Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-11

"asal, was reserved by Cor
Sress from Occupancy aud SET ,apal
as National Park in lST2, ri
said 10 have been for the first nm
!. explored in 1870. Now Il is kuowl
= as one Of the most wonderful spot
/ Ton earth, and is visited BY thou-
ands every year. While we wer
; there the arrivals averased an,
: one bundled Eeople svers tias. m
: hotels u1re tHorded. and stag,
coaches by the dozen were moyin,
, from place to place with excursion
lists gathered 70 see these wonders Q
nature.
We saw a number OF the no,
springs or gsrsers IN active opera
= Ton, covering the hillSides with ,
snowy-white deposit like froz-r
cascade. Some have craiers fornle,
Wholly Of the sinters thrown out
like that which forms on the iuRel
side Of q tea kettle.
H. As the, geysers only played a
intervals (s0rnetimes for DAYS inter
yeningl, We were unable 10 see the
t-ruptfcfIs OF e1me, but were fo-tu.
nate in arriving at the proper tim.
Tor others BY waiting about an
hour We saw the 'Fountainn play;
then rode over TO the "ExcelsIof,i
Just IN time 20 see one Of its grand.
eft eruptions. The water in this
boiling crater began upheaying, and
dense steam Missed forth; then the
explosion occurred, st.ndinK the
water About $50 feet high. Thk
continued for few minutes.
I when the river below incrt q sed one.
half in size, and was colored Ike
milk by this boiling geyser. the
water from which heated the whole
river. While We. were there the
Grand" played for the first time
! th.- 5eason. The "Giant'' PLAYS
once a week; We were one day too
lAt.s TO see il. ..r.
L One OF the most Interesting Of
these wonders, however, we saw in
I all its power. The Castle, - which
had not played for three DAYS, began
lis eruptiOns while we were en-
camped near it, aud lasted for over
half an hour; it sent forth columns
OF kissing steam and water from
one to two hundred Teet i'm height.
Hall. dozen 7 engines blowing
oil their steam at once could moi
equal this for the noise and amount
of steam. ..
The whole valley here looks ike
a vast manufacturing place, from
the steam and boiling water. Be
sides all these geysers | have re-
ferrel 10 there are numerous and re-
narkable caldrons, paint pots. fire
holes, etc, where one can see blue
flames burning awy down, alike sui
phuric blazes. The paint pots re-
semble huge craters Of lime mortar
stacking; a thoroughly mixed mass
OF siliciOus clay continually hollis
up ploT' ploI' ri,igg in rings and
cones and lets. The country in the /
vicinity OF the ..Excelsior'' is
known as "Hell-s Half Acre.
AfIer taking in the Fire Hole Basins |
We visited the geysers and springs |
At Norris and Mammoth. From I
there we followed the trail that |
leads over the mountain via Lower
Falls, a trip that few take because |
0t No wagon rnad, but one Of the
most interesting and amid the |
Of any scenery in the
world. Ii : wild and rugged pic
ture. The tails come over cliffs $50
feet high, and are surrounded with
tower like rocks. In the grand
canyoR belOwI and all around, are
high mountains, including in the
distance Mount Washburn, which
We assembled, and from which We
Viewed the surrounding country. Il
IS called the Observatory OF the
PARK" and is 1850 feet high.
From it, summit We looked /
iOwn upon the whole panorama.
doubt whether there i another
Gene 50 majestic and beautiful in
ne whole world. Your vision darts (
. hundred miles OF more around.
The sky seems TO meet the earth on
very side; within sight are ranges
Il suOw-CapTed peaks. AMI the
rand IetOus are seen IN the dis
ance, over a hundred miles away.
The lower hills are folded in their
hick draVeries Of pine, and bcauti-
al park-like places where the trees
eiuse To grow, while the prairie
preads it, smooth swari in the sun
ight, with now and then silver
water falls, icy glaciers, aud the
Ovely deep blue water Of the yell
owst0ne lake and river. Below US
uus, with mighty force, the river,
lowing on it. journey 10 the Mis-
Juri, aud going through that ire
,n..r.rE..tr.. 1890 s,. f.ra..N o., 4
From the bottom Of the Grand ,
'auyon il is said that the stars are
'isible ia the day time. There is
10 way, however, Of getting down
ntO the gorge without great peril,
nd then there l. hardly room to
tand when one does get there. Pass
ng along its top, or platoon, we
IeXt see the Falls Of the Yellow
tone. The Lower Fails have a !
heer descent Of 800 feet, with the !
rhnle Yellowstone River flowing
yer aud falling in spray, with a
nOwy like appearance, to the abyss
Glow. IL is grand and inspiring
ictune.
Leaving the falls our next :
amp is on the quiet river above.
here the trout were more plentiful :
nan at any fishing place We had
hey were pulled out by our experts
bout as fast As the hook could be :
lrown in. Your correspondent.
Owever, Is a failure az fishing. 4
borrowed the best fish pole in the !
Itft, but the first trout that caught
n pulled il apart, and down went !
~ whole tackle over the falls.
We passed around the Yellowstone
AXE, over the Divide about twelve
tiles, 10 ShOshone Lake. There are :
0 fish there nor animal life what
yer, although there is fresh water, q
he fish have probably been killed =
q by some phenomenon Of nature;
nj Is there are high falls below they !
lnn0t get up. The government has :,
scientific party there now exam J
ling the cause Of the destruction. :
isthe intention 10 re-stOck the lake
18th brook trout.
This was the coolest point in our .
avels. Ice froZe solid in our coffee ~
lls, and the cOrup kettle had a COW y
ing as thick as ordinary window =
ass. This was in August. !,
We next started on our hOmewari =
'urse, via Lewis Lake, down the ! =,
Juth Fork OF the Snake River. :,
.st OF the Teton Range, passing =
lcks0n's Lake, down 10 Jackson's a
ole, and then over the range into =
ston Basin again. :
The Teton Mountains as seen u
1m he east side cannot be equaled ;, y
r grandeur in the world. At the II
OF lies JacksoR's Lake, mirror like
its quiet repOse, surrounded ~
: woods; then rising in y
ajesty are these grant peaks .
tn their rugged, almost per- y
ndicuiar towers, that rear their ~
ads towards the skies IL, SO feet, az
ith their glaciers Of ice and snow, v
bich the hot rays OF the summers =
n fail to penetrate-a series of :.
axis that are monuments OF the y