. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. FORT YELI«OWSTONE. TOUR OF THE PARK. SOUTH FROM MAMMOTH HOT Gate and the Hoodoos.—The. driveway be-tween the springs and Golden Gate ascends the moun-tain with such easy grades and graceful curves thatone does not realize that a thousand feet elevation isgained in less than three miles. This road passesthrough the ^^Hoodoos, a wild, strange region hereto-fore inaccessible. Many theories are advanced as tothe origin of the ^^Hoodoos. The most plausible isthat the immense quantity of deposit or formation seenlower down the valley, even as far a
. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. FORT YELI«OWSTONE. TOUR OF THE PARK. SOUTH FROM MAMMOTH HOT Gate and the Hoodoos.—The. driveway be-tween the springs and Golden Gate ascends the moun-tain with such easy grades and graceful curves thatone does not realize that a thousand feet elevation isgained in less than three miles. This road passesthrough the ^^Hoodoos, a wild, strange region hereto-fore inaccessible. Many theories are advanced as tothe origin of the ^^Hoodoos. The most plausible isthat the immense quantity of deposit or formation seenlower down the valley, even as far as Gardiner River,two miles distant, was carried there in solution by the. SILVER GATE. 24 NATIONAI, PARK. hot waters of Mammoth Springs, thus leaving honey-combed caves beneath, and the present Hoodoo re-gion is simply where the mountain has caved in, fillingthe cavern below. They cover an area of about onesquare mile, and are located nearer Golden Gate Can-yon than the Mammoth Springs. In the midst of theKoodoos the road makes an abrupt turn, passing be-tween great blocks of limestone that rise abruptly fullyseventy-five feet, to which is applied the very appropri-ate name, Silver Gate. Golden Gate.—Four miles from Mammoth HotSprings is one of the most picturesque points in thePark. It is a rugged pass between the base of the loftyelevations of Bunsen Peak and the southern extremityof Terrace Mountain, through which flows the west
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