The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-07-11

~ 0ASC ~ Iuo p1eC0 dS a u0dlGu resort.
Few people needed health in those
days and those who were in search of
1t kept east of the Missouri river,
well out of the range of the Blackfeet
and Sioux. To Jim it was the place
where b. bubbles over" and this
was his description of the spot when
the editor of the Kansas City Jour-
nal first listened to Jims stoical ac-
count. of it's wonders. The editor even
prepared an article on that wonder
section of the country, but suppressed
1T on account of it's being unbeliev-
able. Jim stuck. to the story, how
ever, and in 1879 the editor of the
paper printed an editorial apology to
Bridger for his lack Of credence in
the story: ''
To-day old Jim Bridger's story
would not be half strong enough to
encompass the whole truth of the
region now set aside as a national
park for all the people. Within it's
domains the lion almost literally has
lain down with the lamb. Bear and
deer and elk and moose that fed
from Bridger's buckskins in those
early days would only stand and stare
at him now in curiosity and interest.
The mountain sheep, shyest of all,
the animals of the hills, would allow
him to ride within a stones throw Of
the crag upon which it rested. Even
the mountain lion, which. at times
forces the military guards of the park
to wage war upon his carnivorous
destructiveness, is immune from the
bullets OF the park visitors. Only the
speckled trout of the mountain
streams and lakes may be taken to
bag by the sportsman. :.
President Roosevelt, in leaving the
park, paid it lasting tribute within
the limits Of a paragraph. ::
''The Yellowstone park, he said,
lis something absolutely unique in
this world, as far as<I know. Nowhere
else in any civilized country IS there
to be: found such tract Of veritable
wonderland, made accessible to all
visitors, where at the same time not
only the scenery of the wilderness
but the wild creatures of the park are
scrupulously preserved as they were,
the only change being that these
same wild creatures have been so
carefully protected as to show liter
ally astounding tameness."
Geologically and geographically
nature left it unique, and in many
respects the hand of man has improv-
ed upon it. =, In it's rocks and powders
are to be found the materials: of
which the foundations of the world
are made. The great seas which once
rolled over the continent have left
their sedimentary rocks in layers
thousands Of feet thick Then came
the age of, mountain building, when
the foundations of the great deep
were broken up,, piling range after
range, and sinking valley after valley:
Then the volcanic: period and after
that the period of glaciers. And to-
day, after age upon age of cooling
of the earth's crust, there are $500
hot springs in the park and the
scores Of geysers. and paint pots and
mud 'spouting cones and POOLS. -:
Of the geysers there is little that is
new to be said. The Giantess and
Old. Faithful and. the Fountain and
the Minute Man are familiar names
to everybody. Old Faithful is the
one geyser Of them all that never dis:
appoints the visitor, as his spoutings
occur at intervals of sixty-fve to
seventy minutes, when water is