NATIONAL PARKS PORTFOLIO

THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

THREEFOLD PERSONALITY

THE Yellowstone is associated in the public mind with geysers only. Thousands even of those who, watches in hand, have hustled from sight to sight over the usual stage schedules, bring home vivid impressions of little else.

There never was a greater mistake. Were there no geysers, the Yellowstone watershed alone, with its glowing canyon, would be worth the national park. Were there also no canyon, the scenic wilderness and its incomparable wealth of wild-animal life would be worth the national park.

The personality of the Yellowstone is threefold. The hot-water manifestations are worth minute examination, the canyon a contemplative visit, the park a summer. Dunraven Pass, Mount Washburn, the canyon at Tower Falls, Shoshone Lake, Sylvan Pass—these are known to very few indeed. See all or you have not seen the Yellowstone.

THE UPPER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE, A FEW MILES BELOW YELLOWSTONE LAKE
Above these falls the rushing river lies nearly level with surrounding country; below it begin the Canyons
Copyright, 1906, by W. S. Berry

CREST OF THE UPPER FALLS
Photograph by George R. King

CASTLE WELL, ONE OF THE INNUMERABLE HOT SPRINGS
These springs, whose marvellously clear water is a deep green, have an astonishing depth
Photograph by J. E. Haynes, St. Paul

THE CARVED AND FRETTED TERRACES AT MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS
These great white hills, deposited and built up by the hot waters, sometimes envelope forest trees
Photograph by Edward S. Curtis

THE GIANT GEYSER, IN MANY RESPECTS THE GREATEST OF ALL
It spouts for an hour at a time, the water reaching a height of 250 feet. Interval, six to fourteen days
Photograph by J. E. Haynes, St. Paul


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