YELLOWSTONE DAY 2
sobota, 3 września 2016
Jazdy
Bismarck - Medora: 2h, 135 mil
Medora - Makoshika SP: 1.5h, 65 mil - poludniem, I-94; polnoca, przez Roosevelt N - 3.5h, 185 mil
jedziemy raczej południem, w północnej części Roosevelta już byliśmy.
Atrakcje
Salem Sue
Address:
Directions:
I-94, 34 miles west of Bismarck, south side, New Salem exit 127.
- See more at: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2716#sthash.6ApkJzsC.dpuf
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2716
According to local history, one of New Salem's early settlers was plowing the prairie in 1883 when two Sioux stopped to watch. The older one turned a piece of the newly-broken sod over so that its grass was back on top. "Wrong side up," the younger explained. The farmer thought about it, admitted that the ground really was better for grazing than breaking, and New Salem's dairy industry was born. - See more at: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2716#sthash.6ApkJzsC.dpuf
Today, New Salem is cow crazy. Its high school sports teams are named the Holsteins. And overlooking the interstate, on the only hill visible for many many miles, is New Salem's pride: Salem Sue, the World's Largest Cow.
She is the largest of North Dakota's large animals: bigger than the bull in Pettibone, the buffalo in Jamestown, the turtle in Bottineau, the other turtle in Dunseith, the walleye in Garrison. You can see her mighty silhouette from neighboring counties on a clear day: a goddess of dairy, ready to be worshipped. A steady stream of interstate pilgrims pull off of the highway and make the slow drive up the steep, narrow, twisting gravel road to the summit. A sign encourages everyone to drop a dollar into a milk can, thoughtfully provided, to help pay for Sue's maintenance.
Sue was built in 1974 for $40,000 put up by the New Salem Lions Club, and, thanks to dairy subsidies, by you (or your parents, or grandparents), too. Her stats are impressive: 38 feet high, 50 feet long, six tons of reinforced fiberglass, so big she had to be built in three sections to get her up the hill. The dollars from the milk can have been put to good use; Sue is taut and shiny, in excellent shape.
A free brochure available at the gas station explains that Sue's "primary purpose is to honor and advertise the dairyman of our area ... the hardworking, persistent, and informed dairyman who is an asset to his community, church, the economy, and his family." Also honored are New Salem's champion cows of year's past: "Indi Pens Suprize," who produced milk for 14 years, and "Aggie Wayne Segis Pontiac," who produced 1003 pounds of butterfat in a 12-month span. The brochure concludes with a brief ditty, the Ballad of the Holstein:
Her presence shows that New Salem grows
With milk-producers' yields;
We've got the cow, world's largest cow
That looks across our fields.
Sue stares north, over a flat quiltwork of grass, clover, and hay that stretches to the horizon, doing her job.
- See more at: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2716#sthash.6ApkJzsC.dpuf
Roosevelt National Park - decyzja: samo południe, czy obie części?
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Chimney Park - za South Unit Visitor Center
This site memorializes the life of Antoine de Mores, the Marquis de Mores, who arrived here in 1883. Among his enterprises were a beef packing plant and a stagecoach line.
Part of the Chateau de Mores State Historic Site, on the east of the Little Missouri River, Chimney Park contains a native clay brick chimney that is the only remaining part of the Marquis de Mores' meat-packing plant, slaughterhouse, icehouses, outbuildings, railroad spur track and corral that burned in 1907. A picnic area is located next to the plant.
Maltese Cross Cabin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Maltese_Cross_Cabin
Coordinates: 46.9169°N 103.5262°W
The Maltese Cross Cabin is a cabin used by Theodore Roosevelt, before he was President. The cabin is currently located at the visitor center at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, just outside the town of Medora, North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin
History With Roosevelt[edit]
This was Theodore Roosevelt's first cabin in the Dakota Territory. It was used by Roosevelt from 1883-1884, before he became President. After his wife and mother died in 1884, only hours apart, Roosevelt became depressed. He then left the cabin and went further north up the Little Missouri River, where he constructed his new Elkhorn Ranch cabin, where he spent most of his time.
In 1901, at the dawn of the 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's 26th President and ultimately one of its greatest conservationists. He later said, "I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota."
It was here in the North Dakota badlands in 1883 that Theodore Roosevelt first arrived to hunt a buffalo. Before he left, he had acquired primary interests in the Maltese Cross Ranch (also called the Chimney Butte Ranch). Roosevelt thrived on the vigorous outdoor lifestyle, and, at the Maltese Cross, actively participated in the life of a working cowboy.
The Maltese Cross Ranch cabin was originally located about seven miles south of Medora in the wooded bottom-lands of the Little Missouri River. At Roosevelt's request, ranch managers Sylvane Ferris and Bill Merrifield built a 1 1⁄2-story cabin complete with a shingled roof and root cellar. Constructed of durable ponderosa pine logs, the cabin was considered somewhat of a "mansion" in its day, with wooden floors and three separate rooms (kitchen, living room and Roosevelt's bedroom). The steeply pitched roof, an oddity on the northern plains, created an upstairs sleeping loft for the ranch hands.
Several items present in the cabin today did belong to Theodore Roosevelt, but the majority of the furnishings are period pieces representing a typical cabin of the time (see Furnishing Plan). The white hutch in the main room is original to the cabin and was used as a bookcase and writing desk. The classically styled desk is from the Elkhorn Ranch cabin. Roosevelt spent many hours laboring at his desks recording his experiences and memoirs of badlands life.
The common rocking chair is believed to have been Roosevelt's, or may have come from an upstairs room in the Ferris Store where Roosevelt stayed on occasion. Rocking chairs were his favorite piece of furniture, all of his homes had rocking chairs, and Roosevelt once wrote, "What true American does not enjoy a rocking-chair?"
Roosevelt's traveling trunk sits in the bedroom and is inscribed with his initials. The large leather trunk traveled back and forth with him on the train from his home in New York City to the stop in Medora and would have held clothing and personal items.
Roosevelt actively ranched in the badlands only until early 1887, but maintained ranching interests in the area until 1898. Later, as president, he developed a conservation program that deeply reflected his many experiences in the West. It was through these experiences that he became keenly aware of the need to conserve and protect natural resources.
During Roosevelt's presidency, the Maltese Cross cabin was exhibited at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri and at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon in 1905. In 1910, it was moved again, this time, to the state fair grounds in West Fargo, North Dakota and then eventually on the state capitol grounds in Bismarck where it remained until 1959 before the cabin was relocated to its present site and renovated. The most recent preservation work occurred in 2000.
Roosevelt's second ranch, the Elkhorn, was built in 1884 and was located about 35 miles north of Medora on the Little Missouri River. After its construction, Roosevelt considered the Elkhorn his "home ranch" and spent most of his time there whenever he was in residence in Dakota.
Present Days[edit]
The Maltese Cross Cabin was later abandoned for a time, but is now preserved and maintained properly by the National Park Service. Today, it is located within Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and designated as a historic landmark. Some personal effects of Theodore Roosevelt remain on display in the cabin. Tours of the cabin are held from mid June-Labor Day. The rest of the year, the cabin is self-guided. The original location of this cabin was several miles away.
Because of its smaller size the cabin was able to be moved around the state on a public tour, but was relocated to the current site after restoration. Nothing remains of his subsequent cabin, located in a much more remote area at the Elkhorn Ranch, except some cornerstones, foundation blocks, and a well which is covered for safety. "I do not believe there ever was any life more attractive to a vigorous young fellow than life on a cattle ranch in those days. It was a fine, healthy life, too; it taught a man self-reliance, hardihood, and the value of instant decision...I enjoyed the life to the full."
ZWIEDZANIE PARKU
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Makoshika State Park
47.062, -104.668
47°3'43"N, 104°40'5"W
http://stateparks.mt.gov/makoshika/
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Bardzo porządna strona: http://enjoyyourparks.com/Makoshika-State-Park-MT.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makoshika_State_Park
Makoshika State Park ("ma-KO-sh(ih)kuh" from the Lakota Maco sica, meaning 'bad land' or 'land of bad spirits')[1] is the largest of Montana's state parks at more than 11,000 acres (45 km²). It is located east of Glendive. The park contains spectacular badlands which conceal dinosaur fossils. The park contains rock from the Hell Creek Formation and dinosaurs such as Triceratops are found there. In 1997, a fossil Thescelosaurus was found at Makoshika by an expedition led by Jack Horner and Bob Harmon. Birds such as turkey vultures, prairie falcons and eagles make their homes here. The visitor center houses a small museum with displays about geology and local fossils.[2]
Szlaki:
http://exploringmakoshika.blogspot.com/p/diane-gabriel-trail.html
http://exploringmakoshika.blogspot.com/p/kinney-coulee-trail.html
http://exploringmakoshika.blogspot.com/p/cap-rock-trail.html
DIANE GABRIEL
The Diane Gabriel trailhead is located next to the restroom at the Diane Gabriel Campsite. According to the signs, the distance to the base of the steps leading up to the hadrosaur site is .7 or .5 depending on which route you chose. From that point going up the stairs, it is an additional .4 miles. Making the distance 1.1 or 2.2 round trip if taking the longer route. My pedometer says its not quite that far. This is a pretty easy hike with a few stairs, until you reach the staircase leading up to the hadrosaur site & park bench on top. The stairs are steep and treacherous when wet. If you can make it all the way to the top, I recommend checking out the hadrousaur site its pretty cool, and also take a short break on the parkbench before heading back down. The view from the top is amazing. You can see the campgrounds below, the shelter in the distance and even get a view of Glendive off in the distance. Watch out for the rather large sink hole forming on the stairs about 1/2 way up. The lower half of the trail is kid friendly, but if you are taking them up the second half, I recommend making them stay on the trail due to sharp drop-offs and sink holes. I use this trail as my workout trail because of the stairs. It's worth the hike!
hYDROZAUR:
KINNEY COULEE
I love this trail. It's a little more primitive than the others, but the view from the top is spectacular and the formations below are pretty cool. It's easy to lose the trail in some parts where it's rocky, but the park has been working on getting it better marked. If you are into geocaching, I know where one is on this trail! No spoiler alert here!
Kulki, gnat (bizona prawdopodobnie), widok.
COULEE
Coulee (or coulée) is applied rather loosely to different landforms, all of which refer to a kind of valley or drainage zone.
The word coulee comes from the Canadian French coulée, from the French word couler meaning "to flow".
The term is often used interchangeably in the Great Plains for any number of water features, from ponds to creeks.
In southern Louisiana the word coulée (also spelled coolie) originally meant a gully or ravine usually dry or intermittent but becoming sizable during rainy weather. As stream channels were dredged or canalized, the term was increasingly applied to perennial streams, generally smaller than bayous. The term is also used for small ditches or canals in the swamp.[1]
https://www.diki.pl/slownik-angielskiego?q=coulee : głęboki wąwóz
CAP ROCK TRAIL
Skalny mostek
Skalne schody - niebezpieczne, jeśli jest mokro…
Cap Rock trail is known for it's many rock formations including cap rocks and a Natural Bridge formation. The trailhead is located not far from the top of the switchbacks on the right side of the road across from the bathrooms. The trail is well marked, treacherous and muddy when wet. Beautiful views. Has a few unique stairways built directly into the ground. A must stop and see when visiting Makoshika.
Bluebird - nieciekawy
Ponderosa - zwyklizna
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Hiking Trails
There are several very nice hiking trails located at Makoshika State Park Montana.
These trails take you deeper inside the badlands that you otherwise would not know existed while driving the main roads.
The Diane Gabriel Trail, Cap Rock Trail and Kinney Coulee Trail are among the most popular hikes.
The Makoshika State Park Visitor Center will provide you with a detailed trail map, as well as up to date information on trail conditions.
Wiadomości rozmaite:
The rocks comprising the badlands at Makoshika are from the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago, when the Rockies were but young mountains rising to the west. Back then, though, the area was rich with rivers and floodplains and had a subtropical climate. It was home to dinosaurs, and many fossils have been uncovered here. The most famous finds are bones from tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops; the three-horned skull of a triceratops, found within the park boundaries, is on display at the visitor center.
The area was also known to the Lakota Sioux. They referred to it as Ma-ko-shi-ka, which meant "bad land," "bad earth," or "land of bad spirits."
Daily use fees are $5 per vehicle and $1 per person; I do not remember if this means you pay an additional dollar per person in a vehicle or if it only applies to people not entering by car.
Montana residents do not have to pay the fee if they have paid a $4 fee with their vehicle registration; this fee grants access to all state parks for a year.
The park is open 10 A.M.-6 P.M. Memorial Day through Labor Day and 9 A.M.-5 P.M. the rest of the year. I am assuming this refers to facilities, especially since sunset in Montana can be close to 10 P.M. in the summer; any clarification from Montana residents or others who know is welcome.
Camping
The park has a campground, open May 1-September 30, that charges $12 per night. Open-range camping is also permitted. Water and flush toilets are available at the visitor center and developed camping areas.
Important Suggestion
There are basically two different "sections" of Makoshika State Park in Montana, which we will call the"Lower Section" and the "Upper Section". The "Lower Section" takes you through the bottom of themain canyon (Cains Coulee), and includes the main campground, the group picnic area, and the Diane Gabriel Trailhead. The road is quite level in this section. Then after about 5 miles, the road begins to climb up the side of a fairly steep slope and works its way up to what we call the "Upper Section"....
The "Upper Section" of Makoshika State Park is our favorite area of the park. This section allows you to look down on the amazing coulees and fascinating landscape.
The vistas from up here are absolutely breathtaking, and we highly recommend that you take all the maintained road up here to explore these wonderful overlooks. TheMakoshika Amphitheater is located up here, as well as the Cap Rock Trailhead, Artist's Vista Campground and Pine On The Rocks Campground.
Dinosaur Fossils!
Makoshika State Park is home to dinosaurs fossils such as Tyrannosaurus Rex, Triceratops and
Edmontosaurus, all of which were discovered in Makoshika State Park.
A Thescelosaurus fossil
was found by the world-renowned paleontologists Jack Horner (Museum of the Rockies) and Bob Harmon in 1997.
Of course there are more dinosaur fossils to be found in Makoshika, and as the wind, rain, snowfall, creeks and rivers continue to erode these rugged badlands, more and more fossils will show themselves. So far, over 10 species of dinosaurs have been found in Makoshika State Park.
Geology
The badlands found at Makoshika State Park are very different from the Dakota Badlands. The exposed rocks at Makoshika are much older rock layers, and provide classic illustrations of the geologic time period that represents the transition from the "Age of Dinosaurs" to the "Age of Mammals".
All of the layers that you see exposed in Makoshika State Park in Montana are sedimentary. These layers of rocks were formed many millions of years ago as ancient seas advanced and receded over time. The Cretaceous Period, which is known as "The Age of Reptiles", was the period between 145 million years
ago to 65 million years ago, and this is where the dinosaur fossils are located.
The Cretaceous Period was a time of lush vegetation and a sub-tropical environment. The very last sedimentary layer of the Cretaceous Period, is called the Hell Creek Formation, which is where nearly all of the dinosaurs that have been discovered in Makoshika State Park were found.
This period of about 65 million years ago is when the Rocky Mountains were forming to the west, and beyond this period began the "Age of Mammals", which can be documented in the formation above the Hell Creek Formation known as the Fort Union Formation of the Paleocene Period. The Paleocene sediments were deposited after the Age of Dinosaurs and following the extinction of many additional species.
Erosion
Only in the last several million years erosion has exposed these sedimentary layers of rock and allowed the exposure of these fossils. Water and wind are constantly changing the landscape almost daily. The ever-popular "Cap Rocks" are created by the softer clay and shale layers being eroded away, leaving the harder sandstone layers that sit on top of these softer layers intact. This in time creates the sandstone "Caps" literally sitting on top of columns of softer clay and shale deposits. In addition to Cap Rocks, the Makoshika State Park landscape includes fluted hillsides, gullied slopes, hogback ridges and pinnacles.
Campgrounds and Other Facilities
There are three campground located throughout Makoshika State Park in Montana. The main Makoshika State Park Campground is only a few miles from the Visitor Center on the main road in the "Lower Section" of the park, and is suited for larger RVs and camper trailers, as well as tents. There are 16 campsites available at the main campground.
Further inside the park, after the road climbs to the "Upper Section", there are two additional campgrounds, which are the Pine On The Rocks Campground and theArtist's Vista Campground. These campgrounds are best suited for smaller rigs and tents.
There is also a frisbee course known as a "FOLF COURSE" near the main campground, a very nice group picnic area, and the Makoshika Amphitheater. This outdoor amphitheater is found in the "Upper Section" of Makoshika State Park, and is very much worth visiting, as it allows you gain easy access to some incredible Cap Rocks.
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