[295]Jack Ellis Haynes states that A. F. Norris, C. M. Stephens, and J. Davis spent the winter of 1879-80 in the headquarters building at Mammoth.
[296]William Ludlow, _Report to the War Department 1875_, pp. 36-7. Mr. Ludlow made a reconnaissance from Carrol, Montana to Yellowstone Park and returned.
[297]Yellowstone Scrap Book, II, pp. 37, 56.
[298]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1884_, II (Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1885), p. 565.
[300]Some of these territorial officials, known in local parlance as "rabbit catchers," formed an alliance with the assistant superintendent. By this means the latter shared, as informers, the fines levied by themselves. H. M. Chittenden, _op. cit._, p. 113.
[301]_Ibid._, p. 134. See also _Report_ for 1906, p. 522 and _The Independent_, Butte, Montana, Nov., 1895.
[302]H. M. Chittenden, _op. cit._, p. 114.
[303]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior_, II, 873.
[304]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior_, III (1889), 134.
[306]Henry H. Lewis, "Managing a National Park," _The Outlook_, LXXIV (August, 1903), 1037.
[307]_Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1889_, III, 129.
[309]Jack Ellis Haynes, _Haynes Guide_, p. 160.
[310]Emerson Hough, "Yellowstone Park Game Exploration," _Forest and Stream_, XLIII, Nos. 8-12. A series of articles covering this exploration appeared in each issue from March until August 25, 1894.
[311]T. J. Patterson, Yellowstone Park Scrap Book, I, 124.
[312]S. B. M. Young's _Annual Report 1897_, p. 779.
[313]Benjamin Drew, _Souvenir List_, Mammoth, Wyoming. One of the victims was struck over the head with the Winchester; whereas a Chicago lady was able to get a snapshot of the desperado. Rewards offered aggregated $1,100.00.
[314]Heister D. Guie and L. V. McWhorter, _Adventures in Geyser Land_, p. 64. Also Earl of Dunraven, _op. cit._, p. 206.
[315]Frederick Remington, _Pony Tracks_ (New York: Harper and Bros., 1895), p. 192.
[316]Arnold Hague, "Soaping Geysers," _Science_, XIII (May 17, 1889), 384. Dr. Arnold Hague and John H. Renshawe of the Geological Survey studied the Park in 1883.
[317]John Muir, "The Yellowstone National Park," _The Atlantic Monthly_, LXXXI (April, 1898), 520.
[318]Land in the reserves adjacent to the Park yield 30¢ per acre from lumbering and 50¢ for grazing; whereas the water storage value alone is $12.50. Then, too, there are extensive agricultural improvements contingent upon the water supply. These would approximate $30.00 per forest acre. Statement made to the author by range supervisor, Faber Eaton, on August 9, 1943.