Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-09-18
NATURES WONDERS.
No DESCRIPTION Of the Yellowstone
Park Can Do the Sub.
jeCt Justice.
A lo0o List Of Scenic Marvels Seen
on the Regular Park
Trip.
The Canyons, Geysers, Falls and
Wonderful Streams. Bears
and Tourists.
Especial CORRESPONDENCE Alert. y

| Especial Correspondence Alert.)-
| Gardiner, Mont, Sept. 1870 many
descriptions of trips through the Vel.
lowstone National Park have been
| written that nearly everyone has a
fair ioea of the nations natural pleas
ure grounds. but no description Of the
park can do justice to it. There are
SO many things of interest that it
| would take a volume to contain a
| thorough description Of the wonders
Of the park.
The tourists season is now nearly
over and the transportation cOmpa-
MES will make their last trip Sept. Is.
The season has been a very satiSfac-
tory one. The great majority of the
park visitors arrive over the Northern
Pacific coming to the terminus Of the
park branch, Gardiner. From there
it is but short distance to the north
boundary Of the park. Coaches take
| the traveler from Gardiner through.
The distance by coach is $50 miles.
There are a number Of interesting
points between Livingston and Gardi-
ner IN the n. p branch which fol-
lows the Yellowstone river. Yellow
stone and Yankee jim s canyons, Par
adise Valley, Emigrant Peak and
The Devils Slide are among the at
fractions. The Devils Slide is q
highly coored chute 100 feet wide and
], 500 feet long and has the appearance
Of having been heWn out Of the solid
rock of the Cinnabar mountain. An
eagles nest on q crag Of the mountain
also attracts some attention, the
young eagles being visible on the diz-
~ height where they are perfectly
safe from harm.
At Gardiner the tourists begin the
trip by coach through the park. The
road follows the Gardiner river to
Mammoth Hot Springs. On the way
the Boiling river can be seen where it
flows into the Gardiner river. This is
u SlOuSl ltSllSii SulSdlII Which Scl4ItS
from the Mammoth Hot Springs.
Fish can be caught in the cold stream
and cooked in the hot one by throwing
the line from one to the other. Fort
Yellowstone is located short dis
tance from Mammoth Hot Springs.
The formation made by the Mammoth
Springs is very beautiful, extending
800 feet in height. The springs and
geysers are located at the top OF the
formation and the water flowing over
the top and sides make terraces of
great beauty, impossible to describe
accurately. There are a number Of
fine features at Mammoth Hot
Springs. After leaving the springs
the Silver Gate, Hoodo Gulch and Col
den Gate are passed. The view from
Silver Gate is very fine. Golden Gate
is next on the road and IS located on a
canyon with cliff rising sharply on
the other side to height Of about
200 feet. a spring of apollinaris wa
ter is located further down the road.
Obsidia ian cliff, composed of volcanic
glass: Beaver lake, in which are many
beaver, the Roaring mountain, from
which smoke and steam issue constant
ly, accompanied by roaring noise:
Twin Lakes. two beautifully colored
sheets of water, and the Devils Fry
ing Pan, hot spluttering pool like an
immense frying pan are on the road
to Norris Geyser Basin and are we'll
worth seeing At the Norris Basin
are several geysers, including the
Monarch which throws an immense
amount of water. GibbOn canyon and
falls, passed or the road. are very in
teresting. At the Lower GeySer Bas
in are the Mammoth Paint Pots. This
isa basin filled with colOred boiling
substance like paint. There are sew
eral large geyserS in this basin.
The Fire Hole is located at the mid
die basin 1t is d large hot pool in
which at times an appearance like
flame may be noticed. Hell's Half
Acre or the Excelsior geySer, an i'm
mense water volcano, which flows into
the Fire Hole river, is also located in
the middle basin. The PriSmatic
lake and Turquoise spring are very
beautiful because of their coloring.
Sapphire pool in the Biscuit Basin is
exceedingly pretty, surrounded by a
biscuit-like formation. Some consider