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Title: Picturesque America; or, The land we live in. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-falls, shores, cañons, valleys, cities, and other picturesque features of our country
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878, editor Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The Yellowstone. THE Yellowstone River, one of the tributaries of the Missouri, has a long, deviousflow of thirteen hundred miles ere it loses its waters in those of the larger stream.Its source is a noble lake, situated in Wyoming Territory, and nestling amid the snow-peaks of the highest mountain-range in the country. The upper course of the riveris through immense canons and gorges, and its flow is often marked by splendid water-falls and rapids, presenting at various points some of the most remarkable scenery in the OUR GREAT NATIONAL PARK. 293 country. The entire region about its source is volcanic, and abounds in boiling springs,mud-volcanoes, soda-springs, sulphur-mountains, and geysers the marvels of which outdothose of Iceland. This remarkable area has recently been set apart by Congress for a great national
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Map of the Yellowstone National Park. park. It certainly possesses striking characteristics for the purpose to which it has beendevoted, exhibiting the grand and magnificent in its snow-capped mountains and darkcanons, the picturesque in its splendid water-falls and strangely-formed rocks, the beautifulin the sylvan shores of its noble lake, and the phenomenal in its geysers, hot springs, andmountains of sulphur. It may be claimed that in no other portion of the globe arethere united so many surprising features—none where the conditions of beauty and con- 294 PICTURESQUE AMERICA. trast are so calculated to delight the artist, or where the phenomena are so abundant forthe entertainment and instruction of the student. It is a magnificent domain in its proportions, extending nearly sixty-five miles fromnorth to south, and fifty-five miles from east to west. The Yellowstone Lake lies nearthe southeasterly corner of the park, the Yellowstone River flowing from its upper boun-dary, and ru

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