Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-10-01

Terrace Mountain; the walls on either
hand, rising about 500 feet perpendic-
ularly. These walls are of yellow
shade, hence the name Golden Gate.
The mile of road through this pass,
built up of masonry and trestle work
cost about $4,000, and other i'm
provements are adding to it's cost
each year.
At the head of the pass, Rustic Falls
dashes over the crest go feet in leap.
Emerging from the pass we came into
sight of Swan Lake, small body of
crystal clear water, nesting at the
foot of the Gallatin Mountains. Pass
ing this we soon reached our first
camping place on the banks of Indian
Creek at the head of Willow Park.
In this connection I might say that
while the Park is almost wholly COW
cred with white pine forests, there
are numerous small parks, crossed by
streams. affording excellent pastur-
age for stock, and making fine camp
ing places. The elevation here is
about 1000 feet and when morning
came we were surprised to find the
water in pals about the camp, COW
cred with ice.
A short distance on our road next
morning brought us to Apollinaris
Spring, mineral water like the apol-
linaris water of commerce, cool and
refreshing, bubbling from the rocks.
Obsidian Cliff is but short distance
further and is the only glass noun
tain in the world. 1t is composed of
volcanic glass, black as coal. The
half mile of road way along its base
is the only glass road ever built and
was constructed by piling logs against
the side of the mountain, setting them
on fire, and then dashing cold water
on the heated glass which cracked off
huge fragments and these, when brok-
en-, make an elegant macadamized
road. On the opposite side of this
road lies Beaver lake, body of
water formed by the construction of
a beaver dam about half mile long
across the valley. A beaver house
stands near the opposite shore of the
lake and marks of beaver teeth were
seen on many trees. Roaring Noun
tain seemed somewhat of a misnomer
for high hill near the road way from
near the top of which column of
steam was rising. The disappoint
ment here was compensated by the
beauty of Twin Lakes, two little ponds
of the brightest emerald. When the
DEVILS Frying Pan was reached, a
halt was made to visit and view His
Majesty's cooking operations. On
one side of the road kettle of rnush
was bubbling and steaming, and on
the other side, two sauce pans were
stewing away at great rate; the
mush in reality was pulverized clay,
and the contents of the sauce pans
were boiling sulpher water, while the
kettle and pans were about ten feet |
in diameter, and the smells were not |
of character to remind one of the
odors from Cathay Or the Spice Isles.
They were surely Satanic in their
character.
On reaching the summit of the hill
overlooking Norris Basin, one seems
to be entering a manufacturing town;
columns of steam rising from the
springs and geysers give the i'm
preston of many factory chimneys.
Reaching the Basin we saw the first
geysers, small compared with those
seen later, yet being the first, they
aroused much enthusiasm. New
springs and geysers are continually
breaking out showing this Basin to be
of comparatively recent origin. One
born last year bears the name of our
Vermont hero, Dewey, and another
of more recent date bears Mrs. Dew
ey's name, and like it's namesake,
always seems ready to stir up trouble
on short notice. The New Crater and
DEVILS Ink Well gave US exhibitions,
and we looked into the crater of Con-
gress, Constant, Pearl, Vixen and
Fearless, and admired the coloring of
Emerald Pool, quiescent boiling
spring.
Here it may be well to quote little
from Captain Chittenden, whose book
1.-THE Yellowstone National Park,n
should be carefully studied by all who
contemplate visiting this locality. AS
to the difference between geysers and
hot springs he says: "The hot springs
of the Yellowstone National Park
may be roughly divided into two
classes, eruptive and non-eruptive.
To the first the term geyser is ap-
piled, while the term, hot springs, is
roetr;ofo1 ~ tho cooord Tboeo 4x1o