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Title: Wonders of the Yellowstone region in the Rocky Mountains : being a description of its geysers, hot-springs, Grand Canon, waterfalls, lake, and surrounding scenery, explored in 1870-71
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Richardson, James
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Publisher: London Glascow Edinburgh : Blackie & Son
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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. 31 Liberty Cap, Gardiners River 35 Extinct Geyser, East Fork of the Yellowstone . . 50 The Devils Hoof, Tower Creek 58 Getting a Specimen 72 The Devils Den, Cascade Creek 76 Upper Falls of the Yellowstone 86 The Mud Volcano 100 Yellowstone Lake 106 The First Boat on Yellowstone Lake . . . .113 Breaking Through the Crust 122 Castle Geyser and Hot Springs Basin .... 142 The Grand Geyser, Firehole Basin 144 The Giant Geyser 153 Fan Geyser, Firehole Basin 158 The Beehive Geyser 161 Grand Canon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone . 194Mr. Everts and his Imaginary Companions . . . 236The Giantess, Firehole Basin 252 MAPS. Part of the United States, showing Position of the Yellow-stone Region and its Prospective Railway Connection withTHE Eastern States. The American National Park near the Sources of theYellowstone River, with the Geyser Region, after theSurvey of F, V. Hayden, U.S. Geologist, 1871. SHOWJNC THEPOS/T/ON OF THB ■^>^ 1^ />V-. AND THE NATIONAL PARK. ^°* t«<* )\ jon
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m s^¥ %i^j;^ ■^V inl 4 V-Bga Bar r Www CHAPTER 1. THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT. IN the northwest corner of the Territory of Wy-oming, about half way between the MississippiRiver and the Pacific Ocean, and in the same lati-tude as the State of New York, the grand RockyMountain system culminates in a knot of peaksand ranges enclosing the most remarkable lake ba-sin in the world. From this point radiate the chiefmountain ranges, and three of the longest rivers ofthe Continent—the Missouri, the Columbia, andthe Colorado. On the south are the Wind River Mountains, asnow-clad barrier which no white man has evercrossed. On the east is the Snowy MountainRange, and the grand cluster of volcanic peaks be-tween it and Yellowstone Lake. On the west isthe main divide of the Rocky Mountains. On the north are the bold peaks of the Gallatin Range, 1 2 WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE, and the parallel ridges which give a northward di-rection to all the great tributaries of the Missourifrom this region.

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