THE STORIES IN YELLOWSTONE’S ROCKS
Yellowstone National Park is a showcase for some of the world’s best examples of spectacular geological features. In this chapter we explain the 3-billion-year development of the region and …
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FROM WEST YELLOWSTONE OR ASHTON TO THE BECHLER REGION
Not far west of West Yellowstone, Montana, on U.S. Highway 20 is Targhee Pass, used by the Bannock tribe on their annual trek to hunt buffalo. South of the …
The Lamar River and Its Valley
Valley The glacier-carved Lamar Valley entered the historical record as far back as 1836 in Journal of a Trapper by Osborne Russell. He praised the Secluded Valley for its …
Upper Geyser Basin
Upper Geyser Basin stretches in a right triangle from Old Faithful Geyser north and west, mostly along the Firehole River. The hot springs and geysers draw upon the local …
Meanders and the Northern Pacific Railway
Trout Creek is an excellent example of meanders, or the windings a stream forms when it flows across nearly level ground. As the water flows through this remnant of …
Yellowstone Petrified Trees
South of the road is a remarkable phenomenon: high up on the slopes, trees that used to grow here have been turned to solid stone. This happened long before …
Travel to Stuttgart
HISTORY Since the middle of the 15th century Stuttgart was the residence town of the Dukes of Wiirttemberg and at the same time the capital city. In 1806 it …
Map of Athens
ATHENS Athens, the Greek capital, is situated 8 km from its famous port, Piraeus, between the rivers Cephisus and Ilisus. Including the Port of Piraeus and the surrounding areas …