, 1923-10-01

ing.
Five power shovels are at work
on the road. After two at the
northern end meet then comes
the work of leveling to grade, talk.
ing out bumps and finishing the
surface. r., L. Silver. OF Basin,
state district engineer, says thai
only unforeseen circumstances will
prevent the highway from being
opened to the public about March /.
Much has been written about thu
general beauties OF this wonderful
highway but the particular objects
Of scenic beauty, wild as the
Rockies. have not been pointed
out.
Wind river comes into the can.
yon at the south end through a
solid granite wall. There is only
room for the river but the high
way and Burlington railroad bore
their ways through with tunnels.
three tunnels being used for the
highway. The solid walls rise up
For the first five miles at the
southern end the canyon Is 60
arrow that It requires consider
able engineering skill to locate the
highway. The solid walls rise up
and Ut to distances of 1000 feet
and more above the river until It
seem almost possible to step
across at the top. At times eagles
are seen in flight across and men
employed on the highway work
have found little difficulty in shoot
ing an occasional deer at the dizzy
heights.
There are numerous interesting
formations. At one point near the
railroad stop at Dornick a huge
monument OF granite Snapped like
Washington monument at the ma
tons capital stands out on n base
half way up the wall and rises n
below. but which has withstood the
ravages of aeons of time. This for.
nation is topped with a sphinxlIke
head as though IT had been carved
by the hand OF man.
At another point n couple miles
south there arises a pile of rock
Snapped like a great tomb. On both
sides there are smaller formations
Of solid granite like soldiers stand
ing at attention as though they
might be silent sentinels guarding
the grave of n dead Napoleon.
The walls OF castles old in history
Of which most men and women
learned in tho stories OF their youth
r found in formations on both
sides OF this 10 miles OF picturesque
highway. One in particular sits at
the brow of n bend in the canyon
guarding the approaches from both
ends as the castles of kings might
have stood in days Of old.
High walls and sharp curves form
deceptive Impressions as though ono
might be at the bottom of n great
natural bowl with no way OF escape
except TO scale the impossible walls.
Wind river flows with noisy
glamor apparently into the stone
walls and disappears mysteriously.
The stream has a fall of 200 feet in
the 10 miles 1t ~traverses the canyon
and it roars a great natural melody
blending the voices of hundreds OF
tiny streams that form in the
eternal SHOWS of the mountains and
trioklo down the sides of the canyon
harmonious chorus such a
only nature can produce.
Five miles up the canyon from
tho northern end in a depression in
the stone sides, there leaps a won
derful waterfall, during certain sea-
OF the year. This is most pic
turesque when snows are melting
because the volume is greater. The
water ONE out of the rock with
mighty roar for so small n stream.
adds its voice TO the music of the
river as 1t flows north past the
worlds greatest mineral hot springs
at Thermopolis. then east and then
south to the sea-
At another place still farther up
the canyon there are pyramids that
rival those OF Egyptian fame
we're their history known. They
look down upon the river and high.
way as though Withholding from