%E2%80%9CTom Thumb%2C%E2%80%9D a small geyser near the foot of the Lower Falls was historically accessible at the terminus of Uncle Tom%E2%80%99s Trail near the base of the cataract. Tom%2C an early private tourism purveyor%2C created the trail in the decades after Yellowstone was created. Subsequently%2C much having to do with resource protection and liability reasons%2C the National Park Service shortened and reconfigured the primitive trail as an iron stairway that no longer terminated at the river level. A new trail will make its debut in 2018. Photo by Steven Fuller
%E2%80%9CTom Thumb%2C%E2%80%9D a small geyser near the foot of the Lower Falls was historically accessible at the terminus of Uncle Tom%E2%80%99s Trail near the base of the cataract. Tom%2C an early private tourism purveyor%2C created the trail in the decades after Yellowstone was created. Subsequently%2C much having to do with resource protection and liability reasons%2C the National Park Service shortened and reconfigured the primitive trail as an iron stairway that no longer terminated at the river level. A new trail will make its debut in 2018. Photo by Steven Fuller