The land of geysers - Yellowstone Natonal Park (1909) (14737698416)

Identifier: landofgeyser1909269nort (find matches)
Title: The land of geysers : Yellowstone Natonal Park
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Northern Pacific Railway Company. Yellowstone Division
Subjects: Railroad travel
Publisher: (St. Paul : Northern Pacific, Yellowstone Park Line)
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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rk but ^t spring fishing cone that has trout in it. From any of the hotels one can easily make fishingexcursions, at distances ranging from a few rods to a few miles, and findfine sport. Those who angle in Yellowstone Park are under few restrictions,but they are assumed to be true sportsmen. All fish must be taken with ahook and line. At Yellowstone lake the fish may be taken either by castingor trolling. The lake trout are easily caught, even by those unaccustomedto fishing. For those who are adepts at angling, the most desirable spot atthis point is in the Yellowstone river, below the outlet of the lake. Boatsand fishing tackle for those who do not have their own, can be procuredhere. At Upper geyser basin trout can be taken anywhere in the Fireholeriver even though it is largely composed of warm water from the geysers. Atthe Grand canyon a favorite fishing spot is the reach of river between theUpper and Lower falls. Near Tower fall there is fine trouting. There, some twenty miles15
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GRAND CANYON AND LOWER FALL OF THE YELLOWSTONE THE LAND OF GEYSERS from Mammoth Hot Springs, the Yellowstone river, just below the footof the Grand canyon, is a large stream with wide bends and pools and thetrout are large and gamey. At Mammotli Hot Springs MAMMOTH Hot Springs, the first point in the tour of the park, is theadministrative center of Wonderland. And, it is a very attractiveplace. A large green plaza is flanked on the east by the red-roofedofficers buildings and barracks of Fort Yellowstone. On the oppositeside rises Terrace mountain, with the richly colored steaming terraces thatso delight thousands of visitors. At the base of the mountain to the northstands the huge hotel, with other buildings occupied as stores and dwellingsand by the Government and the Hotel and the Transportation Companysofficials. The Government, by means of small irrigation canals, has turnedwhat was formerly a dreary, parched, unkempt waste into a green andornamental plain.