Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ath afflicted them. Theyreturned from a monthswanderings to electrifytheir countrymen withtheir tales of what Nature,unknown to us, had somarvelously accomplishedthrough fire and ice in thelong ago. Nathaniel P. ^my esteemed friend ofyears, who so recently fol-lowed the winding trailacross the Shadowy Divide,was the diarist of the par-ty, who, most assiduously,and with a blessed prescience, chronicled in this narrativefaithfully and in detail, the heroism and success of these ex-plorers. Descriptively and
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ath afflicted them. Theyreturned from a monthswanderings to electrifytheir countrymen withtheir tales of what Nature,unknown to us, had somarvelously accomplishedthrough fire and ice in thelong ago. Nathaniel P. ^my esteemed friend ofyears, who so recently fol-lowed the winding trailacross the Shadowy Divide,was the diarist of the par-ty, who, most assiduously,and with a blessed prescience, chronicled in this narrativefaithfully and in detail, the heroism and success of these ex-plorers. Descriptively and historically the story stands outin the park literature even as Langford stood out among hisfellow men, to the end. To the Washburn party we owe the establishment of thepark in 1872; and one who desires to have a knowledge ofthe park in its entirety misses much if he does not possessthis unpretentious but classic narration. Many of the prominent features of the Park werenamed by this party—Mount Washburn, the famous prom-ontory, Old Faithful, the Castle and Beehive Geysers,. NATHANIEL P. LANGFORD 17477 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 145 National Park Mountain^ and many other points of inter-est. While near Yellowstone Lake, Mr. Everts strayedfrom the party and was lost in an almost impenetrablecountry. After a diligent but unsuccessful search for himthe party was forced to continue their journey. In the meantime Mr. Everts had been overtaken bya severe storm and while searching on foot for evidenceof a trail, lost his eye glasses and was unable to return tohis horses. Thirty-seven days later he was found by JackBarronette in a starved and half demented conditioncrawling on his hands and knees. Happily he fully re-covered from his unfortunate experience. Expeditions in 1871 under Dr. F. V. Hay den of theUnited States Geological Survey, and Captains Barlowand Heap of the Engineer Corps of the Army resulted inthe discovery of Mammoth Hot Springs and the routefrom the Lower Basin to t
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