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Points of Interest Page 714 Salt Lake City-
mountains in the United States quite so most
wonderful and
spectacular in their majesty as the Teton anywhere in the world. attractive playgrounds
range. It is a wonderland of
the first order, but even if it were not a land
It will be seen that the popular idea that
of wonders its destiny still would be to be-
the Yellowstone
is simply a reservation en-
come the greatest camp ground probably
closing a number of interesting geysers is America. in
altogether false. In fact, the geyser basins, The
absolutely
interesting though they are, unique though seeing motorist who of is the bent Yellowstone, on
the
sights
they are, constitute a very small part of the as
quickly as possible and passing on, can,
if he
attractions of the Yellowstone National Park.
rushes, get thru his sights in three or four
The fact is that were there no geysers, were
days; but the Yellowstone will be
a hard
there no canyon, the wildnerness in itself, place to leave for the motorist who enjoys
with its splendid fishing waters, its wild ani-
life in an extraordinary section of the country
mal life and its wide diversity of extraordi- and
the beauty and wonders
nary scenery, would constitute one of the mountain country. of an unusual
YELLOWSTONE FOSSIL FOREST.
The fossil forest* of the Yellowstone Na- cality is known locally as Specimen Ridge.
tional Park cover an extensive area in the
Also a small and accessible fossil forest con-
northern portion, being especially abundant
taining a number of standing trunks is near
upon the west side of Lamar River from about Tower Falls. Just outside the park in the
twenty miles abo.ve the junction with the Gallatin Mountains, still another petrified
Yellowstone. Upright fossil trunks are found
forest, containing more than 35,000 acres, has
nowhere else in the United States. The lo- recently been discovered.

Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park.