Category: geysers

A Tale: The New Camp Spirit Gets Arrested— Eleanor Corthell 1903

Sep 2, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Humor, Women’s Stories

“But then, you would not expect such a large family to pass among a whole valley full of yawning gulfs and smiling springs and shooting geysers, absorbed until they forgot time and place and circumstance and not have something happen, would you?”
Moran’s Legacy 2: Mammoth Hot Springs — Text by Edwin J. Stanley, 1883

Jul 25, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Sights, Thomas Moran

“The first impression on beholding it is that of a snowy mountain beautifully terraced, with projections extending out in various directions, resembling frozen cascades, as though the high, foam-crested waves, in their rapid descent over the steep and rugged declivity, were suddenly arrested and congealed on the spot in all their native beauty. “
A Tale: Documenting Prospector Tales of Boiling Fountains — Cook, 1869

Jun 14, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Yellowstone Stories

“It is a scene of transcendent beauty which has been viewed by but few white men, and we felt glad to have looked upon it before its primeval solitude should be broken by the crowds of pleasure seekers which at no distant day will throng its shores.”
A Tale: A Fur Trader Travels to Geyserland — Ferris, 1834

Mar 28, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Yellowstone Stories

“From the surface of a rocky plain or table, burst forth columns of water of various dimensions, projected high in the air, accompanied by loud explosions, and sulphurous vapors, … The largest of these wonderful fountains, projects a column of boiling water several feet in diameter, to the height of more than one hundred and…
A Tale: A Lady’s Visit To The Geysers Of The Yellowstone Park (Part 3) — HWS 1880.

Feb 15, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Women’s Stories

“Without a moment’s warning, we heard a most awful rumbling, the ground shook under our feet, and there burst into the air a column of water and steam that looked as if it reached the skies.”
A Tale: First Report of Cooking Live Fish in a Hot Spring — Hedges, 1870.

Jan 26, 2012

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mmarkmiller

in Fishing, geysers, Washburn, yellowstone, Yellowstone Stories

” I attempted to land my prize beyond the spring, but unfortunately for the fish, he escaped the hook to plunge into this boiling spring.”
A Scene: The Geysers of Yellowstone — Washburn, 1870

Dec 17, 2011

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Sights, Washburn, yellowstone, Yellowstone Stories

There had been rumors of wonders in the upper Yellowstone for more than 50 years, but the Washburn Expedition of 1870 made it official. The place really did contain towering waterfalls, a huge inland sea and—most stupendous—boilding fountains that threw water hundreds of feet into the air. There were several reasons Washburn and his companions captured…
A Tale: Jim Bridger’s Descriptions of Yellowstone Wonders — Gunnison, 1852

Sep 24, 2011

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mmarkmiller

in Falls, geysers, Hunting, Mountain Men, Yellowstone Stories

“Geysers spout up seventy feet high, with a terrific hissing noise, at regular intervals. Waterfalls are sparkling, leaping, and thundering down the precipices ….”
A Tale: Ajax Takes a Trip to Yellowstone Park —1880

Sep 3, 2011

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, yellowstone, Yellowstone Stories

“I carefully walked toward it and stopped in awe at the fearful sight that met my gaze when a light breeze wafted the steam from me, as I was at the brink of that hellish hole. One more careless step and—the end.”
A Tale: A Moonlit Wait for Fountain Geyser —1897

Jul 25, 2011

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mmarkmiller

in geysers, Sights

“The stars blinked and twinkled and watched over us and the geyser. It was a beautiful sight, with the great geyser before us slowly and deliberately preparing for a mighty effort, the pines back of us sighing and whispering to one another, and that little knot of impatient watchers moving to and fro in the…

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A Tale: A Lady’s Visit To The Geysers Of The Yellowstone Park (Part 3) — HWS 1880.

A Tale: First Report of Cooking Live Fish in a Hot Spring — Hedges, 1870.

A Scene: The Geysers of Yellowstone — Washburn, 1870

A Tale: Jim Bridger’s Descriptions of Yellowstone Wonders — Gunnison, 1852

A Tale: Ajax Takes a Trip to Yellowstone Park —1880

A Tale: A Moonlit Wait for Fountain Geyser —1897