The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-06-24
WE'STIIlI. AND TRAILS
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Iulll tIt SVulhi q SAVOP u oo.S hNAN
may be seen, mother and brood wend
ing their way along a beaten path
eating here and there in a manner
very similar to the domestic fowl
The mother is ever on the alert for
danger, casting her eye overhead and
watching him who scars above lest
he swoop down with a mighty rush
and seize her or some of her brood
But when danger is certain, behold
they disappear! Where? Into deep
brush or under fallen tree, screened
from danger, to emerge again after
all danger is past.
The Snowshoe and the Jackrabbit ?
Yes, he is there, white in winter as
the snow, grey in summer, ever on the
lookout for his old enemy, the coyote,
who lives high up above on the noun
tainside and whose familiar sharp STAG
cato bark can be heard resounding
among the hills, hell warbler indeed.
Around the cabin the red bird makes
his nest and stays the year around, as
the pine squirrel who has his home,
the home of a new generation each
year, away up on the top of the tall
pine tree. Farther up the mountains
may be found the mountain grouse
who comes down to visit the lower
lands; when disturbed, they rush away
overhead unttering their cry which
sounds like clacking or cackling. Their
outstretched wings and tails of brown
and grey and feathered feet make a
pretty sight in the air.
Travis without doubt had an eye
for natural beauty. Or was it chance?
in any event it was we'll chosen. From
this cabin home, nestled up high above
the Gardiner Canyon and the Yellow
stone River, could be seen the rugged
country in the Wonderland, the third
eonyon through which the Yellowstone
flows, above Livingston Emerging at
right angles from this canyon and
flowing on down the valley to be met
by the Gardiner River at Gardiner;
thence on to the sea. The Gardiner
River rises almost due west of the
point where it empties into the yell
lowstone, west of Electric Peak, that
grand old giant that stands as a sent
incl to the west of the entrance to
Wonderland, which stand high above
all the rest with sharp broken foot
walls clear to the top, showing various
colors and around which Vulcan yields
mighty storms in summertime. The
Gardiner flows due south from its
source in the upper plateau beyond
Bunsen Peak, swings east around the
peak and turns north, going over the
Osprey Falls in the upper canyon, on
through the canyon to where it meets
the Yellowstone. To the east is seen
the Jardine Country, Mountains Gre
vase and Palmer. Away to the south
are seen the mountain ranges in Won
derland. The trail to Cooke City is
traced to where vision is interrupted
by Mount Crevasse. The Norris Basin
and the upper plateau are to the
south; west Bunsen Peak and the
Golden Gate; also Mammoth Hot
Springs and Fort Yellowstone. 1t is
a commanding view, as this cabin
home lies higher than the Springs.
At night the view presented by the
twinkling lights at the Fort reminds
one of the stars.
Mount Evert is seen as giant
plateau with woodland and grassland
with several lakes on it. Beyond Flee
trio Peak vast mountain peaks appear
which were not seen before. In winter
time the timber high up on old Bald
Eagle looks like vast Christmas
tree with it's load Of snow and crystals,
all below being white and green. This
cabin home lies on the side of a huge
bowl.
Travis had some taste in construct
ing his home which was built of logs
in the rough, we'll chinked, with
rugged and rough exterior. At one end
was large open fireplace, built of
boulders and external to the build
ing. The porch on the south side was
surrounded by a railing of gnarled
limbs and posts which were adorned
with buffalo heads, elk and deer ant
lers. There was one main room with
kitchen in the rear and two rooms
upstairs. This main room was dec
GRATED with heads of elk, deer and var
ious other wild animals, such as bob
cats, coyote, mountain lion and eagle,
guns and rifles of the latest as well
as ancient pattern adorned the walls;
also pistols and belts, snow shoes and
skis, Navajo blankets of various hues,
all arranged in true western style
Paintings Of wild animals and wild