"Yellowstone Plateau" Note Cards |
 "Castle Geyser" "Yellowstone Plateau" note cards by Nez Perce Photographer & Historian, Stan Hoggatt, were sold throughout Yellowstone Park in the 1990s. This beautiful note card collection has been expanded and reprinted. Each note card box contains 14 color and duotone images. Each image contains a Historial Narrative by Nez Perce Historian, Stan Hoggatt. Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin on the west bank of the Firehole River. Castle Geyser was named by Lieutenant G. C. Doane in 1870 while providing escort duty to the Washburn party. In 1877 Lieutenant Doane, while under the command of Colonel Sturgis of the Seventh Cavalry, blocked the Nez Perce Exit from Yellowstone down the Yellowstone River. Chief Joseph would later claim that his scouts had seen Doane and his men coming up the river. The Nez Perce were anxious to avoid another battle, so they contined their flight east, hoping to join forces with the Crows. |
