River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-09-09

opening to the height or ZUU It.
with a loud roaring sound and with
such force that practically all the
water which is extremely hot con-
verts into steam and spray, apd
disappears in the air. 1t resembles
a bridal veil, some one said. The
castle gave Us wonderful exhibit,
the water as it spouted up looked as
though it were full of diamonds.
We were fortunate to see it, as it
may be quiet for several days. The
Grand is one of the finest in the
park, it discharges forked columns
of water to height of 200 #. in
series 10 to II distinct eruptiOns.
It's durations is from 80 to go min
utes-at intervals from l to 10
days. Ii plays more frequently in
the Spring than Fall. Sponge is
remarkable chiefly on account of
the appearance of its cone. 1t is a
finty formation-porous and col
ored like sponge. It's eruptions
occur 4 minutes apart and are
only about #. There is the But
terfy Spring, interesting as its
shape and coloring resembles a
butterfly. The DEVILS Teakettle
was big one, boiling bubbling,
ready for use. The Topaz, The
Chinaman Geyser which was nam
ed in memory of the Mongolian who
established laundry here-put in
the clothes and soap and was ami
hilated by the violent erruptions.
II is fact that bar or two of soap
will cause any geyser TO play in a
few minutes. This practice became
SO common that the government put
a stop to it fearing the geysers
might be ruined by it. The River
side is beautiful geyser that plays
at a height of 125 #. lasting II
minutes. This geyser instead Of
playing in vertical column throws
its water at an angle across the
Firehole River and when the sun
shines on it very beautiful rainbow
effects are produced. We enjoyed
every moment of our stay at Old
Faithful Inn. Had callers from the
Shaw and Powell Camps and from
the Wylie-bought cards at Klam-
err store etc.
FOURTH DAY In THE PARK.
We left Old Faithful Inn with
much regret at 1880 a. M. for West
Arm, thumb Of Yellowstone Lake.
From the Upper Basin to Yellow
stone Lake (19 miles) the route is
over the summit of the continental
divide. The Continental Divide
crosses twice between the upper
basin and Yellowstone Lake, is a
great range of mountains extending
from Canada to Mexico. 1t enters
the Yellowstone Park near the
western entrance and extends
through the reserve to it's southern
border, forming the water shed be-
tween Yellowstone Lake and the
head waters of Snake River. At the
first crossing lies Isa Lake, beau
tiful cold water, tiny ocean pond.
The water on one side flows into
the Atlantic and the other into the
Pacific. This lakelet is on the very
summit of the Simmons Divide at an
elevation of $3.50 #. above sea level
The G. d. winds in very irregular
course across the S. w. corner of
the Park, we cross it again at Sho-
shone Point where we had a fine
view of Shoshone Lake in a beautiful
valley, the giant Teton Mts. so miles
away dl1Q ' dChSOU AdhSs we pass
ed Kepler Cascade, with a dark for
est background, series of enchant-
ing falls, whose waters leap from
shelf to shelf in a rocky chasm 100
TO $50 #. in height. A mile from
the lunch station at Thumb Bay,
one catches the first glimpse of
Yellowstone Lake, which is the
largest at its altitude {7741 ft.) in
the world with the exception of
Lake Titacaca, Peru. Absaroka
Range of snow capped mts. rise
from the waters edge to attitudes Of
10 or II 900 fit. 1t is lovely sheet
of water, irregular in form, its
shores heavily wooded and indented.
Several islands dot the surface of
icy water, Stevens and Frank Is
land being the largest. The Yell