Yellowstone Park and Alaska

ANOTHER SUMMER
THE YELLOWSTONE PARK
AND
ALASKA

BY
CHARLES J. GILLIS

Printed for
Private Distribution

Copyright, 1893, by
CHARLES J. GILLIS.

Press of J. J. Little & Co.
Astor Place, New York

The more I think of it, the more I find this conclusion impressed upon me, that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way.—Ruskin.

With the Compliments
of the Author.

PREFACE.

In the spring of 1892, a party was made up for a trip to Alaska. The different members thereof were to cross the continent by such routes as they pleased, and meet at Portland, Oregon, on the second of July. This plan was followed, and all the party boarded the steamer Queen at Tacoma, prepared for the journey of a thousand miles up the coast of Alaska.

Some account of this, and also of an excursion to the Yellowstone Park, made on the way westward, is given in the following pages.

CONTENTS.

THE YELLOWSTONE PARK AND ALASKA

CHAPTER I
THE START FOR ALASKA.

OUR long trip to Alaska and return, nine thousand miles in all, commenced on June 17, 1892, at the Grand Central Station, New York. Arriving at Chicago the next afternoon, we obtained a good view of the great exposition buildings from our car windows as we passed along the lake front. Shortly afterward we were dumped down at the wretched sheds of the Michigan Central Railroad. It rained very heavily, and ourselves and hand baggage were somewhat wet passing a short distance to a carriage. We soon crossed the Chicago River to the Northwestern Depot, boarded the train, which left at 11 p.m., and arrived at the beautiful modern city of St. Paul at 1 p.m. the next day. The Hotel Ryan was found to be very comfortable, and everything in and around the city is bright and cheerful. Great business activity, and immense and costly buildings are especially noticeable.

Running along the streets are great numbers of