Report Of A Reconnaissance1876 |
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1875.-Object observed 2d term abundant alti August Bad Lands Baird bank beds birds bluffs Box Elder Bridger Mountains buffalo Camp Baker Camp Lewis cañon Carboniferous Carroll road chron clays Cone Butte Coues crater Cretaceous Crooked Creek crossed Deep Creek deposits distance east Ellis exposure farther feet Fork Fort Ellis Fort Pierre fossils Geyser Basin grass gray height hills Judith Gap Judith Mountains Judith River July large number latitude layers limestone Linn Little Belt Mountains Little Rocky Mountains miles Missouri River Montana Montana.-Date Mount Washburne Musselshell Musselshell River nearly Observed double altitudes occasionally party passed plains pools prairie quartzite range ravines reached rise rocks sandstone seen September shales shell side slates slope species springs strata stream summit thickness timber trachyte trachytic hills trail tudes Upper valley Wood Wood.-Bar Wood.-Computer yellow Yellowstone Lake Yellowstone Park Yellowstone River
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Page 37 - Lake ; thence south along said meridian to the parallel of latitude passing ten miles south of the most southern point of Yellowstone Lake; thence west along said parallel to the meridian passing fifteen miles west of the most western point of Madison Lake; thence north along said meridian to the latitude of the junction of the Yellowstone and Gardiner's Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning...
Page 37 - He shall provide against the wanton destruction of the fish and game found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit.
Page 37 - ... proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Page 37 - States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Page 37 - SEC. 2. That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation, from injury or spoliation, of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within said park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Page 37 - ... found within said park, and against their capture or destruction for the purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also cause all persons trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed therefrom, and generally shall be authorized to take all such measures as shall be necessary or proper to fully carry out the objects and purposes of this act.
Page 27 - on the west bank, was observed to be in agitation and giving out vast quantities of steam. A discharge soon took place, to a height of 10 or 15 feet only ; but from the commanding position of the geyser and its handsome appearance, posses.sing, as it does, a high mound, richly decorated, and several apertures through which it plays at once, the sight is very fine. Several times during the morning it repeated its performance, rarely exceeding, however, 20 or 25 feet. After breakfast we returned to...
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Page 27 - Upon our arrival in the basin, we found several persons already encamped, and a whisky-trader snugly ensconced beneath his ?paulin, spread in the shelter of a thick pine. The visitors prowled about with shovel and ax, chopping and hacking and prying up great pieces of the most ornamental work they could find ; women and men alike joining in the barbarous pastime.
Page 61 - It is estimated that during the winter of 1874-'75 not less than 3,000 elk were killed for their hides alone in the valley of the Yellowstone, between the mouth of Trail Creek and the Hot Springs. If this be true, what must have been the number for both the Territories! Buffalo and mule-deer suffer even more severely than the elk, and antelope nearly as much. The Territories referred to have game laws, but, of course, they are imperfect, and cannot, in the present condition of the country, be enforced....