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When the rumored discovery in the year 1861 of extensive gold placers on Salmon river was confirmed, the intelligence spread through the states like wild fire. Hundreds of men with dependent families, who had been thrown out of employment by the depressed industrial condition of the country and by the Civil War, and still others actuated by a thirst for gain, utilized their available resources in providing means for an immediate migration to the land of promise. Before midsummer they had started on the long and perilous journey. How little did they know of its exposures! The deserts, destitute of water and grass, the alkaline. | 1 The Discovery of Yellowstone Park A free download from http The Discovery of Yellowstone Park The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Discovery of Yellowstone Park by Nathaniel Pitt Langford This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Author Nathaniel Pitt Langford Release Date February 18 2004 EBook 11145 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK Produced by Juliet Sutherland Keren Vergon Garrett Alley David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE DISCOVERY OF YELLOWSTONE PARK The Discovery of Yellowstone Park 2 -Journal of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870_ by Nathaniel Pitt Langford 1905 CONTENTS Foreword not included Introduction Journal Index not included INTRODUCTION When the rumored discovery in the year 1861 of extensive gold placers on Salmon river was confirmed the intelligence spread through the states like wild fire. Hundreds of men with dependent families who had been thrown out of employment by the depressed industrial condition of the country and by the Civil War and still others actuated by a thirst for gain utilized their available resources in providing means for an immediate migration to the land of promise. Before midsummer they had started on the long and perilous journey. How little did they know of its exposures The deserts destitute of water and grass the alkaline plains where food and drink were alike affected by the poisonous dust the roving bands of hostile Indians the treacherous quicksands of river fords the danger and difficulty of the mountain passes the death of their companions their cattle and their horses breakage of their vehicles angry and