The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-05-21
.YELL0WSTONEP PARK
. TO CELEBRATE ITS
SEM|-CENTENN|AL
Opening on June Is;
Record Year Is
Expected

ASHTON. Idaho. May 20 Omitted
Prehs)-Just before the civil War
cowboy arrived NJ n spot not 70
Jar from this place. slipped off Ms
horse and looked around. lie
needcd "A bath and here was a
nance. for he saw boiling hot
~aier shooting up nut OF the
karth.
when he got back the other side
n the Teton range and told the
[olka, he earned the reputation OF
being the biggest llnr west OF tho
Missouri river. The man had aIs-
fovered Yellowstone Park and his
hpme was Jim Bridger.
Yellowstone will In June cele-
rate the semi-centennial a. n ma
Ionnl park for on March I. 1879,
congress paesed the bill creating
he park. The opening day IL June
\. last year sl,6b1 people
made" the park. The officials
ope I % see the 100 geo mark
cached this season.
Bridger's stories resulted In
w. Cook and David Folsom
making the trip In 1859. They
Rw all that Bridger had seen aud
lore. They were followed BY tho
ERshburn expedition. Thcs. army
pen got the idea 81 n national
ark. IN this party was Con. H ID.
Aashburn. Near Madison June
on. visitors viii find a marker
ated Sept. 10, 1870. that sets forth
ne national park Idea.
In Yellowstone National Park
here nre more natural phenomena
be sect than In any other equal
rea In the tinted States. accord
y Ia tho American Forestry as-
bciatiOn. Ada 10 this tho fact
pat there IL q great lake ~ miles
ide at It's widest point, and 20
|iies long. the surface Of which
1890 feet above the zen level. n
eat gorge Of rainbow huer
hich n mighty river roars on itf
ny TO the vi hundreds OF square
lilies Of great forests and broken.
w-toothed cresfs. and you hive
combination which will inspire
|cn a cowboy.
The northern and western en-
ances are most used. In tho
|riy history OF tho park. most Of
= travel came IN by the northern
lfrance. which Is but a few miles
ON Fort Yellowstone. where at
u time. was stationed a very vvn-
Iirrnble force Of cavalry.
From Yellowstone the road fol-
VS. the Madizcn-Iiger q lts june
pn with the Ffrtholr river, where
branches. one road follows the
bbon river 10 the north while the
her follows up the valley OF the
rehaie.
There are a great number Of in
nseiy Interesting points Of IN
pest In the Upper Basin. prom
nj amongs; which are the Grotto
Hyse.. Punch Bowl. Sunset Lake
4 the Rainbow Pool
The next link In the circuit N
pm Old Faithful 70 Thum station
the western shore of Yellow
bne Lake. The road between
ese two stations follows along
ring Creek and crosses the iii
3ie in both places 90 easily that
IL difficult to realize that there
any divide lurking in the vi
From Thumb Station. there IL n
oice Of two routes, one by WAGON
ad and one by launch on tn"
b..
krhere IL no doubt that the falls
the Yeiiowstone river In me
nyon are among the finest TO lie
N in the world, Al this upper
L. the river passes over a sheer
bp Of three hundred and e--iit
The canyon IL approximately
thousand feet deep. and is
lis and rioping sides are OF the
vi varied huas Imaginable.
sort Yellowstone was at ~ne
he the headquarters OF a large
|ce OF cavalry and housed some
tae most distinguished soldiers
Ithe United states army, many Of
ON received their medals OF dis
5ction In the indian fiEhtr In the
lthwest. Now the soldiers. like
real cowboy. ' gone. ono
The most Interesting natural
cnomena IN Tho park IN the
mmoth Hot springs, which ~
OF q number Of terrn>fes
med by the dspositing of salts
NJ solution IN the hot water Of
springs.
Inc park il the largest and con
H. over two million acres. There
hundreds 81 miies OF trails. In
nerable lakes, streams and won
Xfn mountain peaks. together
III t.FfnffU unrlNlV NJ natural