Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . est of theworld combined, and canyons whose volcanic sides, by de-composition of their minerals, have taken on the most bril-liant and beautifully blended colors. The park plateau averaging more than 8,000 feetelevation, on all sides is surrounded by mountains, water-falls and cascades. In the heart of this plateau is Yel-lowstone Lake, 20 or more miles in length, which at itselevation, has but one rival in size in the western hemi-sphere, Lake Titicaca, in the Peruvian Andes. In this area, in their native state,
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . est of theworld combined, and canyons whose volcanic sides, by de-composition of their minerals, have taken on the most bril-liant and beautifully blended colors. The park plateau averaging more than 8,000 feetelevation, on all sides is surrounded by mountains, water-falls and cascades. In the heart of this plateau is Yel-lowstone Lake, 20 or more miles in length, which at itselevation, has but one rival in size in the western hemi-sphere, Lake Titicaca, in the Peruvian Andes. In this area, in their native state, are found greatnumbers of wild animals, which, free from molestation,have become comparatively fearless. Among the largeranimals are the grizzly and black bears, the buffalo orAmerican bison, moose and American elk. The NationalPark Service officials estimate that here there are between10,000 and 20,000 elk. In the high mountain places arefound the big horn mountain sheep, while lower down inthe valleys in certain seasons, one may see the deer andantelope. 14 HAYNES NEW GUIDE. MR. HORACE M. ALBRIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT OP THE PARK 20141 Fishing in the lakes and streams is permitted undercertain regulations, but no hunting of any kind is per-mitted. In the lakes, mackinaw trout have been caughtweighing nearly 20 pounds, while in the rivers and streamsare the native or cutthroat, loch leven, brown, easternbrook, rainbow, and other smaller varieties of trout, aswell as grayling and whitefish. The administration of the park is vested in the Na-tional Park Service, Department of the Interior, and thesuperintendents office is at Mammoth Hot the park, however, are many ranger stations,some of them almost inaccessible, but situated at strategicpoints, for protecting this vast property, and for keepinganimal-hunting poachers away. Mr. Horace M. Albright, formerly Assistant Directorof the National Park Service, who for many years has YELLOWSTONE NATIONAjL PARK 15 been iden
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