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 [Type 9]
"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 2]
"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 [Type 7]
"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 [Type 9]
"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.)
216
"Hot water comes out of the top of this cone. You can stand on this cone catch fish and cook them in the cone."
Ray & Mary (July 10, 1934 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
YP5 [Type 1]
"You could all be here to enjoy these wonders. The fisherman catches the fish in the Lake and turns around and cooks in the hot-boiling spring."
A H Snyder (August 22, 19?? - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
8034 [Type 7]
"They say you can catch a fish in the lake and throw it over into the cone, which contains boiling water, and cook it without taking fish from hook."
Helen W. Rommel (?) (September 3, 1926 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
16306 [J.E. Haynes Type 2]
"Saw a fish caught this morning and boiled in this geyser."
McNish (July 19, 1912 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
138 [Type 1]
"This is where you can catch fish in cold water and drop ???? ???? - a boiling pool and cook them."
S.S.R. (July 16, 1908 - ASHTON IDAHO)
HSCYP [Type 1]
"Fish here and cook them in spring."
Unknown (Never Mailed)
HSCYP [Type 1]
"This is the place to catch the fish & eat them so come out to Yellowstone Park."
C.M.H (August 8, 1908 - GARDINER, MONT.)
Series 5
"Here you can catch trout from one stream and put & cook it in a boiling spring with out changing your position. A wonderful region."
E.E. (July 22, 1915 - ASHFORK & LOS ANG, RPO)
A-6897 [SNC 2]
"Here's where you can catch fish and cook them. A real true fish story."
Gertrude (July 31, 1899 - MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO.)
FPYNP [DPC 2]
"Located a few feet out of the lake with a cone standing about two feet out of water. One may catch a fish in the cool lake water and without taking it off the line, immerse it in the boiling water, where it will cook and be ready to eat."
Cal (?) (August 6, 1923 - Never Mailed)
A-6897 [SNC 3]
"There are no whales out here I believe but they can catch fish in the big lake & then dip them in this hot pool which is 3 or 4 feet across and cook them in the water which is very hot."
Unknown (September 21, 1909 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
138 [Type 4]
"This is over at the Thumb and is a very good picture of the Fish Pot."
B.J. (July 12, 1914 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
5113 [Type 10]
"Here we are cooking our fish for breakfast. This is a wonderful place."
M Gover (July 6, 1915 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
8134 [Type 1]
"We caught trout in this lake & one of our men cooked one this way in a minute without taking it off his hook."
W McDougall (July 18, 1909 - DULUTH, MINN.)
8134 [Type 9]
"The fisherman catches this fish in the lake and turns around and cooks in the hot-boiling spring - skin & all."
A H Snyder (August 22, 19?? - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
8134 [Type 7]
"Dear little man, This is the way I tried to get some fish today but never got one."
Papa Rowe (July 11, 1910 - PACIFIC GROVE, CA.)
HSYP [Type 1]
"Cooking fish in boiling spring before taking from hook."
Mama (July 5, 1905 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
HSCYP [Type 1]
"The man has just caught the fish from the rock and boils it in the hot spring back of him without even removing it from the hook"
(? ?) (Never Mailed - Dated July 6, 1906)
HSCYP [Type 1]
"Here is where you cach trout in the lake (cold water) swing it around into crater of hot spring to cook it (near boiling point). Can certify to this. Saw it today."
Gale (August 30, 1912 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
138 [Type 1]
"It does not require an artist to cook the fish here."
L.R.B. (July 10, 1916 - YELLOWSTONE PARK, WYO.)
138 [Type 2]
"This cone you see here, is most wonderful, situated right in the Lake which is very clear & cold and the water in its cone is boiling hot. They fish in the Lake and throw them right in the cone boil great thing isn't it?"
Hallie (August 28, 1901 - MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO.)
HSCYP[2] [Type 2]
"Here they catch the fish in the lake and put them right in this pot of boiling water and cook them."
Mary K (July 16, 1900 - MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, WYO.)
FPYNP [Type 3]