The place where Hell bubbled up: A history of the first national park
Clary DA. 1972. The place where Hell bubbled up: A history of the first national park. Washington D.C.
It was the awesome evidence of this land's great volcanic past that drew Ferris and his comrades, and others after them, into an uncharted wilderness. For whatever the other attractions of this region-and there are many-man has reacted most to this spectacle of a great dialetic of nature, this apparent duel between the hot earth and the waters that continually attempt to invade it. Seething mud pots, hot pools of delicate beauty, hissing vents, periodic earthquakes, and sudden, frightening geysers are foreign to our ordinary experience. But in this region a wonderful variety of such features, seeming to speak of powers beyond human comprehension, confronts visitors at every turn. So it is easy to understand why many observers have speculated, along with the companions of Warren Ferris, that this may indeed be near the dark region of the white man's religion.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Clary, David
- Date of Issue
- 1972
- Units
- HIST , YELL
- Keywords
- Cultural Resources, ehistory, Geology, History, Natural History