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Identifier: shoshoneotherwes1888robe (find matches)
Title: Shoshone, and other western wonders
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Roberts, Edwards
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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e his thoughtswere wandering away to the coming winter,when, as he told me, he was goin to settledown an have th famly with him. Chapter IX. AMONG THE GEYSERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. A CHAPTER on the Yellowstone must beabout as satisfactory as a magazine articleon America. In neither can you do full justiceto the subject. I can suggest the features of thePark, but must leave to the guide-books allstatistical description. As a matter of fact, theYellowstone is so filled with natural curiosities,so overburdened with strange creations thathave no counterpart anywhere in the world, thatI doubt if any one who does not himself visitthe place can form the least conception of itsappearance. In certain portions it is a strange,weird storehouse of natural wonders; in othersit is so beautiful that an artist cannot repro-duce the gorgeous colorings. The geysers, thevolcanic and calcareous formations, the GrandCanon, the Falls of the Yellowstone, the HotSprings, are all unique. The inspiration of stu-
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FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. GEYSERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. 20$ dents, they are likewise the source of unboundeddehght to every beholder. They captivate theignorant as well as the learned, and to themajority of beholders are wonderfully incom-prehensible and full of fascinating interest. On recommendation of Dr. E. V. Hayden, theeminent geologist and explorer, the YellowstoneNational Park was wisely set apart by Congress,in 1872, for the benefit and enjoyment of thepeople. The reservation, as the Park maymore properly be termed, lies mainly in thenorthwestern corner of Wyoming, and extendsslightly into Idaho and Montana. It is fifty-five miles long by sixty-five wide, and includes,therefore, 3,575 square miles, or 2,288,000 acres.The surface features present a great diversity ofcharacter, the lowlands bearing a general resem-blance to the parks of Colorado, and the rangesenclosing the vast region having the indescri-bable grandeur so characteristic of the RockyMountain system. The peaks ris

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Mormons
  • booksubject:Mormon_Church
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  • bookcontributor:Harold_B__Lee_Library
  • booksponsor:Brigham_Young_University
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