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- Title: Tee Pee Fountain
- Description: Tourists visiting the town of Thermopolis, Wyoming, the City of Heat, are amazed by a monstrous rock mound in Hot Springs State Park. The mound dwarfs sightseers and many people would claim it looks immensely old. Astonishingly though, it is just over 100 years old. The mound began in 1903 when someone drove an iron pipe into the ground, allowing mineral-rich underground water to escape. Flowing out of the top of the pipe, the water released calcium carbonate mineral from solution and deposited it as travertine on every solid surface. Within a few years, the travertine deposit had a huge base and tapered to a peak at the top of the pipe. The rock hung like pastel-colored curtains and the locals called it Tepee Fountain. Today the mound is a little fatter and rounder than a tepee, and the water flow has long ceased, it’s an extinct fountain.
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- Added: Jun 1, 2018
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