an outin.
! through the Rrkies to tbe Yellow
4 stone National Park, going by tn.
: Union Pacific 70 Aark-. rake
Idaho, thence bv team 10 Teton
= Basin, wlIs--c Nc packed up at thS
} rNncb %ith br0nchos anu started
| across the mountains, going via the
. north fork Of the snahe River,
sOur party cOF-!sied Of DIR. J. r.
Park president Of the Deseret Uni
p -sr-i;y, Harry Squires, the. artist,
5 Milando Pratt aud his daughter.
/ Miss Viola Pratt, and B. W.
briggs, Jr.
This whole north country is vel
, in its infancy in its development by
; man, with here and there an oaeis
in the desert, made by cultivation
and the intrOduction Of csusls'Irom
the Immense water resources Of
Idaho,
| Rexburg is blooming into quite q
thrifty city, and is the trading mart
for the district for fifty miles around.
The next town is Teton, ten miles
beyond, and it is one q tie most
beautiful place in the west for siuIa.
toe and extent Of country around,
! lying As it does on an upland plain
resembling the slopes east -f aud
beyond the Rocky Mountains H.se
Is wouderlGlly extensive range.
not Amy years since the home' Of
the bulalO, whose b5oes and wal
I lows still abound. This Is among
the m5st fertile regions Of the snake
River country, and !. being fast
settled, mostly by "MOrmons.', -
Bey0P : TINS, days drive, is the
beautiful Teton Basin. There also
Is a country rich in patural Ire
soarces-goOd land, lots of timber.
ana plenty II Water for Ill. The
valley resembles Cacne Valley, with
the gmnd Fvson. mountains on the
east, Whining streams running down
10 The river in the west, aud bow
mountains skirting the western
edge Of the valley. The Basin Is (
being fast settled, mostly with peO-
pie from Utah, vic have come IN |
in the last tr'o years. Game and |
tout are abundant.
t'oBoEing up the North Snake is
N-t extent Of good farming ani /
grazing country, which Is just lbo-
ginning 10 b. occupied. That AR.
rounding the little settlement Of
SPringvIlle i specially rich Tor
farming. Water II conveyed from
Falls River.
Passing over ials extensive phiu
We next s'rihe the uplands, plat,aus
ard m9rntains which are covered !
With Iimher. We found an old
Tapler's trail Leading from w the
Warm River, OF Mountain Mud
River a. il i sometimes called.
The trail - very dim, and leads up
70 PEI the vicinity OF the Viola
Faiis on the Snake River. We
were told these falls were worth |
spending day to see; but il being a !
Mid country, without roads, very
few pe0yl" ever visit them. We .
eamP--i on the WARN River. after
following its winding course half a
Jay, and found il one Of the lest
places for fishing in our experience.
tne OF the party pulled tWenty-six
trout out Of one hole while we were
getting supper on. Dr.. Park DIS /,
himself as 4 fisherman
y capturing the fiHny i.esutieS at
he rate Of about one n minute. until I
We mad got all We wanted. But for :
he Doctors conscientious scruplrs
bout throwing them away. We e
night have continued fishing Just Q
or sport.
Leaving here we were for a time !
n TO whittier We We're
ping, tut managed 10 reach the !
'alls after series OF winnings
round aud through openings in the 7
F5ois and over fallen timber. We :
we're grandIy surprised on coming
long the great plateau Of the Island y
ARK 10 see, Ear down the canyon !
{ the Snake RiyeT. a series Of
e4utiful cascades, where the whole !
!ves dashed through narrow passes :
etweeu cliffs ofrOciS, and falling in :
laces from twenty t. thirty feet. .
ust above these our eyes discovered
dsnse mist which old the Falls =
ROM View. until a nearer appn1ach
nveiled the miniature Niagara. =
he river goes over n precipice
ne hundred feet high and about 1
lree hundred feet wide, in the shape :
I a horse shoe, on the west, like Il
,iagIua Falls from the Canada side y
len ON the east it resembles them :
ON the American side. The cliffs :
n either side are covered with moss
NJ other verdure, from the spray o
INSTANTLY falling like rain over =
leir rugged sides. .
IL people knew Of the wOnir0us /
sauties Of this country il wOuli not
InC remain without roads OF trails. , =
mike other parts Of the western | l.
ope, with its arid plains OF sage =
rush and deserts, the whole cOun- /
Y here for hundreds Of miles Is ~
,vere,i with fresh, green grass, and u
rests Of pine and spruce, remind u
X one OF the country east Of the 1
IisSOuri, or more particularly the o.
ines OF NortheTG Michigan. o.
We were riding for days through u
atural parks. studded with trees,
.okiig in places as though they had l.
sen cultivated IN groups, with open IN
rs here anu there through the Ia
anser parts sufficient to PASS el
rough without much difficulty. 1
'ild deer and antelope made these oil
lunts their nome, though We could al
c very few Of them at this time Of G.
.e year. Besides. the country be- a
z covered with 4 luXuriant growth IN
grass, there Is an occasional wild IL
" meadow, with brooks, springs, W
ii rivers winding through.
We followed up the vicinity OF the tr
lake aud Buffalo rivers TO Henry's Gu
AXE, beautiful sheet of wa er
r lying at the foot Of the 81
losh0ne Mountains. IL is the
URGE Of the north fork Of the co
lake River and is near the Con- -
rental Divide, where the waters ca
ut on their winding courses W
wand both oceans. Fishing is ex- II
llent in Henry's Lake, which IL
Ounjs i'm large salman-like trout.
e carried thirty pounds on our If'
ck animals from there. We also 10
Il trout three times a day for ten io'
v, until all were satisfied. IN
From Henry's Lake we passed =!
er into Montana, where the horse IN
Is were so bad that we were vi
liged to shut the horses up in the pc
lde IN the day time and travel at he
,ht. w
Not long after passing over the w
influential Divide we entered 81
. limits OF the Yellowstone Re
.tional Park. There our gus co
re sealed up by the soldiers, 49,.
i not unsealed until we got %
agshn. But fishing is not inter "a
ed with. rhe government is try. -, ~
? 10 prs=erve the game that rOams W