lamar valley map Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/lamar-valley-map Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:49:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 The Lamar River and Its Valley http://travelsfinders.com/lamar-river-valley.html http://travelsfinders.com/lamar-river-valley.html#respond Sat, 25 Jun 2016 08:56:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=207224 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 wild romantic scenery. Evening light brings forth a particularly beautiful luster. The Lamar is a long river that originates on the eastern boundary of the park. First called the East Fork of the Yellowstone, in 1885 it was ocially named for President Grover Cleveland’s secretary of the interior, who bore the melodious classical name Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. As interior secretary, Lamar was a good friend to Yellowstone. He later became

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