3-065-943 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Yellowstone Lake Region of North America: Upper Fire-Hole, From "Old Faithful", 1874. 'At the base of the Rocky Mountains...is a natural wonderland. It is a volcanic region of boiling springs and silicious incrustations...The United States Congress...ordained that the whole tract of unoccupied land, measuring fifty-five miles by sixty-five miles, should be for ever preserved as a National Park for public enjoyment and the scientific study of its phenomena...A small book describing the "Wonders of the Yellowstone Region," written by Mr. James Richardson, was lately published...We are indebted to Mr. Serjeant Sleigh, who has travelled in that part of North America, for the use of some finely-executed photographs, taken under the direction of Professor F. V. Hayden, the official geologist in charge of the Government expedition three years ago...[Our engraving shows] Upper Firehole Basin, from the crater of "Old Faithful," a hot spring so called because of its regular action, ever once in sixty-five minutes. It throws, by successive impulses, a column of water 6 ft. in diameter to the height of 150 ft., continuing twelve minutes. The silicious deposits here are of marvellous beauty'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.