Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . sport to be fully appreci-ated only by experience. The United States Bureau ofFisheries work in the Yellowstone reserve is to be com-mended, many ideal trout streams having been destituteof fish life before being stocked. Mt. Haynes, a nigged escarpment of lava rock ris-ing several hundred feet high from the water ^s edgeon the south side of the Madison Canyon, was namedin honor of the late Frank Jay Haynes who devotedforty years of his life in the development of the park(See Historical Section). National Park Mou
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . sport to be fully appreci-ated only by experience. The United States Bureau ofFisheries work in the Yellowstone reserve is to be com-mended, many ideal trout streams having been destituteof fish life before being stocked. Mt. Haynes, a nigged escarpment of lava rock ris-ing several hundred feet high from the water ^s edgeon the south side of the Madison Canyon, was namedin honor of the late Frank Jay Haynes who devotedforty years of his life in the development of the park(See Historical Section). National Park Mountain is at the •confluence ofthe Gibbon and Firehole rivers. At this point in 1870 thefamous Washburn expedition, while in camp, resolved todirect their efforts towards having the present YellowstonePark set aside as a National Park (See Discovery ofYellowstone Park, 1870,^ by N. P. Langford). Cascades of the Firehole.—^Here a short halt isusually made so that these beautiful cascades may be view-ed from different points. Below the upper cascades the 54 HAYNES NEW GUIDE. WEST YELLOWSTONE STATION. UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM river is confined in a narrow gorge until it reaches themain falls. The Firehole Eiver owes a large part of itsflow to the immense drainage from the geyser basins, andin many places the water is warm; in spite of this fact,however, trout abound in its pools all the way from Madi-son Lake, its source, to these cascades. The Fountain Ranger Station, 3i^ miles beyondthe Firehole Cascades, is at the junction of the main road,and the cut-off road from Excelsior Geyser. Nez Perce Creek, made famous by the Nez PerceIndians headed by Chief Joseph on their memorable raidthrough the park in 1877, is crossed near Lower Basin. Lower Greyser Basin is a comparatively wide val-ley, embracing an area of thirty or forty square miles. Inthis valley Dr. Hayden, in his official survey of the parkregion, has catalogued 693 hot springs. The chief attrac-tions here are the Fountain
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