Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park (1902) (14762694481)

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Title: Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Guptill, A. B. (Albert Brewer), 1854-1931 Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921
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Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : F.J. Haynes
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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A Glimpse of the Rockies, 40 Christmas Tree Park, 41 Henry Lake, Idaho, 42 Madison Grayling, 43 Fountain Hotel, 44 Paint Pots, 46 Great Fountain Geyser, 48 Excelsior Geyser, 50 Old Faithful Geyser, . • • • 57 Cascade Geyser. 59 Early Morning. Upper Geyser Basin 64 ILLUSTRATIONS Page Giant Geyser, 65 Crater of the Oblong Geyser, 69 Cliff Spring, 72 Castle and Bee Hive Geysers, 74 Morning Glory Spring, 75 Biscuit Basin. Sapphire Pool, yj Teton Mountains, 80 Hot Spring Cone, 81 Natural Bridge, 84 Boat Landing near Lake Hotel, 85 Sylvan Lake, 87 Hayden Valley, 88 Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, 90 Rapids Above Upper Falls, 92 Great Falls of the Yellowstone, 94 Grand Canyon Hotel, 95 Canyon Falls and Point Lookout, 96 Grand Canyon from the Brink, 97 Down the Canyon from Inspiration Point, 99 A Petrified Tree, 106 Schwatka Party at Obsidian Cliff, in Elk, Hayden Valley, 115 Buffalo, Hayden Valley, 117 Trout of the Madison, 131 Camping in the Yellowstone, 133 A Park Coaching Party, 142
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WILD ANIMALS OF THE PARK. Visitors Entering the Park via the Monida or MadisonRiver Entrance, see page 40. Yellowstone National Park^ In the northwest corner of Wyoming, in the heart ofthe Rocky Mountains, is located Yellowstone NationalPark. Its boundaries overlap a few miles into Montanaon the north and Idaho and Montana on the west. Thereservation is about sixty-five miles east and west andseventy-five miles north and south. No valley within itslimits has an elevation of less than 6,000 feet, while manyof the mountain peaks within and adjacent to the Parkrise from 10,000 to 14,000 feet above sea level, Yellowstone Lake, 15x20 miles in size, is the largestbody of water in North America at this altitude (8,000feet). Three of the largest rivers in the United vStates—the Missouri, Yellowstone and Columbia—have theirsource in the Yellowstone Park. The geysers of thisregion outclass anything of the kind in the known world.There are over fifty that throw a column of hot water30 to 250