<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>Scott,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>In answer to your questions:</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>Yes, you presume correctly regarding the dates.  I did transpose the 8 and 9.  It should have read 1880s and 1890s.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>And no, I did NOT know about the 1874 "The Cave" by Riou!  Other than the eBay auction, have you seen the text elsewhere?  I assumed Gibson "lifted" the image from someone else, since he plays fairly loose and free with other parts of his book, but I had no idea where.  Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>Judy Meyer</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005>(Judith L. Meyer; Associate Professor, Geography.  Southwest Missouri State University.  <A href="mailto:jlm545f@smsu.edu">jlm545f@smsu.edu</A>)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=442062913-18022005></SPAN> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:08 AM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Early engravings of Grotto<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>This is mostly directed to the Judy Meyer who responded about my "based on Gibson, 1887" illustration. I presume she is the same as Judith L. Meyer, author of _Spirit of Yellowstone_? (Your e-mail address did not appear in the mail.) If so, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. Do I correctly presume that when in your e-mail you said that the image had appeared "in various forms... in the late 1880s and 1980s" you really meant to say "1880s and 1890s"?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. An online catalog search shows me that a copy of your 1996 edition is in the West Yellowstone Public Library, so that's undoubtedly where I found the image.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>3. Were you aware of the "The Cave" by Riou, 1874? Might Judy or anybody know if this is the "original" and if it was (or not) based on a known photo (Jackson?, or ?).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></BODY></HTML>