[313]Benjamin Drew, _Souvenir List_, Mammoth, Wyoming. One of the
victims was struck over the head with the Winchester; whereas a
Chicago lady was able to get a snapshot of the desperado. Rewards
offered aggregated $1,100.00.
[314]Heister D. Guie and L. V. McWhorter, _Adventures in Geyser Land_,
p. 64. Also Earl of Dunraven, _op. cit._, p. 206.
[315]Frederick Remington, _Pony Tracks_ (New York: Harper and Bros.,
1895), p. 192.
[316]Arnold Hague, “Soaping Geysers,” _Science_, XIII (May 17, 1889),
384. Dr. Arnold Hague and John H. Renshawe of the Geological Survey
studied the Park in 1883.
[317]John Muir, “The Yellowstone National Park,” _The Atlantic Monthly_,
LXXXI (April, 1898), 520.
[318]Land in the reserves adjacent to the Park yield 30¢ per acre from
lumbering and 50¢ for grazing; whereas the water storage value alone
is $12.50. Then, too, there are extensive agricultural improvements
contingent upon the water supply. These would approximate $30.00 per
forest acre. Statement made to the author by range supervisor, Faber
Eaton, on August 9, 1943.
[319]_Annual Report of the Acting Superintendent 1894_, p. 661.
[320]There have been exceptions to the rule. Certain animals have been
classed as predators at given times and thinned out.
[321]The average sagebrusher (camper) considers bears as an unmitigated
nuisance. Because of them, he must exercise vigilance at all times
or his food will be carried away.
[322]_Reports of the Department of the Interior 1918_, p. 827.
Strong demands were also made to open the Park for sheep grazing.
[323]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1938_, p. 6.
[324]Yellowstone Scrap Book, I, 57.
[325]_Ibid._
[326]_Report of the Acting Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park
1895_, p. 824.
[327]These stations were located at Norris, Riverside, Fountain, Upper
Geyser Basin, Thumb, Snake River, Lake Sylvan Pass, Soda Butte,
Tower Falls, Fort Yellowstone, and Gardiner.
[328]There are more than thirty of these journals in the Park Library at
Mammoth, Wyoming.
[329]Yellowstone Scrap Book, II, 105.
[330]R. Kipling, _op. cit._, p. 153.
[331]John Muir, _op. cit._, April, 1898, p. 510.
[332]Charles D. Warner, “Yellowstone National Park,” _Harper’s_, XCIV
(January, 1897), 94.
[333]_Annual Report 1894_, p. 133.
[334]Eugene T. Allen and Arthur L. Day, _Hot Springs of the Yellowstone
National Park_ (Washington, D. C.: Carnegie Institution, 1935).
Although Dr. Day was the director, the work was regarded as the
valedictory of Dr. Allen.
[335]Theodore Roosevelt, “A National Park Service,” _Outlook_, C (Feb.
3, 1912).
[336]S. T. Mather’s “Report of The Director of The National Park
Service,” _Report of the Department of the Interior 1918_, pp.
842-3.
[337]_Reports of the Secretary of the Interior 1918_, pp. 842-3.
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