. The Yellowstone National Park : historical and descriptive : illustrated with maps, views and portraits . mm I L j »W, *;. Snow tn the Park Forests, June 13, 1899. Discovery. 71 of the lake and spent some time examining the surpass-ingly beautiful springs at that point. Thence they crossedthe mountains to Shoshone Lake, which they took to bethe head of the Madison, and from that point struck outto the northwest over a toilsome country until they reachedthe Lower Geyser Basin near Nez Perce Creek. Here theysaw the Fountain Geyser in action and the many otherphenomena in that locality. They as
. The Yellowstone National Park : historical and descriptive : illustrated with maps, views and portraits . mm I L j »W, *;. Snow tn the Park Forests, June 13, 1899. Discovery. 71 of the lake and spent some time examining the surpass-ingly beautiful springs at that point. Thence they crossedthe mountains to Shoshone Lake, which they took to bethe head of the Madison, and from that point struck outto the northwest over a toilsome country until they reachedthe Lower Geyser Basin near Nez Perce Creek. Here theysaw the Fountain Geyser in action and the many otherphenomena in that locality. They ascended the FireholeRiver to Excelsior Geyser and Prismatic Lake, and thenturned down the river on their way home. They wereabsent on the expedition thirty-six days. It is said that these explorers were so astonished atthe marvels they had seen that they were, on their return,unwilling to risk their reputations for veracity by a fullrecital of them to a small company whom their friends hadassembled to hear the account of their explorations. ButMr. Folsom later prepared a most entertaining narrativeof his journey which w
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