The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-01
Ye,loMstone pnrk. wyomlnE.


very heart OF the Rocky Mountains
set apart forever by act of Congress
for the benefit and enjoyment or man
kind, nature has established her own
gigantic exposition, displaying in this
mountain bound plateau greater va
riety OF wonders than she has collect
ed in like area in any other part OF
the world. Here may be seem either in
active operation or in an extinct con-
dition. almost every known variety
OF terrestrial phenomena. Geysers, hot
springs, paint pots, sulphur springs
and fumaroles are plentiful, and. in
addition, may also be found cliffs OF
natura! glass. lava beds, great riven
rocks filed with basalt, extinct vol
canoes and petrit1ed forests. and over
amid the Businesses OF the Hoodoo
| Mountains and on the slopes of the
! great Tetons may be seen remnants OF
an ancient geological period-aetire
| glaciers.
| Upon entering the park the first IN
| dicarion the tourist sees of subterra-
mean heat is the Boiling River. which
issues from, an opening in the rocks
| and empties directly into the Gardf-
ner. short distance beyond the
Mammoth Hot Springs themselves
are reached.
The living springs are narVels OF
beauty Their oyerhanging bowls.
adorned with delicate fretwork, are
/ among the finest specimens OF natures
/ handiwork In the world, and the col
ored waters themselves are s'ar.hns
4 in their brilliancy. Red, pink black
J canary. green, saffron, blue. chocolate,
and all their intermediate gradations
I are found here in exquisite harmony.
The springs rise In terraces OIL
Il various heights and widths. having
:, tntermingled with their delicate shades
d chalk-lika cliffs. soft and crunlbly.
These are the remains of springs from
which the life and beauty, have de-
. parted.
The geysers are. perhaps. the most
4 interesting feature OF the tour OF the
| park.
The main objects OF interest here
are the Monarch Geyser, the largest
In the basin; the Black Growler. and
the Hurricane. The cruptions OF the
Monarch are very irregular. but II
sometimes displays tremendous power
forcing the hottest of water to a height
varying from 100 to 125 feet.
In the lower Geyser Basin are To-
Gated the Fountain Geyser, one OF
the best in the region; the Great Foun-
tain, In some respects the most re-
~
4 formation is quite unlike that OF an!
other: the Mammoth Plant Pots, thu
I most prominent example Of this elias:
4 Of phenomena, and nearly 200 no
I springs. Here also Is located the Fire
4 hole. a large hot spring, from the bot
I tom OF which what appears to-be
4 ltght-colored flame Is constantly IS
( suing.
\ The Upper Geyser Basin contains
\ fifteen examples of the first magnitude
4 ceysers. besides scores Of less I'M
4 portant ones. The Grotto, the Sp!en
4 did, tho Giant. the Castle. the Lion, IN
N Giantess and the Bee Hive are locate
"A here. and here also stands OLD Falth
n full, whose hourly eruption AFFORDS tn
81 visitor, however transient, an oppor
n tuntty Of witnessing at least one gey
ri ser in action
N yellowstone Lake Is nearly a. NIL
Z and q, half above the level Of the sea
or a quarter OF mile, higher than NJ
II Washington. 1t mas an area OF IL
n square miles, and a maximum depth Q
NJ 500 feet At one point upon Its shor
)E Ash ma, be caught and cooked In tn
\ boiling stream without taking thel
y from the line.
, The Grand Canyon OF the Yellowston
/ Is stupendous. For twenty miles
< stretches out below the Upper Fal
( where tho water rushes over the PRE-
c!plce in one bold leap Of liz feet. =
Z sides drop sheer from 1000 to La
feet, ana upon the face Of Its walls
X the most glorious color work in u
X world. At the head OF the canyon. 81
M veloped now in part. now In total.
a floating robe of mist, Is the Low
Fall. where the river plunges header
K over a precipice a1o feet high, and the
silently and beautifully winds It's we
along the bottom OF ttAmighty gorg
Il a sinuous line Of living green.
"a "A Few Trips Suggested.
Richmond to washington. or Bali
more to Buffalo. to Niagara, across Il
lake to Toronto. down the st. IIawrene
I through the Thousand Islands to Mo
treal, Quebec. returning via Montre
through Lakes Champlain and Geor
n via Saratoga to Albany. down I
Hudson by boat or rail- to New 70