The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-27

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and freak physical features were east
ly recognized and | found many OF the
places where we camped, but some of
the natural wonders had changed and
some of them had entirely vanished.
have the impression that Nature has
not yet completed Her work in the
park.
'One of the strangest things we
saw SIS years ago was a mud geyser
that hurled its discharge against the
roof of cavern with roar that
actually made the earth tremble. This
has disappeared. Another feature
that is missing is natural fountain
that threw a thin stream of water
from fissure at an angle of about
| 20 degrees. The upper falls had
worn down a bit and other features
were slightly changed, but in the
main II was the same land OF marvels
we had explored, while a number OF
new wonders had been added. One
OF the features we did not see So
years ago was Old Faithful geyser
but we saw quite number of Others
that now are extinct.
I'VE were rather expert In pick
ing camp sites those days and | not
ed with some interest three year.
ago that one of the main touris
camps now is located at the exac
spot we selected for stopping place
Two of the other tourist camps ais,
are on our old sites. We kept com
plete diary OF our measurements
OF some Of the regions surface fea
: lures. One of the things we meas
, ured was the Yellowstone falls an
/ am informed that our data still
stands as official.
= Find Tower Falls
{ "Dense timber frequently interior
G ed with our progress and 1t was Of
ten necessary to cut trees to max
: a trail for the pack horses. Ope
3, spaces in the timber were WELDON
e reliefs from the hard going and on
d day, as we passed into the timbs
/. after crossing one OF these, turne
s to see If the horses we're following
d When / turned ahead again ] WI
e standing on the brink of the Gran
II Canyon, almost directly opposite Il
n spiration Point. easily found Il
,r place when visited the park mo
than so years later.
The incident marked one of o.
more important discoveries and Y
also were the first white men to s
Tower falls. Some of the things Y
found had been seen by white mi
: before, but / think we are general
} credited with definitely estabhshil
. the existence OF many of the thin
I which were known to the world or
: in discredited legends, If indie
Q they had been heard of before.
{ Had it been possible to start
/. the expedition the year before
i would have been accompanied by
t easterner who was greatly interest
in the reports that we're going
d rounds. 1t was necessary for him
l. return east before we made the ST
d in 1869, but he took with him {
N promise that we would write /
70 all about our experiences. This
n faithfully did, but our first commu
r. cation covered but portion of the
n petition. Back came a request 70
complete account and this we sent
IN soon as we could prepare 1t.
at THE reception given our writ
an was a fair marker of the disbe
to then existing in the wonders of
de- Yellowstone country. The acco
of Of a canyon with precipitate W
IRE. 1900 feet or more in height, nat,
was fountains of boiling water that flo
OF and subsidized alternately. roar
an falls. geysers of steam, falls wit
tremendous drop. pools of boi