Three wonderlands of the American West; being the notes of a traveler, concerning the Yellowstone park, the Yosemite national park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a chapter on other (14782770805)

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Title: Three wonderlands of the American West; being the notes of a traveler, concerning the Yellowstone park, the Yosemite national park, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, with a chapter on other wonders of the great American West
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Murphy, Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler), 1866-1928
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Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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y behind me andsorely tried the good nature of our guide byconstant nagging and especially by taking himto task for smoking his pipe. He was a typicalwesterner, good natured and loquacious, butevidently not overstocked with patience, for hemuttered a few expletives at the reproof sopointedly administered him and rode some dis-tance ahead, leading the mount of anotherlady member of the party who was more con-siderate of his feelings and to whom he showedevery courtesy. The old lady followed directlybehind myself and though my mule was one ofthe most sure-footed—he had been twenty yearson the trail—she expressed continual concernand anxiety lest he should stumble and fall.Barney, as they called him, was inclined to bepretty slow and paid little heed to my urging.As a consequence, Martha—my companionsmule—often crowded him closely, at whichtimes the old ladys uneasiness seemed to increasetenfold. Naturally I could not but be affectedby her anxiety for my safety—for it surely 70
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NEVADA FALLS, YOSEMITE VALLEYCourtesy Pillsbury Photograph Co. .v.i,-7N.:i»!«\a THE YOSEMITE must be this that made her take such continualinterest in Barneys keeping his feet—thoughmy doubts were somewhat aroused when Inoticed that her solicitude for fear Barneywould stumble increased in proportion to herproximity to me and when, in a particularly steepplace, she exclaimed hysterically, ^Barney willsurely fall down—and Martha will stumble overhim. In ascending the trail we follow the Mercedfor some distance and catch many glimpses ofswift rapids and of Nevada and Vernal Falls.These are two of the finest of the Yosemitecataracts, with a good volume of water at alltimes of the year. We continue along theriotous river past the Happy Isles and cross arude log bridge from which, barely a half mileaway, we have a splendid view of Vernal Fall,where the river drops sheer three hundred andfifty feet—a glorious column of dazzling whiteagainst the dark background of the canyon