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Where Gush The Geysers. Yellowstone National Park. How And When To Visit It Oregon Short Line Railroad

Where Gush The Geysers. Yellowstone National Park. How And When To Visit It

Oregon Short Line Railroad

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Publication: DE Burley, 1906, Salt Lake City

9" x 8" in color pictorial wrappers, folded in half and showing a giant geyser on one half and Old Faithful on the other. Rear wrapper offers a system map of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and its connections. 932)pp. Illustrations. Maps. Itinerary. Information on Yellowstone's new railway station; what Jim Bridger saw in Yellowstone around 1830; followed by a 6-day itinerary describing the route and what one can expect to see and do; information on what one should wear; a timecard showing heights and durations of eruptions of various geysers, park regulations, and information on a stage ride from Monida, MT to Yellowstone. Black and white photos of five modern hotels of the Yellowstone Park Association, mud geyser, fountain geyser, Hayden Valley, the Upper Geyser Basin, Biscuit Basin, Electric Peak, Obsidian Cliff, etc. Color photographs throughout include Great Falls, Castle and Bee Hive Geysers, Pulpit Terrace, Gardiner Canyon, Castle Geyser, the East Entrance to the park, Minerva Terrace, the Upper Falls, etc. Rear wrapper offers a system map of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and its connections. At center is a folded map (18" x 15 1/2") entitled " Oregon Short Line Railroad and Yellowstone National Park and also showing trails and finished/unfinished wagon roads. Agent's stamp to front wrapper; rubbing to center fold and front wrapper along with light soiling and light wear to extremities. Very good.

Inventory Number: 53062

$425.00