Named based on local legend of life lost there. (Decisions, 1930) "During his visit in 1888, USGS geologist Walter Weed found the remains of six bears, an elk, squirrels, hares and numerous butterflies and insects in the gulch. All were concluded to have died through asphyxiation where CO2 and H2S had accumulated to toxic levels. One of the bears had not yet begun to decompose, and Weed concluded that the death had been very recent." (Christiansen, et al, 2007)
County:
Park
Feature Category:
Land Features; Yellowstone National Park
More Reading:
"A deadly gas-spring in the Yellowstone Park" Weed, Walter H. Science, v. 13, no. 315, p. 130-132.
Description:
Gulch, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., tributary of Cache Creek. (Decisions, 1930)
