Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-08
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
z. Ulin, Noted Lecturer and Foru1erzG Guide il the
Park, Describes America's Wonderland

The wonders of the Yellowstone, the
great national park. apportioned by the
United States for the purpose, of pre-
serving its many natural scenic fea-
lures for the perpetual pleasure and
delight of the people of the country,
are graphically described by Prof. W.
W. ulin, noted lecturer, who was for
many years a guide in the park. His
story is full of information that is au-
thentic and that will be of great inter-
est and possibly of benefit to the read
ers OF the, Courier. who may in the
future find time and inclination to pay
q visit to this wonderful land.
The account as given by him is as
follows:
The Yellowstone National park is
situated in the northwest corner of
Wyoming. 1t is sixty-fiye miles by
seventy-five miles and comprises an
area of nearly 5000 square miles or
over 100000 acres of land. It is near
ly as large as six counties in Iowa and
many times larger than any park in
the United States.
will now take the liberty of giving
somewhat vague description Of the
park and trip through that wonderful
locality. There are perhaps thousands
OF beautifully colored hot springs;
hundreds Of them simply beggar de-
scription. They are distributed all ov-
er the park at nearly all of the points
of interest. The waters Of all the
springs contain a sediment that takes
many different forms. In some cases
1t builds ;stalactitic formation and in
others a very beautiful silica. In the
former stalactites very similar to icic-
les are formed until they become
stalactitic masses. In the latter case
they build very varied formation
beautiful beyond description. In some
cases it resembles beads of many col
ors, that glitter like millions of, dia-
monds; in others it resembles satin
of the finest texture and beauty.
colors of Rainbow.
The colors are many and at times
blend from brilliant yellow to the most
delicate tints, or from deep blue to the
lightest shades. There are green, emer-
aid, sapphire, rose, pink and | believe
almost every tint and shade Of color
known.
At Mammoth hot springs there are
about fifty springs and thirteen ter.
races. They are the only colored ter
race building hot springs on earth
The formation here covers ITO acres
of ground and is 900 feet high. These
terraces are beautifully colored from
a vegetable matter contained in the
water. The stone is mineral. All
these beauties must be seen to be
wholly appreciated.
South of the springs are the Hoodoos
which are believed to be hot spring
formations and cover about one mile
square. Many of these stone are sew
enty-fve or eighty feet high and very
white. Farther south is the Golden
Gate canyon. The construction of the
road here for less than one mile cost
$4,000. This is one of the finest can
yons known.
About twenty miles south of the
Mammoth springs is the Monarch
geyser district which covers about six
square miles. The most important
geyser, Ithink, is the Black Growler.
A column of steam constantly issues
from the heart of the earth with a
Kissing noise resembling steam escap-
ing from large boiler. There are