Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-14
YELLOWSTONE IS
NATIONS PARK
SNOWFLAKE Set Aside by United
States Becomes Country's
Playground.
THE LAND OF GEYSERS
Most Famous Wild Animal Pre-
serve in the World-Waters
Swarm With Fish.

who HAS not dreamed OF a journey
through Yellowstone National Fark,
the frat and most famous of the show
places set aside by the United States
for tho delight OF all lovers OF nature?
Such is tho worldwide appeal Of this
more than national playground that.
as Kipling says OF Suez. one can meet
all his friends in Yellowstone National
Park II he only stays there Ions
enough.
\ few years ago the tourist who con-
,einplated viewing the wonders of Vel
iowstone National Park found that no
could Include nothing else in an ordi-
nary vacation itinerary II he would
see the majesty OF the mountains and
plains In other parts of the West. he
must needs plan separate journey.
for trip TO the Yellowstone took so
much time that All thought of any
Thing else was OF necessity crowded
from the tourists mind.
But to-day il has become possible to
contrast the majesty Of the Rocky
Mountains OF Colorado and Utah with
the ouietcr scenic effects OF Yellow
stone National pdrk-and to accom-
plish all this s!Ght seeing in the course
of one brief vacation trip and at no
extra expense When one THINKS OF
combining "a "trip through the Royal
Gorge and ALI the ether wonders Of the
Rocky Mountains. and then in q few
hours staging II" across the delight
full, geyser-l!ncd roadways OF restful
Yellowstone National Park. II is real
lied how close the entire wonderland
Of Western America has been brought
to our travellovinS public. Yet this
can all be mpl,shed with ease by
journcying over the Denver and Rio
rande Railroad through Colorado TO
Salt Lake City o. Ogden. and from
either OF these poi;ts make a swift and
pleasant night journey Of few hours.
via the Oregon Short Line. 10 the west
crn gateway OF Yellowstone National
Park, only nineteen miles from the
Fountain Hotel Am inviting stage
road. straight through bordering pine
trees. beckons one into n land where
nature has been most lavish in the use
Of her color brush. Stages coaches OF
the roomy, casy-riding Concord type,
drawn by two or four-horse teams.
whose hoofs click OFF the miles with
astonishing swiftnesS and regularity,
are the chief means Of traS sportatiou
IN Yellowstone National Park
~ THE HEART OF THE
LAND OF GEYSERS
Soon after leaving Yellowstone Sta
ton, the visitor is in the very heart OF
Geyserland. The stage route crosses
Madison River close TO it's junction
with Gihbon River. and then ascends
the latter stream into the marvellous
C;eyser Basin. Over the treetops one
can sec drifting masses of steam that
indicate the presence of those strange
national phenomena which tell OF sub
,erranean disturbances that must ever
puzZle science. One wonders what were
the sensations OF John Golfer. Nom
Der Of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
who was the first white ran, so far
as known. to enter Yellowstone Park.
Golfer left no written record OF his
experiences in this wonderland, so one
can only guess at his sensations when
he saw those clouds of vapor. and.
creeping closer. found that thdy were
not from the campires of Indian foes.
hut from the stcaming pits whose ac-
tivities have awed many generations
, Of sightseers since Golfers time.
Here. at the very start OF his jour-
ney. the tourist is in the midst OF n
geyser fairyland. There are three
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