GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORIES. 



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Elevations of principal points. 



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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, Wyoming Territory 10, 575 



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



Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming Territory 7, 427 



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



Feet 



Box Elder Creek and Bear River ., 5,615 



Bear and Port Neuf Rivers 5, 042 



Ross Fork of Snake River and Fort Hall 5,072 



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



Big Sage and Black-tailed Deer Creeks 7, 044 



Black-tailed Deer Creek and Stinking Water River 6, 657 



Stinking Water River and Alder Creek 6, 492 



Alder Creek and Madison River 6, 857 



Madison River and Hot Spring Creek 5,836 



Hot Spring Creek and Madison River 5, 079 



Elk Creek and Gallatin River 4, 641 



Gallatin and Yellowstone Rivers 5, 681 



Sage and Red Rock Creeks 7, 405 



the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, above Medicine Lodge Creek. 7, 255 



Fort Hall and Port Neuf River 5,964 



Bear Lake and Bear River 7, 159 



Yellowstone Lake and Madison River 7, 911 



The following 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 



Evauston to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory 41. 09 



Total distance from Fort Ellis to Fort Bridger 527. 81 



Table of distanees and elevations. 



Points. 



From Ogden to Fokt Ellis. 



Ogden, camp 



Ogdon City 



Water-tank, near SaliHO Springs 



WillardCity .,. 



Bottom of valley, soutli of Brigham City 



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