Bradly J. Boner | Photography

Boiling River, Yellowstone National Park

Bathers soak in the Boiling River in Yellowstone National Park just outside Gardiner, Mont. The area is located at the spot where hot runoff from Mammoth Hot Springs enters the Gardner River, cooling the water to a temperature suitable for soaking. In the early 1870s entrepaneurs built bath houses here and promoted the hot springs as a healing destination for a variety of ailments, however their claim to the area — filed only days after the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 — was denied, and the squatters were evicted from the park in the summer of 1874.

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Bathers soak in the Boiling River in Yellowstone National Park just outside Gardiner, Mont. The area is located at the spot where hot runoff from Mammoth Hot Springs enters the Gardner River, cooling the water to a temperature suitable for soaking. In the early 1870s entrepaneurs built bath houses here and promoted the hot springs as a healing destination for a variety of ailments, however their claim to the area — filed only days after the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 — was denied, and the squatters were evicted from the park in the summer of 1874.