Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-03-27
Seeing Yellowstone Park
Rev. L. N. Day. rrave, storie. Continued

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, and considered them appropriat
for we were on our wedding trip
|toos But how could they guess 81
we'll. .-.,l
| l was tempted out Of Adamic cur
iosity Of course, to descend into tn,
Devils Kitchen A deep darl
hole in the ground, with an open
ing the size of door in the top
The bottom is soon reached by {
ladder. The temperature is very
hot as he was baking that day
There is room for 20 or 80 persons
in this underground cavern. A
might be expected the bread was a
stone, and the place empty and dus.
ty. With the temperature of 140 you
hasten out for comfort.
The lowest altitude is at the
Gardiner gateway where it measures
$500 feet above the sea level. This
gradually rises, until the stage road
crosses the grand divide at $40
feet, but Mt. Washburn rises to an
altitude of 10000 feet, Baronet
peak 10000. Silver Tip 10,40O, Ia
BILE Mountain 10000 and Mt
Schurz and Mt. Atkins. 10000. The
continental divide throws the water
which falls in the southwest portion
of the park to the rivers of the Pa
cific slope, while the balance Of the
park contributes 20 the tributaries
of the Missouri, and reaches the
Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi
after traversing or touching 10
states and flowing over 1000 miles,
The waters of the Yellowstone
river after it starts on this long
journey makes two awful leaps. The
| first or upper falls is. 100 feet and
a half mile below the lower falls,
sos. These are indescribably beau
tiful from any point of view, near
or far above or below. Where the
the sun striges their spray the scene
is embellished with rainbows and
when shaded by towering rocks
the waters become intensely blue.
This industrious stream has washed
out for its bed the grand canyon of
the YellOwston extending for 25
miles below the falls. In places
this is 1900 feet deep and often g.
900 feet across. The predominant
color of the canyon walls is a light
yellow, streaked here and there by
brown and somber rocks. or clay
tinted and shaded with every hue,
here and there enlivened with the
living green of pine or fir, until ar
lists who have painted it, declare
| there are 81 tints in all. There are
towering castles and fortresses, and
spires of solid stone, standing dan
gerously near cliffs, and appear just
ready to plunge down to the bottom.
Great assures along the edge eau
ton the feet not to come too near.
On the top Of a high column below,
in that mighty chasm is the nest Of
an eagle, and from above you look
down at the young birds while the
parent bird sits at the edge jealous
ly guarding them. Other eagles as
tiny birds may be seen flying and
their shrill cry echoes along these
mighty walls. Driving along one
side for a mile or more, and on the
opposite leisurely walking the same
distance, with a different view being
constantly presented, one feels to
say What has God wrought From
"Inspiration point" and from car
lists point we drank in its beau
ties until the setting sun began to
draw the evening curtain upon this
wonderful panorama.
At the Canyon camp on Sunday
evening, the usual campfire was fol-
lowed with religious services, placed
in my charge. assisted by u second
Iowa pastor in our party. Under
the majestic pines respectful
audience gathered. We sang re-
ligious songs without books, and
Pastor No. 2 gave a Bible lesson
from memory an we each made
breif addresses. IL. &Ef
A stenograpfer from Buffalo, N.
Y. incur coach was a delightful
companion. Especially
did she find the company Of our
bald headed Iowa pastor, - agree
able. Usually in loading the coach
they found seats in front of Wife
and I. They had visited the same
cities, read the same books of fic-
ton and admired the same paint
ings, etc.
But when I introduced him at the
above service as a minister of the
gospel, she was greatly shocked be-
,ause Of opposite religious affilia-
atoms.
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