The Yellowstone national park, historical and descriptive, illustrated with maps, views and portraits . little here to suggest the mad turmoil intowhich it is soon to plunge. At a point fifteen miles belowthe lake, the river and road are forced by the narrowingvalley close together. The stream becomes suddenly brokeninto turbulent cascades as it dashes violently between pre-cipitous banks and among massive boulders. The road also becomes decidedly picturesque. Hungup on the almost vertical cliff overlooking the rapids, itforms a short drive unsurpassed for interest an3^where elsein the Park. A
The Yellowstone national park, historical and descriptive, illustrated with maps, views and portraits . little here to suggest the mad turmoil intowhich it is soon to plunge. At a point fifteen miles belowthe lake, the river and road are forced by the narrowingvalley close together. The stream becomes suddenly brokeninto turbulent cascades as it dashes violently between pre-cipitous banks and among massive boulders. The road also becomes decidedly picturesque. Hungup on the almost vertical cliff overlooking the rapids, itforms a short drive unsurpassed for interest an3^where elsein the Park. At one point it crosses a deep ravine overthe highest bridge on the road system. Just to the leftof this bridge, in the bottom of the ravine, still standsthe tree upon which some white man carved his initialsaway back in 1819. Half a mile below the head of the rapids, the river sud-denly contracts its width to less than Mty feet, turnsabruptly to^he right, and disappears. It is the Upper Fallsof the Yellowstone. In some respects, this cataract dif-fers from almost any other. Although the ledge over. A TOCR OF THE VAUK. 317 which it falls is apparently perpendicular, the velocity offlow at the crest of the fall is so great that the water poursover as if on the surface of a wheel. Visitors at Niagarahave noticed the difference in this respect between thealmost vertical sheet of water on the American side andthe well-rounded flow at the apex of the Horseshoe height of the Upper Fall of the Yellowstone is 112feet. From this point, the character of the scenery is wildand rugged. A ride of a few hundred yards brings thetourist to a sharp bend in the road, which at once unfoldsto him the whole vista of the Grand Canon of the Yellow-stone. The sight is so impressive and absorbing that thechances are he will cross the ravine of Cascade Creek with- .out even noticing the lovely Crystal Falls almost beneathhis feet. The Cafion Hotel is half a mile be^^ond Cascade Creek,in an open
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