The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-23
WILL CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY OF
YBIL0VS'T0 \ B
The Man Who Discovered Vel.
lowstone Park Was Jim
Bridger
BACK IN THE ~F1FTIES''
Will Celebrate Its Semi-C Center
NAL AS a National Park
Next Month
BACK IN THE ~FlFTlES'

Next Month
Ashton, Idaho. May 23.-Back In the
"fifties" when there was not ever
trail between here and Salt Lake
CITY a man, arrived at spot not fa1
from this place, slipped off his horse
and looked around. He saw boiling
hot water shooting up out OF tht
earth. When he got back the Other
side of the Beton range and told the
folks about it, he established for his
lifetime at any rate a reputation Of
being "the biggest liar west OF st
Moe"
The man was Jim Bridger and he
had discovered Yellowstone Park.
Few believed his tales of sky
mounting smokes and egg boiling
geysers. "Loco" was the term applied
to Jim. That was long ago. Yellow.
stone will sims June celebrate itss semi,
centennial aAationa rl1Efor on
May I, 1812e9sgress pa8 4ethe bill
creating ifEke opening daysis June
18. Last y46r 1851 people "made'
the park. Officials hope to see the
100000 bark reached this season.
InK1869 Bridger's stories had re-
suited in C. w. Cook and David Folsom
making the trip. They saw all that
BridRer had seen and more. They were
followed by the Washburn expedition.
These army men got the idea Of ma
tional park. In This party were Gen.
H. d Washburn, Lieut.. G. C. Doane
and several civilians.
"The sky over Yellowstone Nation
al Park is shell pink" says a mono
graph Of the American Forestry As
sociation, "the trees are not, blue, the
waters Of the great lakes in no wise
resemble red ink and the geysers do
not spout streams of molten metal. as
some have been led to believe. It is
possible to traverse the woodland
trails and pass many trees without
seeing grizzly bear. The buffaloes
and antelopes do not crowd the tour
lists and stages from the highways. It
is quite possible to spend week in
the Park without being molested by
"denizens," as some nature lovers de-
light in calling the hapless bears and
other animals OF the Park.
S Wild Animals Abound
Buffalo, antelope and bear abound
in this largest of national parks, and
they may be seen without difficulty,
but that they are no numerous as to
interrupt one in the pursuit Of pleas
ures, is purely a figment Of the imagi-
nation. au., e
''There are more natural phenome-
ma to be seen in Yellowstone National
Park than in any other equal area in
the United States. Add to. this the
fact that there is a great lake fifteen
miles wide at its widest point, and
twenty miles long. the placid surface
of which is seventy EIGHT hundred
feet above the sea level, a great of
rainbow hues through which mighty
rivers roars on its way to the sea,
huudtads Of square miles of great
forests and broken, saw-toothed crests
and you have a combination which
will inspire even a cowboy. Every
thing is on giant scale. Distances
are great, canyons are Of terrifying
depth, mountain peaks raise their
lofty crests to inconceivable heights.
"The northern and western entran-
ces are most used. In the early history
of the Park, most Of the travel came
in by the. northern entrance, which is
but few miles from Fort Yellow
stone, where, at one time, was. sta
toned a very considerable force of
cavalry.
4From Yellowstone the road follows
the. Madison river TO its junction
with the Firehole River, where it
branches. One road follows the Glib
bon River to the north, while the
other follows up3 e Valley Of the
Firehoie. The road dong the Firehole
is particularly beautiful, as It clinas
for miles to the very edge Of the river
until il reaches what is known as the
lowers eyser Basin. In this Basin are
the famous Mammoth Paint Pots,
which are really nothing but mud
geysers, the contents Of which look
and act like nothing so much as
vividlNcolored mush that is being
boiled md tossed by escaping streams
"Old Faithful Geyser may be seen
to spout, with it's never interrupted
regularity, at intervals of one hour
and. five minutes. From the veranda
may also be seen many Of the gey.
sers across the road on the eastern
border of the Basin, and the entire
surrounding has the appearance of 9
manufacturing town with the innum.
cradle jets Of steam rising from un.
seen escapes.
Fails Are Among the Finest
"Ehere is no doubt that the Fall.
Of the Yellowstone River in the Can.
yon are, among the finest in thu
world, At the Upper Falls the entire
river passes over drop of one hun
dred and nine feet. The Lower Fall:
is 9 drop Of three hundred and eigh
feet. The Canyon is approximatel,
one thousand feet deep, and it's WALL
and sloping sides are Of the most va
ried. hues imaginable. 49,,
Fort Yellowstone has quite an al
OF romance surrounding it. It ha
housed some of the most distinguish
ed soldiers. in the army, many O.
whom received their medals of distinc
tiRn in the Indian fights in the North
west. Now, the soldiers like the rea
cowboys are gone. One Of. the mos
interesting natural phenomena in tn
Park is the Mammoth Hot Springs
which is built Of number of terrace
formed by the depositing of salts fron
solution in the hot water of tn
springs. The colors of these terrace
change from day, to day, and offer 4