Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-07-18
FORESTS TURNED TO STONE.
Fossilization on Gigantic Scale in the
Yellowstone Operations of Nature.


me wonderland OF the world for within its
| ilIhiS 'hc most varied OF nature work.
| MSS may pc opS'rNeu' lts HuhuItuS OF
i'ou SPRINGS anu SeyseIS' 1t" pieclpIlouS
c"noHS ana rusnlhg cataracts, lIs snow
. cupPou mountain peaks ana mirrorod
i'N'S' HIdhc II vi SuIpdSSII'B interest lh'
IoN'F oi natural scenery may hhgor long
oN.r I'S peauU'5 ana i'S WohuerS'
rom 'he EeoIoElcal point ol we" 1t Is
also ul Rrea, interest Ior mere may pe
Ioui'i ro'hS tudl range III age from the
''io9' I"'lt"' VI N''lcH We HtNe any
hHo"IeuE' 10 'hose III process OF lortha-
uol at t"c pT'S'ut moment. me super
'e"'e" WaIetS Oh t"' not springs anu seH-
S''S Ioli 1t IafEe amount Oh ck-mahlhG
'lt'''I ial !" Soi"'loH' W"lch ~ u'I'osI,eu
apout the openings oI lhe spripEs on the
oi yooi'ns ol '"e waters, anu III lniS way
mui'"'"S w '' mass VI great i"ds
iHr9 HP' "lES an" F'E SerS are co'lS'ai,l!
lcaNI''s o"l III HeW Piacea' Oitth oIl '"o
~ rU' % VI III Wv, '"iV9'' VI iNllN Hrc9'
LILY iuo ~ "io Nii'ou az oice uS ''i' ~,
Ma''I' ana On becoming Withertd ana
'IS "'F!'l S"Vi 10 ,dNe up the Ioch- -ii"N
l"F So'"iou ny "itn tiley are pa'Heu'
anu mus nus 10 pass li',o 'he ,ossli sIa'e'
oi'Ni,'otS 9'inlIa 10 'iese' OF dl lc"SV
IaNorapl' 10 thc preservation OF FOSSIL ior-
oslS' appear 10 nave existed from "a remote
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IoNs'' I9I'S.S Wers plesGrVeu p'IoI'
lIe NUS dc'lN' ol 'ne hot sPills pheiloih-
e"h N'ir I""uE utdt'"' uese losSil loi-
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oi 'l'c l rIIoWStoII Na'ional park at d
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oL iiNilIs .l,v9, anu NJ eNen d "tartr ap-
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u III Gl.c" ~ ~ oilco a'Iu "oout 10 Ieel II,
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10, 'Hp "aIN - III no p,dro PreseiN 'u' Inc
otherS-"'u ,hoTe are uo"enS oi tholi-di'
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uoWH u"'Ii, III must r"9es' "iily lew
l''N'I'H an "' 9,U'i "DO'' ''e SUI iar'' 80
perfectly are 'ilc| Pr'Se yea tHdt 'acH
"tu'!IP SHoW7 'H' "'i''uai ,iuss as us
uhc'lE FiSiole as III " IreShiy-cut iiNl!iF
ui''' an" -" '"'" 'i''S Npii' WIN ~
lIic an" N'lN"i' ii'"' Nii'6'' - ""Solu'cl3
pcIlec''
'llc HVNI LOTUS Is 9olil' w Ut l. mics us
'a,'' "IoHH t"c Lamar river On thc Soulh
SUI ol WHl'H races t"e oSsi crest
/
ILLS H'anH itcu III HoisH' may ne SeeH'
"'Sr '''"9 nave worn away IcaNlhS tA-
lose" nue. N''"' "I'icH may ne opsoiNeu
rom d instance oI Hl'ie or more from
tlle Ndil'S' stunning out III polu rtIlel' as
1t mas PceI "p'ly said' Ahe the pillars OF
so'le ailcI'Ht Tempe, Closer We"
SHOWS ''ttS' 'i'cS 10 ne rom lour 10 SIN
lee. III ui"il''tI' anu o'utH " or 90 rect
''N"' WIN tler sreal r"o'S running on
mo 'le sold ruSh' S'e1u meme III the
race OF the wall marks lhe place from
0oino Oh tic remaining ones appear just
reduy 10 IaIl' "hIie o'ncrS project but
H''lc pcEoi!u Ine IacoL9 L9ip"llis that tho
ino"I''a'" ID Il'cu with 'ie remains OF
tH.sc trees.
- it" illIVs uo"H t"e liver from th'se
Guns IL 'i'e I"H', ana III some respects the
HoS' Woldorlui OF an tle Forests. 1t IS
eAPoS'p Oh Il HlllSIuo 100 steep 10 sup
port N'Se'"t'oH' Inc lars'St Tree Whlch
must nave neoh very klH5 OF IT'S race
Sta""S Eudrn on the summit OF the MI.
- -o'i Ieet IN circumference ana II rect
!" H''EHt' WIN roofs as large as the
soiu rock just peloW thlS giant, ana
IoIHIiHS' as we may suppose the door
l'o9'9 Vi I'M" dlVlcHl tempe are TWO trees
H'"'lF HlIo iVcl IN clrcumfercnce ana
anoul - rect hIsh. from thls point on the
hlHSlue are scattered ABOUT hundreds of
trunks from one to eight feet in diameter,