Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-21
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Miss Bohrer Talks to the Institute on
Friday Evening.

Last Friday afternoon, Miss Bohrer
gave the teachers institute very in
teresting talk on her recent trip
through the national park. 1t would
be impossible to reproduce the lecture
and give full justice to it, for the speak
er has a way ofcondensing such graphic
pictures of what she has seen, that to
write it down, after hearing it, would
be to write columns and columns and
than not say it half as we'll.
From st. Paul to Yellowstone, Miss
Bohrer travelled through beautiful
fields of flax, rye and barley, through
miles and miles of dead level ranch
lands, through country where there
seemed to be neither grass nor water;
through the Bad Lands of Dakota, in
teresting, desolate, with dry river beds,
and no vegetation but the wild rye;
then through the richest valley in Mon
tana, and along the Yellowstone River;
through country where distances are
so deceptive that mountain forty
miles away appears hardly five; past
mountains snow capped in mid July;
and, at length, to the park itself
When entered from the north gate,
Yellowstone Park at first appears DESC
late iudeeS; sage brush, and dust two
feet deep are not the most beautiful
scenery imaginable, but farther on all
this is changed Miss Bohrer chose to
go with coaching party rather than to
camp. The coach carried its passen-
gers to all accessible points of interests,
each evening arriving at hotel for the
night. Among her party, was genial
old doctor who kept everyone stirring.
That the park guides are not devoid of
humor, if one may be taken as criter-
ion, is shown ~ this gentleman's adj
ventures with the man who was guild
ing the party. One day the doctor had
remained too long at dinner and was
somewhat in the rear of the rest. The
guide, With was an old hand at the
business, was rafting off the compost
ton of the various hot springs in ex-
pert style. Guide, guide, wait for the
ladies, you're going too fast" the be-
lated traveller shouted repeatedly
Finally the guide became exasperated.
When they reached two pine trees
twisted together and his tormenter
asked, Guide, tell me what twisted
those trees together" he turned and
answered instantly, "An old doctor
from A., Kansas. He looked at
'em and twisted EN- together y Then,
when they were entering into 1.-The
Devils Kitchen" by means of ladder,
and the doctor just descending in
quired, "Well, guide, if this is the dev-
IFS kitchen where might we find the
devil himself ?" 'Half way down the
ladder" was the quick retort.
The hot springs and geysers battle
description. The springs, hot, silently
bubbling boiling water, and cleaning
with myriad shades of color; in one
place a roaring river of boiling water
rushes down the hill side. Among the
many places dedicated to his satanic
majesty are Devils Frying Pan,
Devils Ink Well, Devils Kitchen, Dew
lis Slide and HelPs Half Acre. The
Prismatic Lake, about $50 by 400 feet,
reflects all the colors of the rainbow
and presents magnificent sight The
geysers, sope throwing water $50 feet
high, are-1ery numerous; among the
most noted are, Old Faithful, Vicks-
burg, Beehive, White Deme, Lone Star
and many others The Beehive is in a
river of cold water Lone Star is just
the shape and color of purple morn
ing glory One geyser forms liquid
white lime plaster of the right consist
ency to use, and the walls of the hotel
are whitewashed with it, just as it came
from the geyser, with the exception of
glue added.
But the Grand Canon cannot be de-
scribed Terraces, battlements, rocks
with eagle nests and eagles lowering
about screaming. Everything seems
unreal, intangible, more like wildly
colored panorama in theatre than
like natural scenery. Red, white,
brown, green, yellow, orange, purple
all colors combine to make the view
seem unreal.
Miss Bohrer intended to tell some
thing a.bout the anim2is in the park,
but had not the time. Perhaps we shall
have tbs pleasure ofhearing more from
her on this subject before long.
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