Name: Virginia Cascade

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103846W

Latitude: 444247N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7815/2382

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Falls

 

Origin of Name:

Cascade in Yellowstone Park, named for the wife of Hon. Charles Gibson, president of the Yellowstone Park Association.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

Cascade, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on Gibbon River, ... . Named by E. Lamertine, 1886, foreman of Government work, for the wife of the president of the Yellowstone Park Association.  

Source: Decisions, 1910-11

 

Other Names: Norris Falls

 

Alternative Spellings: Virginia Cascades

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Norris Junction

 

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