Cap of Liberty and Mammoth Springs, ca 1885, by F. Jay Haynes
Liberty Cap was named in 1871 by the Hayden Survey party because of its marked resemblance to the peaked caps worn during the French Revolution. This 37-foot (11-m) hot spring cone marks the northern portion of Mammoth Hot Springs. . Its unusual formation was created by a hot spring whose plumbing remained open and in one location for a long time. Its internal pressure was sufficient to raise the water to a great height, allowing mineral deposits to build continuously for perhaps hundreds of years. In Yellowstone National Park's early years, the National Hotel at Mammoth, shown in this postcard and the postcard at the bottom of the page, was the first overnight stop for visitors arriving by stage from the north entrance train depot at Gardiner, and their last overnight stop before departing. This Queen Anne style structure was designed by L. F. Buffington, sometimes called the father of the modern skyscraper. Construction began in 1883, and 250 rooms were planned. When President Chester Arthur visited Yellowstone in 1883 he ate a meal at the half-finished hotel. The following year, unpaid workers took over the building, living on park game until their strike was settled. Though originally known as the National Hotel, by the late 1880s it was being called the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel.
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Location: Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Photo credit: © Archive Farms. Inc / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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