Burton Holmes travelogues (1908) (14773806825)

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Title: Burton Holmes travelogues
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: New York : McClure Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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COMPLETE IN TEN VOLUMES•— VOLUME SIX — The McClure Company New Yorkmcmviii Copyright, 1901, by E. Burton Holmes Copyright, 1908, by E. Burton Holmes All rights reserved THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
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he YellowstoneNationalPark THE YELLOWSTONE region —that semi-mythical won-derland of yesterday — has become a fascinating realityto the traveler of to-day. Late in the sixties the attention of the world was directed toan unexplored region in the northwestern corner of Wyoming. Strange rumors had been set afloat concerning the exist-ence there among the Rockies, near the head-waters of ariver called the Yellowstone, of an almost inaccessibleplateau, where mysterious phenomena of a most startlingcharacter were grouped as in an enchanted amphitheater. 6 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Accordingly a number of exploring-parties were sent outto confirm or to disprove the extravagant statements that hadlong been rife. When the leaders of these expeditions,on their return to civilization, submitted their reports, thesewere at first received incredulously ; the world would notbelieve that wonders such as they described existed elsewherethan in the imagination of the daring travelers. But asthe wburtonholmest19086holm