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- Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone National Park, 1940 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Tower Creek falls 132 feet over a sheer cliff into a chasm where it eventually joins the Yellowstone River. The high breccia "towers" give the name to this creek and falls. Although one of the park's most spectacular falls, it requires a bit of a hike to reach.
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Tower Fall and Towers, Yellowstone National Park, 1940
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Tower Creek falls 132 feet over a sheer cliff into a chasm where it eventually joins the Yellowstone River. The high breccia "towers" give the name to this creek and falls. Although one of the park's most spectacular falls, it requires a bit of a hike to reach.
- Canyon Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, 1937 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Motorists, first allowed into Yellowstone in 1915, increasingly demanded more comforts than primitive camping. So, through the 1920s, park administrators constructed a rustic lodge at each of the main stops, with a series of modestly priced and sized cabins. The lodges offered dining, entertainment, and grand lobbies for socializing.
- 1937
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Canyon Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, 1937
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Motorists, first allowed into Yellowstone in 1915, increasingly demanded more comforts than primitive camping. So, through the 1920s, park administrators constructed a rustic lodge at each of the main stops, with a series of modestly priced and sized cabins. The lodges offered dining, entertainment, and grand lobbies for socializing.
- Old Faithful Inn and Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1935 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Old Faithful Inn, a grand hotel built alongside Old Faithful geyser in 1903-4, was the first true rustic-style western resort. Self-trained architect Robert Reamer designed it to fit in with nature rather than--like other fancy resorts of the time--to provide an escape from it.
- 1935
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Old Faithful Inn and Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1935
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Old Faithful Inn, a grand hotel built alongside Old Faithful geyser in 1903-4, was the first true rustic-style western resort. Self-trained architect Robert Reamer designed it to fit in with nature rather than--like other fancy resorts of the time--to provide an escape from it.
- Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, 1938 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Fishing Bridge gained its name from a 1902 bridge that once served as Yellowstone's most popular angling location. This newer bridge, completed in 1937, spanned the Yellowstone River near Yellowstone Lake. Fishing was banned there in 1973 to allow the trout to spawn without disruption.
- 1938
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Fishing Bridge, Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, 1938
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Fishing Bridge gained its name from a 1902 bridge that once served as Yellowstone's most popular angling location. This newer bridge, completed in 1937, spanned the Yellowstone River near Yellowstone Lake. Fishing was banned there in 1973 to allow the trout to spawn without disruption.
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, 1935 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. At Mammoth Hot Springs, hot waters heavily charged with lime have built up tier upon tier of elaborately carved and fretted terraces made of a hard rock called travertine. The springs that created the terraces are constantly moving and shifting--leaving old terraces dormant and forming new ones.
- 1935
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Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, 1935
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. At Mammoth Hot Springs, hot waters heavily charged with lime have built up tier upon tier of elaborately carved and fretted terraces made of a hard rock called travertine. The springs that created the terraces are constantly moving and shifting--leaving old terraces dormant and forming new ones.
- Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1935 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Approximately two square miles in area, Upper Geyser Basin contains the largest concentrations of geysers in the park--in fact, nearly one-quarter of all the geysers in the world. Grotto, named for its interesting shape, usually erupts every two to five hours and hits heights of 20 to 30 feet.
- 1935
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Grotto Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1935
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Approximately two square miles in area, Upper Geyser Basin contains the largest concentrations of geysers in the park--in fact, nearly one-quarter of all the geysers in the world. Grotto, named for its interesting shape, usually erupts every two to five hours and hits heights of 20 to 30 feet.
- Emerald Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1935 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Approximately two square miles in area, Upper Geyser Basin contains the largest concentrations of geysers in the park--in fact, nearly one-quarter of all the geysers in the world. Colorful hot springs also exist here, including Emerald Pool, named for its beautiful gem-like color.
- 1935
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Emerald Pool, Yellowstone National Park, 1935
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Approximately two square miles in area, Upper Geyser Basin contains the largest concentrations of geysers in the park--in fact, nearly one-quarter of all the geysers in the world. Colorful hot springs also exist here, including Emerald Pool, named for its beautiful gem-like color.
- Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1934 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Old Faithful is the most famous and celebrated geyser in the park--and indeed the world. Members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition, who camped near this geyser, named it Old Faithful because they discovered that it erupted at frequent and regular intervals (averaging about every ninety minutes).
- 1934
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Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, 1934
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Old Faithful is the most famous and celebrated geyser in the park--and indeed the world. Members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition, who camped near this geyser, named it Old Faithful because they discovered that it erupted at frequent and regular intervals (averaging about every ninety minutes).
- Roaring Mountain near Norris, Yellowstone National Park, 1936 - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Roaring Mountain, near Norris Geyser Basin, is named for the sound of steam fumaroles that became very active and noisy in 1902, killing a mountainside of trees. It no longer roars but it still has many steam vents and hot sulphurous rivulets that trickle down its face.
- 1936
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Roaring Mountain near Norris, Yellowstone National Park, 1936
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. Roaring Mountain, near Norris Geyser Basin, is named for the sound of steam fumaroles that became very active and noisy in 1902, killing a mountainside of trees. It no longer roars but it still has many steam vents and hot sulphurous rivulets that trickle down its face.
- "Grand Canyon from Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park," 1935 Postcard - Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. As the Yellowstone River flows north from Yellowstone Lake, it takes two great plunges into a deep canyon: over the Upper Falls and, a quarter mile downstream, over the Lower Falls. The view of Lower Falls from Artist Point is considered one of the climatic sites in Yellowstone National Park.
- 1935
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"Grand Canyon from Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park," 1935 Postcard
Yellowstone National Park, established 1872, was America's first national park. As the Yellowstone River flows north from Yellowstone Lake, it takes two great plunges into a deep canyon: over the Upper Falls and, a quarter mile downstream, over the Lower Falls. The view of Lower Falls from Artist Point is considered one of the climatic sites in Yellowstone National Park.