The Forgotten History of Yellowstone's Handkerchief Pool

Visitors once treated Yellowstone's Handkerchief Pool as a natural washing machine until a fallen log blocked its geothermal activity in 1926, prompting a cleanup that removed over a bushel of debris.

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Times of IndiaMostly Factual4d ago

Yellowstone visitors once used Handkerchief Pool like a natural washing machine

Yellowstone’s Handkerchief Pool was once a popular attraction where visitors put handkerchiefs into its water and watched them disappear and return. Its activity stopped after a log blocked the pool in 1926. A 1929 cleanup removed 1.5 bushels of debris, including over 100 hairpins, coins and a horseshoe.

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The Forgotten History of Yellowstone's Handkerchief Pool

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