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Yellowstone
Historic Resource Study The History of the Construction of the Road System in Yellowstone National Park, 1872-1966 |
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Part One: The History of the Construction of the Road System in Yellowstone National Park, 1827-1966 and the History of the Grand Loop and the Entrance Roads |
APPENDIX A:
Synopsis of Roads, Bridle-Paths, and Trails in the Yellowstone National Park "19th Century"
| Between points |
Total | |
| Road towards Bozeman | Miles | Miles |
| From headquarters at the Mammoth Hot Springs to northern boundary line of Wyoming | 1.99 | |
| Northern boundary line of the National Park, below the mouth of the Gardner River | 5.00 | 6.99 |
Direct road to the forks of the Fire-Hole River | ||
| From headquarters at the Mammoth Hot Springs to Terrace Pass | 1.93 | |
| Swan Lake | 3.21 | 5.14 |
| Crossing of Middle Fork of Gardner River | 2.33 | 7.47 |
| Willow Park, upper end | 3.50 | 10.97 |
| Obsidian Cliffs and Beaver Lake | 1.37 | 12.34 |
| Green Creek | 1.40 | 13.74 |
| Lake of the Woods | .76 | 14.50 |
| Hot Springs | 1.68 | 16.18 |
| Norris Fork Crossing | 4.17 | 20.35 |
| Norris Geyser Basin | .71 | 21.06 |
| Geyser Creek and Forks of the Paint Pot trail | 3.13 | 24.19 |
| Head of Canon of the Gibbon and foot-bridge on trail to Monument Geysers | .72 | 24.91 |
| Falls of the Gibbon River | 3.75 | 28.66 |
| Canon Creek | .59 | 29.25 |
| Earthquake Cliffs | 3.00 | 32.25 |
| Lookout Terrace | 1.50 | 33.75 |
| Marshall's Hotel, at the Forks of the Fire Hole River | 2.43 | 36.18 |
Road from Forks of the Fire Hole River to foot of the Yellowstone Lake | ||
| From Marshall's Hotel to forks of the road near Prospect Point | 1.00 | |
| Hot Springs | 1.08 | 2.08 |
| Rock Fork | 3.86 | 5.96 |
| Willow Creek | 2.00 | 7.96 |
| Foot of the grade up the Madison Divide | 2.00 | 9.96 |
| Upper end of Mary's Lake | 1.91 | 11.85 |
| Sulphur Lakes and Hot Springs | 1.12 | 12.97 |
| Alum Creek Camp | 2.00 | 14.97 |
| Sage Creek Crossing | 2.00 | 16.97 |
| Fork of the road to the falls near the Yellowstone River | 5.00 | 21.97 |
| Mud Geysers | 2.00 | 23.97 |
| Grizzly Creek | 3.00 | 26.97 |
| Foot of the Yellowstone Lake | 3.26 | 30.23 |
Branch road to the Great Falls of the Yellowstone | ||
| From Forks of the Fire Hole River to forks of the Lake Road to the Great Falls, as above | 21.97 | |
| Sulphur Mountain | 1.50 | 23.47 |
| Alum Creek | 1.61 | 25.08 |
| Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, bridle-path | 3.26 | 28.34 |
| Crystal Falls and Grotto Pool, bridle-path | .40 | 28.74 |
| Lower (Great) Falls of the Yellowstone | .24 | 28.98 |
Road to Tower Falls | ||
| Headquarters at the Mammoth Hot Springs to bridge over the Gardner River | 1.77 | |
| Bridge over the East Fork of the Gardner River | .38 | 2.15 |
| Upper Falls to East Fork of the Gardner River | 2.06 | 4.21 |
| Black Tail Deer Creek | 2.70 | 6.91 |
| Lava Beds | 2.00 | 8.91 |
| Dry Canon, or Devil's Cut | 4.69 | 13.60 |
| Forks of the Yellowstone | 2.28 | 15.88 |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.48 | 18.36 |
| Tower Falls | 3.19 | 21.55 |
Geyser Basin road | ||
| Marshall's Hotel to forks of road at Prospect Point | 1.00 | |
| Old Camp Reunion | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Fountain Geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin | 1.00 | 3.00 |
| Excelsior Geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin | 2.00 | 5.00 |
| Old Faithful, in the Upper Geyser Basin | 6.00 | 11.00 |
Madison Plateau road | ||
| Marshall's Hotel to Forest Spring | 3.00 | |
| Marshall's Park | 2.12 | 5.12 |
| Lookout Cliffs | 3.59 | 8.71 |
| Riverside Station and Forks of Kirkwood or Lower Madison Canon road to Virginia | 3.52 | 12.23 |
| Bridge over North Madison River | 11.53 | 23.76 |
Madison Canon road | ||
| Marshall's Hotel to forks of road to the Mammoth Hot Springs | 4.00 | |
| Mouth of the Gibbon River | 5.00 | 9.00 |
| Foot of the Madison Canon | 6.00 | 15.00 |
| Riverside Station | 3.00 | 18.00 |
Queen's Laundry road | ||
| Marshall's Hotel to crossing Laundry Creek | 1.00 | |
| Twin Mounds | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Queen's laundry and bath-house | .50 | 2.50 |
| A bridle-path 3 miles long extends from there to the Madison Plateau road and another is partially completed via Twin Buttes and Fairy Falls to the Midway Geyser Basin. | ||
Middle Fork of the Gardner bridle-path | ||
| Headquarters at the Mammoth Hot Springs to the West Gardner | 2.00 | |
| Falls of the Middle Gardner | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| Sheepeater Cliffs | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Road to the Geysers | 1.00 | 7.00 |
Painted Cliff bridle-path | ||
| Meadow Camp to head of Grand Canon | 1.00 | |
| Safety Valve Pulsating Geyser | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Yellowstone River at Painted Cliffs | 1.00 | 3.00 |
Paint Pots bridle-path | ||
| Mouth of Geyser Creek to the Paint Pots | 1.00 | |
| Geyser Gorge | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Earthquake Gorge | 2.00 | 4.00 |
| Rocky Fork Crossing | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Mary's Lake Road, near Yellowstone Creek | 5.00 | 11.00 |
Grand Canon bridle-path | ||
| Tower Falls to Forks of Trail | 1.87 | |
| Antelope Creek | 4.00 | 5.87 |
| Bowland's Pass of Mount Washburn | 2.00 | 7.87 |
| Glade Creek | 2.47 | 10.34 |
| Mud Geyser | 1.00 | 11.34 |
| Hot Sulphur Springs | .83 | 12.17 |
| Meadow Camp and fork of Painted Cliffs bridle path Trail | 1.59 | 13.76 |
| Brink of the Grand Canon | 1.00 | 14.76 |
| Lookout, Paint, and forks of trail into the canon below the falls | 2.19 | 16.95 |
| Great Falls of the Yellowstone | .74 | 17.69 |
Shoshone Lake bridle-path | ||
| Old Faithful, in the Upper Geyser Basin, to Kepler's Cascades | 1.94 | |
| Leech Lake | 2.72 | 4.66 |
| Norris Pass, Continental Divide | 3.00 | 7.66 |
| DeLacey Creek, Pacific waters | .97 | 8.63 |
| Two-Ocean Pond, on Continental Divide | 3.50 | 12.13 |
| Hot Springs, at head of thumb of the Yellowstone Lake | 2.99 | 15.12 |
| Hot Spring, on Lake Shore | 2.02 | 17.14 |
| Hot Spring Creek | 4.00 | 21.14 |
| Natural Bridge | 7.44 | 28.58 |
| Outlet of Yellowstone Lake | 4.68 | 33.26 |
Miner's bridle-path | ||
| Baronette's Bridge, at forks of the Yellowstone River, to Duck Lake | 1.76 | |
| Amethyst Creek | 8.30 | 10.06 |
| Crossing, East Fork of Yellowstone River | 2.16 | 12.22 |
| Gamekeeper's Cabin | .50 | 12.72 |
| Soda Butte, medicinal springs | 2.65 | 15.37 |
| Trout Lake | 2.00 | 17.37 |
| Round Prairie | 3.00 | 20.37 |
| North line of Wyoming | 3.84 | 24.21 |
| Clarke's Forks Run Camp, near northeast corner of the park | 3.18 | 27.39 |
Hoodoo or Goblin Mountain bridle-path | ||
| Gamekeeper's cabin, on the Soda Butte, to Hot Sulphur Springs | 2 | |
| Ford of Cache Creek | 1 | 3 |
| Alum Springs and return | 4 | 7 |
| Calfee Creek | 4 | 11 |
| Miller's Creek | 2 | 13 |
| Mountain Terrace | 8 | 21 |
| Old Camp | 5 | 26 |
| Goblin Labyrinths | 2 | 28 |
| Monument of Hoodoo Mountain | 1 | 29 |
Fossil Forest bridle-path | ||
| Summit of Amethyst Mountain | 3 | |
| Gamekeeper's cabin to foot of Mountain | 3 | 6 |
| Orange Creek | 5 | 11 |
| Sulphur Hills | 4 | 15 |
| Forks of Pelican Creek | 8 | 23 |
| Indian Pond at Concretion Cove of the Yellowstone Lake | 5 | 28 |
| Lower Ford of the Pelican Creek | 3 | 31 |
| Foot of the Yellowstone Lake | 3 | 34 |
Passamaria or Stinkingwater bridle-path | ||
| Concretion Cove to Turbid Lake | 3 | |
| Jones' Pass of the Sierra Shoshone Range | 7 | 10 |
| Confluence of the Jones and Stinkingwater Fork of the Passamaria River | 12 | 22 |
Nez Perce bridle-path | ||
| Indian Pond to Pelican Valley | 3 | |
| Ford of Pelican Creek | 3 | 6 |
| Nez Perce Ford of the Yellowstone | 6 | 12 |
Alum Creek bridle-path | ||
| From the Great Falls of the Yellowstone, via Crystal Falls and Grotto Pool and the Upper Falls, to the mouth of Alum Creek | 4 | |
Terrace Mountain Trail | ||
| Headquarters at the Mammoth Hot Springs, amongst the numerous active and extinct Mammoth Hot Springs, to foot of the Ancient Terraces | 1 | |
| Up steep pine, fir, and cedar clad terraces, to summit of the mountain | 1 | 2 |
| Along the range of the vertical cliffs, for 400 to 800 feet high | 2 | 4 |
| Descent of South Terrace to Rustic Falls, 40 feet high, at the head of the impassable canon of the West Fort of the Gardner River | 1 | 5 |
| Upon the southern cliff, above these falls, is a Speepeater arrow-covert, and the remains of an ancient game-driveway there to Swan Lake, on the Fire Hole road | 1 | 6 |
Trail to the Falls of the East Gardner River | ||
| From the road near the middle of the canon along the eastern declivity, one mile | 1 | |
| To the fall, not unlike the famous Minnehaha, and like which, allows a safe pathway between the sheet of water and the wall rock. | ||
Monument Geyser Trail | ||
| Foot-bridge at head of the canon of the Gibbon, which ascends nearly 1,000 feet within a distance of one mile, some portions of which are exceedingly difficult for a horseman, and hence called a trail | 1 | |
| The active and the extinct and crumbling geyser cones are alike uniquely interesting, and the outlook remarkably beautiful. | ||
Trail, or footpath, to head of the Great Falls of the Yellowstone | ||
| Leaves at the lower end of the camping ground above, and descends 500 or 600 feet within one-fourth of a mile to the pole-bordered outlook at the very head of the cataract. | ||
Trail to the Yellowstone River below the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone | ||
| This trail descends Spring Sun from the rustic bridge nearly to its waterfall, thence along the steep declivity beneath Lookout Point, in a winding, dangerous way, to the foaming river, which cannot now be ascended, along it, as formerly, to the foot of the falls upon this side; but can be reached upon the other, via the timber-fringed gorge. | ||
| The main danger is from detached fragments of rock, which attain incredible velocity before reaching the river. | ||
| Besides these trails there are several others to fossil forests, cliffs, geyser or sulphur basins or falls, which will be fully noted in the forthcoming guide-book of the Park. | ||
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