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Title: The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wiley, William Halsted, 1842-1925 Wiley, Sara King, 1871-1909
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Publisher: London, Offices of "Engineering" New York, J. Wiley & sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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There are here some 15,000 people, and near by isthe famous Last Chance Gulch, which has yielded about 10,000,000 dols.in gold. It has been the hope of many people that they will some day walkthe Golden Streets, but in Helena, despite the name, this hope comespretty near realisation, for you may here walk the silver streets, since, justbefore our visit, an excavation in the principal thoroughfare showed a well-defined vein of silver extending along it, and the burning question agitatingthe city throughout at the time of our visit was, to whom this vein belonged.At this place the benefits of our method of travelling were shown. Wehad been living on our train for several days, and in order to break thejourney and give us a rest, this stop was made, and the entire party takento the Hotel Broadwater by means of an electric car, a distance of threemiles from the station. This was a delightful surprise, and gave us all apleasant feeling of obligation to Raymond and Whitcomb for their fore-
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TJie Yellowstone Parle. 171 thought. Not only was the hotel a large and beautiful house, withattractive grounds, and a fine table, but adjacent to it, in the park, was avery large and luxurious natatorium, containing a large bath, fed from hotsprings, into which the party plunged, and emerged thoroughly refreshedand ready for the dinner, which was worthy of the place in every respect,and to which our sharpened appetites enabled us to do ample justice. Therewas a hop at the hotel that evening, and at the proper time the partyreturned to their cars and woke up the next morning at Cinnabar, theentrance to the Yellowstone Park ; but how changed everything was to thewriter, who had ridden past this very spot in 1883, when there was norailroad nor any house to be seen. The principal feature of Cinnabar is themountain known as the Devils Slide, and, judging from its red colour, nodoubt his Satanic Majesty wore out not alone the seat of his trousers, butalso a part of his skin. His presence h

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