THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
THREEFOLD PERSONALITY
HE 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 Passthese are
known to very few indeed. See all or you have not seen the
Yellowstone.
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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
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CREST OF THE UPPER FALLS Photograph by George R. King
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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
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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
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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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