Thermopolis, Wyoming 

 Location 



Hot Springs Co., WY; Sec. 21. R. 6E..T. 6N.; GPS-UTM 4818371 N 729042 E. 

 About 13 miles south of Thermopolis. 



From Thermopolis. travel south about 13 miles on U.S. Highway 20 to milepost 119. Original photo 

 was taken from the railroad on the west side of the river. The retakes were taken on the east side of 

 the river near the highway. Photopoint is within the Wind River Canyon and Wind River Indian 

 Reservation. 



Description 



September 9. 1999 



Riverbanks 



Grasses. Phalaris 

 arundinacea, Bromus 

 inermis 



Shrubs and Trees. 



Juniperus scopulorum 



Foothills and Bluff 



Grasses. Agropyron 

 spicatwn, Koeleria 

 pyramidata, Poa secunda. 

 Agropyron cristatum 



Shrubs and Trees. 



Juniperus scopulorum 



87 



Synopsis 



The geological changes that 

 Phillips describes are very notice- 

 able in the retakes. An additional 

 rock slide occurred between 

 1959 and 1998 in the same area. 

 There was also a fire on this site; 

 notice the dead Juniperus 

 scopulorum in the 1916 photo- 

 graph. Fire scars can be found 

 on many shrubs in the area. An 

 increase in J. scopulorum is 

 apparent in the 1998 retake. 



