October 4, 2011
Mammoth Hot Springs to the
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River and back
The view out our 3rd story window
Neat shower!
We paid extra to have a bathroom at all...
The rooms were designed to share a bathroom between 2 rooms
Now, every other room has a bathroom, and the other
rooms have to go down the hall to restrooms and shower rooms
Neat old relay switch that turned on (white button)
and off (black button) the ONE light in the room
Also, the Porter Call button for calling a porter to get your luggage (disabled
now)
our hallway
down the stairs
The main lobby
Very Neat Wooden Map of the United States
17' 10" X 10' 4"
2544 pieces of wood
15 different types of wood from 9 different countries
designed by Seattle, WA architect Robert C. Reamer
Assembled in the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel Jan 2 - June 1, 1937
The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
Opened as it is today in 1937
The Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel Dining Hall
The Hotel and Dining Hall from across near the visitor center
Historic Fort Yellowstone
The US Army ran the park from 1886 - 1916
At its height in 1910, 324 soldiers were stationed there
The Engineer's Office
The Army Corps of Engineers Head Quarters 1903 - 1918
The Army Corps of Engineers were in Yellowstone from 1883 - 1918
building roads, bridges, hydroelectric power plant, and water system
Currently the park's Administration Building
Originally 2-troops barracks - housing 200 men
Built in 1909 by Scottish masons
Troop Barracks
The Albright Visitor Center
Originally the Bachelor Officers' Quarters
Built in 1909 by Scottish masons
William Henry Jackson was the photographer for the 1871
Hayden Geological Survey, which was
the final survey responsible for convincing congress to create Yellowstone
National Park in 1872
Mammoth Hot Springs Lower
Terraces
Liberty Cap
45 foot tall cone of an extinct spring
Named in 1871 by the Hayden Expedition for its
resemblance to caps worn by colonial patriots during
the Revolutionary War
Devil's Thumb and Pallet Spring (named that for its colors)
Minerva Spring
Mound Terrace
Undine Falls
Lava Creek falls 60 feet in three steps
Named in 1885 by geologist Arnold Hague
Named for wise female water spirits from German mythology
Columnar Basalt over a thick layer of glacial moraine
Calcite Springs and the Yellowstone River
Tower Falls - Tower Creek falls 132 feet
It is about 1000 yards from the creek's confluence with the Yellowstone River
It is named for the towering volcanic formations surrounding it
Unfortunately, the trail to the base of the falls was closed
Lower Falls Brink Trail
3/8 of a mile dropping 600 feet
Across the canyon: Uncle Tom's Trail
328 steps dropping 500 feet in 1/2 mile
from the top of the falls... doesn't look like much, but it
is a 308 foot drop
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, as seen from the brink
of Lower Falls
Back up the 3/8 mile, 600 foot CLIMB!
another overlook of the falls
proof of past glaciers in the park
A nice rock couch to rest on
The view from "Artist's Point"
Sunset over the Lower Falls
Again, it was dark, so no more
pictures until the next day...
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