The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-07-08
FROM THE WEST.
letter From Mrs r. 8 Webb Written From
Yellowstone Park

Yellowstone Pars
Livingston. Mont, June no. 1905
Dear Mr. Conlin and Friends
Awaiting our train, which rs i've
hours late, from the east We cannot
refrain from thoughts OF home and
friends
Never was day more satisfactorily
spent than this run from Livingston
10 Gardiner, 20 see the most wonder
ful, grand sublime, scenery ever be
held by human eye.
Altho white ribboners we Were SO
intoxicated in this high altitude that
il is very amusing 10 sit on the mann
moth Hot Springs Hotel porch and
watch the tourists come in every few
moments.
Each team load returning Is so over
come by the exhieratiug atmosphere
of this high altitude that we cannot
help but compare their Douyant
spirits. ~ they return ladies not ex'
cludedl 10 our own load Of hilarious
picnicers, returning from Midsum-
mer Picnic where other initiative
articles are had for the consumption OF
man.
No liquors are sold in the park, and
here is no need each and everyone
is Thoroughly intoxicated with the
handiwork Of God FOR We cannot help
but feel the awe In these sublime man
ifestations OF His mighty power
When standing on the brink of the
orator. and reaching forth Az arm 3
length, into the boiling waters, buhbl-
ing from the very bowels Of the earth
and realizing that. at any moment we
might be enveloped in the awful and
sudden eruptions that these openings
send forth is sensation not soon
forgotten.
AT the right of the hotel are the
mammoth springs while facing on
tho green plaza are the government
barracks of Fort Yellowstone White
Terrace Mountain, SO beautifully
ohiseled by nature sculpture lies ON
the opposite side and 10 the north are
the large Transportation COS build
ings with stables containing one
thousand horses tor the daily use ot
tourists.
Gardiner. beautiful rustic station
OF logs, in the foot hills. lies SO coddl-
oil between these high mountains that
IL is not visible until we are right AT
the station When we arrived at 1910
a. m. with cars freighted with peo-
pie from all over the world As we
alighted midst the hustle and hustle,
we were somewhat worried that we
All might not get a seat Oh the tally
no :. as they filed So rapidly but
were assured that AN would be- accom-
modaied This sCeen WAS not unlike
the New Year reception ot the diPlo-
matte corps a President Roosevelt
i'm the handling if the carriages By
numbers 10 yuu who witnessed the
moving picture scene ok that event
can imagine this We occupied the
first upper scat on the second tally
no The seating capacity OF One car
is thirty three. seated iUur abreast
Our horses were s.X beautiful white
chargers and we afterwards learned
that our driver wa. gLVwu os tina
King o. the Drivers and "a great
favorite He certainly wa. very ac
commodating anu explained all point
Of interest, stopping wien one wished
Ia take snap shots This ride ..
the mammoth Springs Hotel WAS Sis
miles up circular winding route 81
concrete boulevard not visible toI
more than block ahead, az turu
Terraccd CA the one side vher,
the descent was 30 steep at places a
10 make tie cold chiils tn gle up anC
down the spinal column while th,
other had been chiseled from th'
mountain sides, wide enough for tht
road way
Al the very bottom ol the cauyoi
roarcd the tiuardiner river in il
mad rush down the mountain side
This we crossed several times. owe
iron bridges very picturesque IN on
ascent The heights around us Were
when we first started ont teu.thous