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Points of Interest  Page 710  Salt Lake City-
                     YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
          The Yellowstone  is  the  first,  the  largest  been  fired  at  animals
          and probably the most widely known of our  since  the  protection
                              laws of 1894 were enacted. As a consequence,
          scenic national parks.  Its geysers are  cele-  wild animal  life has increased
         brated the world over for the size, power and  to an extent
                              which, considering hunting by Indians, could
         variety of action, as well as number.
                          In fact,
                              not have been equaled in the early days. The
         there  are more and  larger geysers  in  the  animals also have become surprisingly
         Yellowstone National Park alone than   fear-
                          in  all  less of man.
         the rest of the world put together.
                               Motorists may enter the Yellowstone Na-
          But  the Yellowstone  is  supreme  also  in  tional  Park  from  all
                                        four
                                           sides; from
                                                the
         two other  features.  The Grand Canyon  of  north the road comes in by way of Living-
         the Yellowstone has no equal  in the world  ston, on  the east  the new road from Cody
         for romantic beauty and for the wide variety
                              ,gets the motorist  in the park thru scenery
         and  glory  of  its  colors.  The  park  itself,
                              of sensational variety and beauty; the road
         which  contains  3,348  square  miles,  consti-
                              from the south comes in from the celebrated
         tutes the largest and most populated game
                              Jackson  Hole country and  within  sight  of
         or wild animal preserve in the world.  In no  the  lordly Teton Mountains;
                                                en-
                                            the west
         other large  area inhabited by  wild animals  trance  is at Yellowstone, Montana. A good
         are conditions so favorable
                     for increase, be-  road  comes  up  from
         cause in the Yellowstone' no shot legally has  Salt Lake  City  and
                              (Ogden thru  the Logan Valley  to Pocatello,








                Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
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