The Yellowstone Park 



natural advantages for game, an effort has 

 been made to enlarge the reservation on the 

 south and east and to clearly mark its boun- 

 daries. By this proposed enlargement, the 

 sources of the Yellowstone and Snake rivers, 

 and the greater part of the Absaroka Range 

 on the east, would be included within the 

 Park. It is believed that this additional terri- 

 tory will before long be made a part of the 

 Park reservation by the action of Congress, 

 as it has already been set aside as a timber 

 reservation and placed in charge of the super- 

 intendent of the Park. In speaking, there- 

 fore, of the superior advantages of the region 

 as a home for animals, the timber reservation 

 will be meant as well as the Park itself 



The area of the Yellowstone Park, as at 

 present defined, is somewhat more than 3300 

 square miles. The central portion is a broad 

 volcanic plateau between 7000 and 8500 feet 

 above sea-level, with an average elevation of 

 8000 feet. Surrounding it on the south, 

 east, north, and northwest, lying partly within 

 and partly without the Park lines, are moun- 

 tain-ranges with culminating peaks and 

 ridges rising from 2000 to 4000 feet above 



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