The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-13
YELLOWSTONE PARK.
Interesting Description OF this Beautiful
Territory-lts Geysers, Springs. and
Other. CuriOsties.
MISS DELLA K. BHHGLE, OF EVERETT.


lc glass. Itis great black, shin
Ing mass reaching high above the
road bed. Here again the road !
was built with great deal OF diff
ficuIty and expense, for the only
way these great blocks of glass
could be removed was to build a
great fire around them which,
when expanded, were suddenly
cooled by dashing water upon
them, resulting in shattering the
high blocks into small fragments.
This is possibly the only glass
road in the country.
It's supposed that at one time
these cliffs were famous resort
for all tribes of Indians, who
came here in great numbers, to
make arrow heads from the Oh
sidian which was more desirable
than flint. The only proof we
have of this is the specimens of
partly finished arrow heads which
are found throughout the Park
1t is not long until we reach the
Norris Geyser Basin where we
take lunch 0, for words to de-
scribe this place AS we near it
we can smell the sulphur, hear
the roaring of the gevsers, a1d
see the great columns of steam
that gush from them. Surely it
was this place that Mr.. Hatfield
referred TO when he said
rnAs the devil flew over Yellowstone
National Park
On his way home one night after lark,
Says he ! don't know in which quar-
ter | roam,
But think from the smell I'm not far
from home
Leaving Old Faithful Inn, the
road ascends through forest 10
the heart of the Rocky Mountains,
and owing to the winding road
the continental divide is crossed
twice. The first time at 'Two
Ocean Pond, a pond Of snow wa
ter and divided by the crossing OF
the road and so named because
the waters from one pond reacf
the Atlantic by way of the Yellow
stone, Missouri and Mississippi
rivers, and the waters from the
other flow into the Pacific by way
of the Snake and Colum bia rivers
Keppler Cascades Is also pass
ed, a cascade tum bling over
black lava incline down into a sol
itary dell where the suns ray
linger but a few hours each day
AS we continued our journe.
through the dense forest, now dc
scending, now CHM bing upwar
aud again swinglngaround heao
land where a wide sweep OF WI
derness is revealed. Such
place is Shoshone Point. .Th
road is so constructed that unit
the coach stops full upon the nal
row platform excavated at the el
treme promontory of the moui
tain, one can not grasp either WI
IDLY or mentally the entrancin
panorama that so suddenly breal
upon him. Mountain, tim ber, ri
vine, meadow and lakeln rare an
beautiful arrangement make a
inspiring landscape. Beyon'
miles away, rise the eternal
snow mountain peaks, the gre
land marks of the Rockies, ii
Three Tetons afar off aud Sin
shone Lake near at hand. AS
stood gazing at all this wonde
ed If any artist had ever tried
work it into immortal canvass.
Reaching Thumb Lunch 81
ton an appetizing lunch was ser
ed German style. Everythll
was clean and fresh notwlt
standing the fact that everythll
provided for us had been haul
by freight teams nearly seveni
five miles over mountains risi
almost 5000 feet above the sea,
In the vicinity of this lunch S
ton are the beautiful little Pal
Pots boiling like pot of mus
They are highly colored and o,
bubbling, differing IN size, sha
and character to the Mammt
Paint Pots at Fountain Inn. w
all the belutles Of the park th'
little paint pOtS rival ANYTHING