94 BOOK OF A HUNDRED BEARS 



I suppose that, in this connection, I should say 

 something geological, something about the climate. 

 Well, the less said about the climate the better. 

 It has no summer; "nine months winter, and three 

 months late in the fall:" that is its climate. 

 Sometimes it snows in June. Mostly there is a 

 frost every month. It is not what you would call 

 a good farming country. In fact, Nature, when 

 she fixed it, seemed determined that it should be 

 nothing but a summer resort, and have no attrac- 

 tions for any one but tourists and tourines. In 

 short, that there should be no possible incentive 

 to money-making anywhere within its limits. 



You cannot even raise an onion in the Park. 

 For agriculture, it is as valuable as the north side 

 of a tombstone — just about. 



Geologically, it is enough to set a scientific 

 sharp crazy. 



It is the last effort of Nature. The last expres- 

 sion of the forces that have molded, shaved, 

 planed and dressed the planet to what it is. 

 First, there was a great geological upheaval, just 

 such as you can find anywhere in the Rockies. 



