Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-09
CHANGING SCENES
IN GRAND CANYON
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needles. together with what might not
inaptly be termed n long lava picket
fence in its appearance. is to be seen
| These pinnacles and needles alternate
with preciptous cliffs and at the bot
! tom of the canyon the Yellowstone
| rushes onward in rapid. tumultuous
current. The so-called fence consists
+. of long, winding lava escarpment
| from twenty TO fifty feet in height.
| nearly at the top OF the canyon. and
the exposed lava is seen in vertical
slabs Of great regularity, much after
the fashion OF picket fence with the
pickets closely placed. Most OF this
lava is Of n dark brownish color, but
there are numerous splashes OF brill
liant red. yellow and other colors which
enliven the walls and together with the
other characteristics mentioned. give
n decided individuality and interest
10 them.
WATER AT BOILING POINT
SURROUNDED BY COLD
One who some years ago was expert
mentally inclined thus relates his eX-
perience here: Also ut various points
along the bank. small springs OF sui
phur water ooze out from the wall.
giving OF n bubbling, frying sound.
an offensive sulphurous odor. Observ
Ing the bubhling in channel OF n
stream OF cold water, curiosity tempt
ed me TO test the temperature by i'm
mersing my hand, for which foolish
act l was severely punished. IL being
a, boiling heat. though surrounded by
cold water and coming up right
through IL"
This particular portion OF the cam
yon is on the direct road between Mann
moth Hot Springs and the Grand Cam
yon Hotel, which climbs over the d.
vide between Mt. Washington and Dun
raven Peak, and 1t is about midway
between the canyon and Mammoth Hot
Springs II is one Of the most inter
estinE localities In the entire park. and
tourists are more and more each year
making the special trip required 10
view this portion Of the Yellowstone.
SPLENDID HOTELS ARE
FOUND IN THE PARK
Although Yellowstone Park is. APP
proximately. $500 miles west OF Chi
caeo. isolated, in the heart and amidst
! the grandeurs OF the Rockies, the hotels
/ found there for the entertainment OF
/ tourists vie with those at outing spots
/ where the population is heavy.
| There are Ave principal fields, or CEN
tiers, OF interest In the park--Mammoth
Hot Springs. Lower and Upper Geyser
| BASINS. Yellowstone Lake and the Grand
/ Canyon. At each of these points there
is a large. modern equipped hotel. The
three newest and fnest-Old Faithful
Inn, nj the Upper Basin; the Colonial. at
/ the lake, and the latest one al the
! Grand Canyon-represent an eXpendi
ture we'll on toward 81 100000.
| The hotels at the Lower Basin and
Mammoth Hot Springs, while older. are
ample TO supply all the needs Of travel
crs. Mammoth Hot Springs is the CEN
ter of all authority, government and
| otherwise. in the park. Here Fort
Yellowstone is found with its blue or
,khaki-covered officers and soldiery; also
the United states Weather Bureau SER
vice. etc. y new hotel is planned for
immediate erection at this pont--only
five miles from the original. Gardiner.
, entrance 10 the park, the park terminal
Of the Northern Pacific Railway. This
hotel viii soon he fact accomplished.
and, with the others mentioned, will
constitute a chain OF hostelries in this
remarkable Wonderland, the like OF
which is not TO he found elsewhere.
old Faithful Inn !s a rustic log built
structure. unique and attractive from
every point OF view, and within a short
walk OF Old Faithful Geyser. The CO.
lonial Hotel, at Yellowstone Lake. lies