GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY OF THE TEREITORIES. 521 



Elevations of principal points. 



Feet. 



Mt. Garfield, Idaho Territory, on the Atlantic and Pacific Divide 9, 704 



Bridger Mountain, Montana Territory, near Fort Ellis 8, 355 



Emigrant Peak, Montana Territory 10,629 



Mount Washburn, Wyomiog Territory 10, 575 



Mount Doane, east of Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Territory 10, 118 



Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Territory 7, 427 



Important divides on the line of travel, and their elevation. 



Feet 



Divide between Box Elder Creek and Bear Eiver , 5, 615 



Divide between Bear and Port Neuf Eivera 5, 042 



Divide between Eoss Fork of Snake Eiver and Fort Hall , 5, 072 



Divide between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, near Junction Station 6, 430 



Divide between Big Sage and Black-tailed Deer Creeks 7, 044 



Divide between Black-tailed Deer Creek and Stinking Water Eiver 6, 657 



Divide between Stinking Water Eiver and Alder Creek 6, 492 



Divide between Alder Creek and Madison Eiver 6, 857 



Divide between Madison Eiver and Hot Spring Creek 5, 836 



Divide between Hot Spring Creek and Madison Eiver 5, 079 



Divide between Elk Creek and Gallatin Eiver 4,641 



Divide between Gallatin and Yellowstone Elvers 5, 681 



Divide between Sage and Eed Eock Creeks .- • - 7, 405 



Divide between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, above Medicine Lodge Creek- 7, 255 



Divide between Fort Hall and Port Neuf Eiver 5, 964 



Divide between Bear Lake and Bear Eiver 7, 159 



Divide between Yellowstone Lake and Madison Eiver 7,911 



Tbe followiug list of points, with distances and elevations attached, 

 has been made out from notes taken in the field by Mr. A. Schonborn 

 and myself. 



Here it may be well to state in brief a few of the main distances, as 

 follows : 



Miles. 



Ogden , Utah Territory, to Fort Hall, Idaho Territory 176. 00 



Fort Hall to Fort Ellis, Montana Territory ' 253.92 



Fort Ellis to Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Territory 118. 80 



Total distance from Ogden to Yellowstone Lake 548. 72 



Miles. 



Fort Ellis to Fort Hall, by way of Medicine Lodge Creek 311. 92 



Fort Hall to Evanston 174.80 



Evanston to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory 41. 09 



Total distance from Fort Ellis to Fort Bridger 527. 81 



Table of distanees and elevations. 



Points. 



1^ 



Fkom Ogden to Fokt Ellis. 



Ogden, camp 



Ogden City 



Water-tank, near Salise Springs 



WillardCity 



Bottom of valley, soutli of Brigham City 



Fork of road 



Sec<wid bridge over Box Elder River 



* Union Pacific Eailroad Survey. 



Miles. 

 0.00 

 1.71 



10.33 



4.07 



5.31 



.98 



2. .52 



Miles. 



1.71 



12.04 

 IG. n 

 21. 42 

 22.40 

 24.82 



Feet 

 4,517 



"4,332 

 4,191 

 4,350 

 4,345 



4, 762 



