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GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAP 



OF THE 



YELLOWSTONE PARK ROUTE 



From Ogden, Utah, to the Yellowstone :N"ational Park 



Base cotnpiled from railroad alignments and profiles supplied 

 by the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and from additional 

 Information collected with the assistance of this company 



UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



GEORGE OTIS SMITH, DIRECTOR 



David White, Chief Geoloj^ist 



R. B. Marshall, Chief Geographer 



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