Yellowstone National Park - Fishing Cone
Pearl (July 31, 1907 - Yellowstone Park)
5113 [Type 3]
"Fish are caught in the lake and cooked in the pool of hot water in this 'cone'."
H.T.R. (August 5, 1907 - Missoula)
5113 [Type 11]
"Cooked a trout here June 20th."
Unknown (Never Mailed)
5113 [Type 11]
[Translated from German] "Once to the right and once to the left of that you freshly out of Yellowstone Lake caught trout in geyser blue cooked"
? (June 21, 1903 - Yellowstone Park)
HSCYP (2) [Type 1]
"This 'Fish Pot' is one of the tens of thousands of boiling springs in Yellowstone Park and is located in the edge of the Yellowstone River where one may catch fish from the icy cold water and without moving a step can put them into the 'Pot' and cook them."
Unknown (Never Mailed)
8134 [Unknown Type 5]
"Here is the lone fisherman fishing just for the love of the game. His patience has been rewarded as you will note he has one sucker on his line. If you are a musician you can read the scales and if too heavy you can lighten your burden by moving them. Angling is a great sport for you get many bites not of the big variety."
E.W. (June 18, 1911 - Grand Island)
A-6897 [BBP]
"I saw trout in Lake near enough to catch & here I saw this, all but the man - This spring is boiling hot and you can boil the trout in it."
Kim Saxton & Mary (June 21, 1905 - St. P. & ?????? RD DIV.)
5113 [Type 1]
"This is one very curious feature of Yellowstone Lake. You catch your fish in the lake, turn around and boil it in the cone. It is a very pretty fairy tale, but, as the lake is at quite an elevation it would take a long while to cook anything by boiling. Every little adds to the reputation of the park you know."
Neville (August 30, 1901 - Mammoth Hot Springs Wyo. & September 4, 1901 - Plymouth Mass.)
HSCYP (2) [Type 1]
"Fish in Lake Cook in Cone by turning on your heel."
R (September 2, 1908 - Yel<lowstone> Wyo)
138 [Type 3]
"One may catch trout in lake and boil in hot spring without removing from the hook."
Unknown (Never Mailed)
HSCYP [Type 1]
"Here is where you can cook them as fast as you catch them"
Unknown (Never Mailed)
8134 [U 3]
"This is a beautiful sight"
Baker (August 23, 1930 - Worland, WYO)
YP5 [Type 7]
"This is a good picture of the 'fish cone'. We could see many fish in the Lake. You better fish in Yellowstone instead of Minnesota."
Carrie (July 19, 1912 - Chouteau, MONT.)
5113 [Type 7]
"This is a spot where you can catch the trout & right next to it drop them into a pool of hot water & boil them."
M.K. Frank's Mother (June 24, 1902 - Yellowstone Park, WYO)
HSCYP (2) [Type 1]
"This is the place to catch & cook your fish without taking them off your line!!"
Eva Barri (?) (August 22, 1907 - Yellowstone Park, WYO)
5113 [Type 3]
"A hot spring in a lake where one can catch a fish and turn around and cook it. It is an old extinct geyser."
Unknown (Never Mailed)
8134 [U 5]
"Dear Uncle Sam, wouldn't you like to catch fish like this? ..."
Francis (August 12, 1916 - BILLINGS, MONT.)
R-57481 [BB 2]
"Here is where you can catch a fish and try & put it into this cone and cook it."
Louise (July 22, 1913 - YELLOWSTONE, MONT.)
A-6897 [SNC 3]
"One can catch fish in the lake, drop them in boiling pool and cook them with out changing position."
W.H. Baiu (June 22, 1908 - GARDINER, MONT.)
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