EXPLORATIONS IN THE ROGKY MOUNTAINS 
187£ - 1878 
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I began my exploring career with the old Geologi¬ 
cal Survey of the Territories in 1872, Dr. F. V. Hayden in 
charge. This was the first systematic exploration of the 
Yellowstone country. Up to 1869 the region was scarcely 
known at all, although it contains some of the greatest 
wonders of the world. It was remote from such thorough¬ 
fares as had been opened between the East and the far West, 
with no trail save those made bv bear, elk, deer and the 
multitude of small game. The region was so utterly wild 
that we had in large measure to find names for the rivers, 
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lakes and mountain-peaks that we studied and mapped. It 
is interesting now in 1931 to go back over that time and 
recall the episodes and adventures that led to the use of 
many of the names given. For example, the name Mount 
Evarts was attached to a great mountain mass that lies just 
across Gardner's River from mammoth hot springs, because it 
was the site of the rescue of the nearly starved and quite 
crazed explorer of that name who was lost in the wilds of 
the Yellowstone Country for thiery-seven days, three years 
before our visit. Mount Blackmore was so named because of 
the death, near its base, of Lady Blackmore, wife of Sir 
William Blackmore, guests of the Survey. 
Mount Holmes was 
