Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-03-09

BY ferDerI Oedney W. ~
II has occurred to one of the resi-
dents Of the Village of Shoshone, that
the rood people here are not taking
advantage of the many opportunities
existing to make this town known
from one side of the U. 8. to the
other.
I suppose no one has taken the time
to think about Shoshone as start
Ing point for all the many wonder
full attractions in Southern Idaho.
Shoshone ought to be the outfitting
point for all the campers and sight
seers who make the trip to Idaho, and
could be made so if there was some
concerted action toward providing
something which would interest the
traveller and make him want to come
to Shoshone.
1t is needless to tell the people of
tract the tourist we all know what
the Valley of the Moon is, it is COM
mon to us who have lived on the
lavas for any length of time and hard
" one of us would make the extra eff
fort to take the trip to the location
for the purpose of looking at a lot
OF lava piled in fantastic shapes, we
know lava in all it's horror or wonder
depending how the individual cares
to think about it, but there are thous-
ands of persons who have heard of
this queer place but does Shoshone
make any effort to interest these
people who want to see the wonders
Of nature, and let them know that
all of them can be seen within few
hours ride from Shoshone?
How many people living in Shoshone
can tell of the wonderful things to
be seen in a trip from Picabo to
Arco following as it does a road made
where the lava was stopped by the
mountains, a trip that would be
enough to convince any tourist
that they do not have to go outside
of Southern Idaho to witness the same
chaos that overcame Messina and other
cities in Europe when the insides Of
the globe got too large and had to
belch forth some where.
A great many people and some of
them we'll informed have the idea
that the lava beds of southern Idaho
arc the result of volcanoes in this
Nd
squirting molten lava up from the reg
Ions below. and that we are living
on : volcanic area and that at any
time the old boy down below may
take another crack at us up here on
top and smother us again in q shower
OF hot rocks.
Every one seems to have some idea
that this lava bed is the result
Of volcanoes near here the fact is
there are no real volcanoes in this
part of the world and the buttes with
the holes in the tops which have the I
Rppearance Of vents leading to the {
renter Of the supply of hot lava are 5
npthing but mounds Of lava heaped )
y At the time Of the flow and con- t
|Afhing gas which when cooled ex- a
r&rAed and blew off the top. I
xsr many years the lava beds have I
~ great and absorbing interest s
~ ne and have made an exhaus- 4
fys study Of this particular flow and 4
~ mass OF lava IN southern Idaho II
= Which so many fertile farms have "a
49, developed is nothing but mass n
hot rock, lava which flowed into OF
~ territory simply because Il had n,
\ Djace else 20 go. n
IL Wffudyine this basin, which Is par
- filied with lava one must rsmem- a,
~ tbat u 10 part o. what years ago u
~ y great body of fresb water. ana u,
A. known eeoloeioaly as the Pay \.
if Fake a. extended from about i,
h3<e Yale Oregon, D now 20 near M
|apl lfooi Idaho, ana nom pear the
'f'eoth mounialng % r riase ~ h,
N nopmalne ln NeYoda about lp II,
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