Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-09-15

dashesS among massive rocks between
high towering banks. The road be-
comes very picturesque. The valley
becomes still narrower and suddenly
contracts to width of SO feet and the
rushing and foaming waters plunge
over ledge, falling perpendicularly
a distance Of 100 feet upon a rocky
ledge, forming the Upper Falls of the
Yellowstone. About a mile below the
Upper Falls is the Great or Lower Falls
of the Yellowstone, where the river
-plunges with a single bound 3OS feet
into the gorge below. A vast cloud of
spray cOnceals the mad play of the
waters beneath, while the roar that as
cends sounds like distant thunder. An
auto road that of itself is a master
piece Of engineering construction, con-
meets the two falls and the several
points of vantage from which the falls
may he viewed. From Lookout Point,
Inspiration Point, Grand View and
Artists Point our eyes drank in the
beauty and grandeur of the two falls
and the canyon. A bridge above
the Upper Falls leads across the
river. to Artist Point on the west side.
The Grand Canyon Of the Yellowstone
is one Of the greatest natural wonders
of the world. 1t is not as large by far
as the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
but nevertheless, it is vast. 1t meas
ures 1000 feet across at the top at the
widest part, 200 feet at the bottom, is
1900 feet Deep and extends for dis
lance of about 20 miles, although not
as grand and imposing all the way as
in the vicinity of the falls. For ages
the river has flowed on and excavated
this mighty gorge thru volcanic rock,
the exposed tOpsyturvey position and
inclination of the rocky formations at
the sides pointing to some mighty up
heaval in the long distant past. Who
is there able to read this ancient vol
ume which nature has opened for our
inspection and study? Surely, there
are sermons in stones, could we but
read them. The coloring of the pic
turesque rocky sides of the canyon is
most pleasing feature. The many
tints blend softly and tremendously
and together with sky. water and yawn-
ing chasm, form a picture that for
grandeur and sublimity no writer's pen
nor artists brush can ever adequately
describe or portray. The whole can
yon is temple to the living God, built
without human hands. Dead, indeed,
must be the soul of that person who
standing at Inspiration Point or
Artists Point and viewing all the
grandeur and glory about him, will
nevertheless say: sThis just happened
-thesss, is no God"
Lo oil,
and grandeur of the Grand Canyon of
the Yellowstone and must hasten on
An inspection of the marvellous Canyon
Hotel followed next. Who would have
thought of finding here in the noun
tains hotel of 500 rooms, beautiful,
modern and as well appointed as any
first class hotel i'll the big cities. We
were told that the reception room alone
with it's elegant furnishings cost a
million dollars.
After leaving the Grand Canyon the
portion of tt park, Hitherto the pc
culiar natural phenomena of the park
had absorbed. our attention, but now we
were to gaze for miles and miles upon
rugged and delectable. mountain seen
cry. For three miles after leaving the
hotel the road passes through a rolling
forested country, then in the course of
a mile or so it rises above the dense
forests, even unto the snow line. Step
ping down from our autos we climbed
up on a big snow bank on the mountain
side, and actually threw snow balls at
one another on the 9Th of August. I'm
mediately below the snow drift, the
bluest forget-me-nots and many other
wild flowers blOOmed in great prOfu-
sion. The mountain side for long
stretches is one vast flower garden.
The road winds in and out Of deep
ravines, then closely hugs the mountain
side from where it makes. one dizzy to
look at the abyss below. 1t requires
careful driving on these roads. A
lurch of the car might hurl it and its
occupants into the gorge thousand
feet below. We cross the Dunraven
Pass at an altitude of $500 feet, mid
way between Mount Washburn and
Dunraven Peak. An automobile road
leads to the summit of Mount Wash
burn, altitude 1O,38S feet, but we did
not make that trip as we thought we
had gotten as high up in the world as
we cared to 60. Tower falls, 1872 feet
high, with its nearby tall tower-like
rock formations is passed and then 4
few miles further on q sign board. point
ed the way to the Petrifled Forest, one
half mile of the main road. Our boys
wanted to see this curiosity so we
made this side trip, but when we ar
rived at the spot we found that the
forest consisted Of but one stub Of a
petriaedstree and that was fenced in.
But it was a curiosity worth seeing,
all the same. II that lone tree could
tell its story what,a revelation it would
be Of tho remote past. At other places
in the park, yet inaccessible to tour
lists, there are, we were told, large
petrified forests, with fourteen genera
lions Of trees, one upon the other, each
generation Of different varieties Of
trees, disclosing the fact that the forests
had grown under different climatic
conditions. How the pores Of the wood
became filed with stony substance, the
forests covered up and on top another
forest grown, Is m interesting subject
for scientific study and speculate