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We saw this geyser eruyt many
times and enjoyed its erfomance
eeoh tine. ‘ oto 7:1 ' a closer
view or (71:! F‘zilthful's cone which
it has built up during the ages. so. 79
After one of its spouts we walked
up to its crater and looked down, hut could not see very far.

A trail leads around to the jrincipal zeysers in this hesin.
izeerly all have signs on which are names zmd some description of
its behavior. cne describes t, e story of a chinemer. in this hesin
using a tent as a shelter, maintained a lsundry. He always seemed
to ‘h: sitting out in front of his tent, hut was never late in his
deliveries of clothes. ne day there was a violent eruption of
water under his tent nhlci- sent it and the chinanen 5.1"}: in the
air. Since it has been known as C‘rlnaman Spring. "he one that
sends the water i *gzdest 's ”viant ":eyser. It snouts e large column
2m to 9 n reet'in the air for e durntinn of ac minutes. The in-
terval between eruptions is irregular.
Word was sent around to the auto camp that Riverside "reyser
was due to eru‘pt et a certain tine and nearly every one at camp
went to see it. its crater is at We edge of Tire‘rale River and
slopes a‘aout an degrees with s horizontal. "'r'is one sent its
stream of hot water,731 degrees, out over the river nd about 10:)
feet high it played shout 15 minutes and averages '7_ hnurs be-
tween eruptions. Photo 79 was taken at the start of its eruption.
a“... Talthful Auto Camp was pretty well filler‘ wit. csmners
end beers too. Tore was a‘mut one bear to eac'u outfit. So mny
”at we got sort of used to them. But one had to constantly watch
his mod Snpplles so as not to have it stolen by than. "here is a
scng known as "’1': Fear Sang" sung to the tune of '73] “minis Lies
Over "the Ocean . lt is very popular :oere rind its words are:
"new: on the Vellowstone '{ively
.erc the campers are thicker than f3 Exes,
Dug n‘nout 15‘ o'clock midnight,
"cu can hear the refrain thrn the trees.

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