The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-04-20
"reminiscences OF
Western Travels.
BY HELEN M, TODD.
XXI

led the night before, which was say
y, great deal. The stages were ready
.rost and early, and we set forth with
.+r anticipation of the sights the day
in store for US, for the unanimous
,,Art of those who knew told US that
,,o4arful as were the sights we had al
sy seen, the best was yet before US,
,.at the beauties of the Circuit Road
.,aed their elimination in the Grand
avon Of the Yellowstone.
The memory of the Mud Geyser, which
rassed about halfway between the
r..- and the Canyon, still fingers with
n. ~. he most repulsive sight of the
p.,, Boiling, seething mud, sicken-
..- 4sden- colored mass, helched from
... bowels of the earth with a noise like
,.ar of an energetic gasoline engine, &C.
..,,raaied by an odor that was far from
.,-r an agreeable one.
ar- Of the novel sights of the morn
.-.. rive was Trade Mark Creek, a
,s-r,a trout stream winding through
+,s adows in the exact form of the
,-4ra-teristic trade mark of the North
mn a4citic Railway. AS we drove
,rralg1 the rolling meadows of Hayden
IA .sg We could see in the distance hun
,- # elk feeding, so far away that
dbl seemed mere specks on the land
.as- The road closely followed the
PIX, lening Yellowstone, and shortly
,f tossing Alum Creek, whose bitter
WIS are credited in Park legend with
.sraa able shrinkage properties, the
r. rev deep and swift as it rushed
aa Us 10 to its first leap of l12 feet over
d. per Falls. Here stairway led
.as a rallied platform at the top of
On as from which a splendid view of
t Guild be obtained. We did not
sg list then, preferring to visit the
0s.- aler when we had more time at
u. Hosal, but drove on, impatient for
..s 1t view of the canyon. AS we
us,s-l the Wylie camp on the heights
5.v us, friendly waves of handker-
y-s showed that warm welcome
sEs.-I LIS on our return from the Can
gu rive. Up the steady grade by the
the cliffs we drove, stopping at
a -at,on Point for our first detailed
ag what is truly a Grand" Can
w Another flight of stairs brought
g, own from the road to platform
so- he very brink of the canyon,
R--ca we could look down into the
s'. below and back in the direction
#. come to the point where the yell
5He-a river rs feet wide, made its
lash into the depths of the can
u or the Grand Falls, 800 feet high.
~ rad seen splendid heights and wa
s in the Yosemite Valley, and
arful colorings in the Grand Can
!Ha Arizona, but here were falls sur
passing in volume even those of Yosem-
IL set in riot of brilliant colors that
Is.- The GrandCanyon seem dull and SUBJ
Due boy comparison. Gorgeous pinks, pur-
Pies and reds splashed into the back
T3aI of the yellow cliffs that give the
-a-- Is name, and with the dark green
Ute trees on the canyon edge, the
ta.y whiteness of the mighty cataract
mead of the gorge, and the bright
-s-r river fiecked with silver foam,
TIA shed between its brilliant walls,
M beautiful picture, and one that
l5sr he at once the wonder and despair
far 4rtist.
aWeinspiring vastness of the Ari-
@a .anyon is not to be found at the
.- stone, indeed the latter might
'-os dozen times in the mighty depths
Arizona rival, but for sheer beauty
l Nuriance of coloring the Yellow
aN canyon stands pre-eminent. The
r7-r tself, bright, clear green, with
'oa00g rapids, forms pleasing con-
has, 10 the Colorado, which is literally
er of red mud"
lie girand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Ssc1.- twenty or twenty-five miles long,
With an average width of 1000 feet and
depth of 100 feet, dimensions that,
'na as they are in comparison with the
Tram Canyon of Arizona, are by no
MEANS insignificant, as our friend "Tex-
As found when he tried in vain to toss
'ocs from the overhanging cliff where
We stood into the rapids of the river be-
low. Try as he would the rock fell far
Short Of its goal, and after what seemed
5olg interval the sound of its fall on
ifs -Jcks below US was waited back to
alf sars. On the return drive stops
We're made at Grand View and Lookout
E4-'s where the same wonderful view,
~e- from slightly different angles,
'Fena to gain fresh beauties with each
Bass moment.
most cordial of welcomes was
a"a 1g US at the Camp, which was
-ta u,ly situated at the head of the
3" with splendid view of its