Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-03-30
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xonderiand; a strange. weird :
magic SpeI comes over The sou !
q the behoider and the passing !
81 the years only lend ENLARGED :
BEAUTIES to the Picture- OF memo r
page.
At Gardner. the entrance % :
Park. you see q snug l'ile 4.
own and meas 5y Goxs the Yell
.Oxst0ne r.vg- and across the !
rising high allow. the !
Snowy -aaGs-.hese A. N y01r
.ett 70 the EAST: CT your right e
stands Electric PARK and SeDul- +.
cA7e EeG1-aia. E1eaf z-htv !
7e2ks q volcanic origin AID +.
form. .
The rustic station and l1rG-
scaPe. added to the cha-eras
throne Il humanity. full Of life
and laughter a. L husrles aboard
the line OF waiting coaches with
their champing. inpatient horses.
5 full q interest and enthusiasm.
a fitting prelude = the wonderful
trp ahead. Ther1ad leads south
ward toward Mammoth Eot
springs i've mile= away. the road
- grand ~ every step. the roar
ing stream has chanueled a mar
rox valley between Terrace noun
tain and Mount Evarts which the
road 4 lows The : De- % Ter
r-ce mountain. acrJss mich TIE
pad lies. = composed u ancient
hot SPRING. t-ravsrlne. and VI.
EveES whyse seaUy sides lies
open aad rugged; shows. AZ IL
long fat summit : Ene pzI;sace
clara
At Mammoth Hot Springs ths
first wOnde. Is seen. The many.
colo-ed terraces found here. the
only kind found II taa Dark or
elsewhere. remain about the sane
yet some few changes occur from
year TO year but what one spring
loses another gains.
These terraces are on Z hillside
and the sides of these are shaped
Ike unto a Grecian vase. crec,
huge vases the>e. white. orange,
and chocolate coIOret. their sides
exquisitely formed not unlike 10
grea- icicles delicately fastened
70 the rim OF these huge vases
and growing smaller until the
small ends reach ! hrm founda-
ton some fee, below. The water
over1Ows from these and trickles
down the sides and away in little
rIvU!ets-fairy land waterways:
above these vapor continually
rises and 9 mist keeps the brim-
and sides beaded with tiny drops.
The scene IS so grand and the
delicate beauties 50 intricate and
rare that each look presents a
new series Of beauties. There are
several Of these terraces. several
feet wide and high as a man :
head and IN many instances much
higher.
Pulpit terrace. 50 called be-
cause Of its resen5Iaac.toa pull
pit. IS artistic tand its beautiful
carvings cannot De Appropriated
save in Imagination These ter
races are easy Of approach and
delight every visitor.
No trains OF electric ars are
allowed IN the park and the old
tine stage coach with al its wes-
tern romance Is preserved in al!
lis pristine glory, L ! ret the
companion i ne bufTaloe. elk.
ceer ard bear, the companions
Of IL old days upon the plains.
Leaving Mammoth Hot Springs
and winding through rocks ana
cliffs IN chaos We enter Silver
Gate thence through Golden Gate
/. canon by Rustic Fall and emerge
mt Swan Valley, pass by Willow
PARK and ApolIinoris springs and
oenOld the noteworthy O5sidion
Gin. a cliff OF natural glass. or
oosidlan, and from its fragments
the Indians formerly fabricated
arrow heads. Springs Of natural
soda water abound here and a
much better variety than obtain
ed at the snowy fountains in the
cities and towns.
. The road u Norris Gevse- ba-
SIN the next great wonder. Ieaas
along the base OF ribbed AM cas-
tellated sandstone and between
rocky, ragged walls. and Beaver
lake comes into viex-ard the-
IS yet c De seen tt Gisua7tle6
works Of TIE departed auplinf-
Gus builders, carpenters with heir
teeth and pIastere-s Win TIER
tails.
In this lake abound submarine
moses, and on its margin a rel
lucid pool o. charming beauty.
while the inky black summit of
oosidian cliff high above gIistens
in the sun.
Beside this mountain are MANY
fragments of this somber macad-
an Prospectors once shivered
these huge basaltic columns, and
showered the shining volcanic
glass along the road, pieces from
massive spalls to little splinters.
A huge battlement pile it Is, and
from each facade flashes the RAYS
OF the sun and high above pro-.
!ecss a turret, rounded, capped
ana shaPely, but of too gorgeous
proportions to De shaped by hu-
man hands.
On approaching Norris Geyser
basin evidences of heat become
more clear. Roaring mountain
and the Devils Frying Pan are