Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-02
CAMP At GOLDEN GATE, wyo..


FHiESp SrANlEy:-We have Just ar.
rived al the great American wonder.
land-tlc National Park: and wonders
land it is indeed. Although we have
but entered this masterpiece IF the In
finite. the soul is filled with wonder
and amazement. At the door to bid
US welcome was a magnificent crystal
stream Of water. almost boiling hot.
which flowed a stream as large as Fall.
River and as rapid, deriving It's source
from a cavern Of the mountain. from
which it precipitated. A short dis
tance beyond, we came to the govern
ment headquarters, where are sta
toned troops for the protection of this
magnificent reserve, also a fine hotel,
perhaps 200 feet long and $50 feet
vide, three storles, we'll finished and
elegantly furnished. In close prox.
unity stands the geyser, from which
flows the mammoth hot spring. which
stands at an altitude of $500 feet.
The government keeps up the roads
within the park. which arc being con-
stantly worked and improved.
No rain has fallen here this season.
consequently the roads are very dusty
and disagreeable. The u. p. runs a
branch from the main line at Livings-
ton to Cinabar, a distance of sixty
four miles, which brings the tourist
within eight miles of the mammoth
hot springs, where the hotel is stu.
ated. Comfortable carriages are fur.
nished from Cina6ar to tourists and
conveys them to the different points of
interest 20 he fonnd in the Park, which
are many and will take a month to
encompass them all, for the distance
will take in 172 miles. 1t takes cash,
too. to satisfy an individuals curiosity
in these parts. The syndicate that has
the contract ia not here for its health.
and is not slow about charging. | will
give you some of the poetic appela-
tlons by which some Of the greatest
attractions are called. as follows:
Norris Geyser. Gibbons Meadow,
Paint Pots. Gibbons Falls. FIRE Hole
Rives, Hell's Half Acre. Golden Gate,
Obslnicur Cliff. Roaring Mountain,
Mammoth Hot Springs. Our trip has
led US $40 miles to where we are now
located, at Golden Gate. The trlp has
been made in n month and three
days. without accident or sickness; a
little tiresome, but, nevertheless, not
without interest and information. We
have, with but few exceptions, had
good grazing for the animals, plenty
.f water. but a scarcity Of game. which
9 not surprising, OWING to the amount
e travel in connection with the con.
truction of the B. & NJ, which EN-.
ploys hundreds of men and teams. We
Iassed over deserts, but intersected
with veritable GASES, which were
fields Of living green and rivers of de-
light" Among them are Tongue
river, Goose river, Powder river, Little
Big Horn, Big Horn, which we struck
after travelling through the Grow
reservation two days. and past III e
the agency two miles from where Gus
fer fell. on to Fort Custer, which is
situated near the confluence Of the
Little and Big Horn rivers. From,
thence we passed over the plains to
Billings, a three days drive. and there
crossed the Yellowstone by ferry.
The Yellowstone is a magnificent
stream nearly a quarter of a mile in
width and rapid in its course Up
this stream we wendell onr weary way.
passing through Big Timber. Still
water, Livingston. Cinabar, Gardner,
and on to our present location at
Golden Gate. There is a great guam
tity of land that I am unable to COM
prehend what vas created for. but for
some purpose, no donbt. if nothing but
railroads. Then again there are some
beautiful locations (Which r about
all occuried). with rich SOIL, productive
of as fine crops. as the eyes ever rested
upon, supplied with plenty of water,
cool and clear and full of delicious
hol 1T. We found this especially SO on
the Tongue and Yellowstone.
One Of u party (Burt Easton) left
us at Livingston, where he received
employment upon the government
road ia and through the Park. JOSEPH
Petty. John Shortell (our worthy Gull,
nary caterer) affable and efficient cook
Capt. Trumbull and Steve Ward, and
your humble servant, are eminentl,
proficient in dematerialzing provis
ions. Shortell must be watched by hi
friends when he arrives back homo, 70
he is surely the champion walker o
America now. With his blond
m~oustache and full heard he is a veri
table m%unchausen. Yours as a wan
derer, w. w. L.