Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 46

a = 4 [- PAGE TWO GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY TO CROWN PARK ACTIVITIES IN 1922 Lasting Peace for Early-Day Survivors 4 a NATURE'S GREATEST WONDERLAND WITHIN BOUNDARIES OF WYOMING Thousands Enter Yellowstone Last Season Through Gates in This State and Popularity Grows as Fame of Playground Spreads BY HORACE M. ALBRIGHT. (Superintendent of the Park) While Yellowstone National park has bean known to the world almost ever since it was established in 1872 and has portance, it has only been within the last six years that the people of the nation have come to understand that this great park is located almost entirely within the boundaries of the state of Wyoming. The fact that the; Wyoming generally will be interested northern gateway was first made ac-|to know ‘that this eastern entrence cessible by the Northern Pacific rail-|stood first in the number of private road and advertised extensively by that| cars entering the park and in the num- rafl system is largely responsible for|ber of motorists using private auto- the impression that people had, not| mobiles. only in the United States, but abroad,| The following table shows the reia- that the park was located in Montana.|tive standing of the gateways ‘when ‘The second gateway to be opened was/the season of 1921 closed: . the western entrance, at the town now) Travel in Private Conveyances by En- known at West Yellowstone, Mont. trants—Automebile Travel. Although this town ts only a few miles Auto- from the boundary line between Mon- mobiles tana and Idaho and within even @ 4,854 shorter distance of the Wyoming-Mon- 4,451 tana line, it was advertised as a Mon-| Fast — Rt tana entrance and came to be known|South — = Ses naifonally as such. Maps showing the|Out of season travel park to be in the northwestern cor-| (north and west en- ner of Wyoming, signe within the park| trances) —--..--__ itself showing the location of the state Ines, ang other descriptions of the sit- uation of the park, have had very small effect in changing the general understanding that the Yellowstone ts a Montana pari until the national park service a few years ago under took the development of the Cody gate- way. Wyoming Entrances Patronized. In 1916 only about three per’ cent of Yellowstone's visitors entered the park via the eastern or Cody gateway, North -. West 281 Total ----___-___. 15,660 Travel by Rail Holds Up. Travel by rail to Cody also held up splendid): 66 people coming to the via the Chicago, Burlington ,Quiney railroad this year aguinst 4, 233 last year, really a remarkable showing considering the influences that were at work to travel this year, such, for instance, nu business depression, unusually high rates, ete. 54,624 for more than forty years been a tourist resort of national im-)| and the percentage of people coming in the southern, also a Wyoming en- trance, was #0 small as to be un worthy of mention. In 1916 the park had 25,849 visitors, hence three per cent of this number was a very small figure. The change has taken place since 1916 is amazing. During the season 1921, 81,651 people entered the park, registering at its gates. Of It should be pointed out too that the Wyoming entrances now lead In the number of people coming to 1) park from far distant eastern potnta. ‘The main reason for this, of ccurse. is that the most alrect routes to thi park from the middie west avd south lead across Wyoming. This is not the only reason however. Improvement of roads in the state has had a tremen- these, 21,922, or nearly 80 per cent of|dous influenco on the development of the total number of visitors, entered| tourist travel. Wyoming has wisely the eastern gateway, and 3,615 came| expended her highway funds in the in via the south gate. It is reasonable | improvement of trunk line routes, such to believe that in a few more years!as the Yellowstone highway, the Rocky at least 50 per cent of the park vist-| Mountain highway, and Lincoln tors will enter via Wyoming gateways.| highway. In pursuing this policy, the Considering a ttle further the/state has been one of the leaders of tcavel via the eastern or Cody gate-|tho nation in the improvement of way, business mer and citizens of!roads. From the beginning of the re- cent highway development movement she has pursued broad policies that have been eminently in the in- terest of the economic expenditure of funds and in permanent progress to- ward a state trunk line system. Had THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE AND WYOMING WEFKLY REVIEW Exclusive scene showing part uf herd of buffalo ranging in Yellowstone National Park. las Yollowstone park, has become a tourist attraction and yet the surface of its development as such has hard- ly been scratched, and the benefit that has come to the state through the ex- not yet reached an iOta of what ft will pursued this policy, we would find to-|be some day. We estimated that this day very few bad sections of road on the transcontinental automobile routes or on the north and south trunk roads. Wyoming Scenery Influences Travel. Furthermore, Wyoming sesnery has) had a great influence !n moving pros- pective park tourists to choose its railjapproach roads to the Yellowstone. There is interest for eastern people in the frrigated farms of the state. There is a fascination about the oil fields and the industrial cities connected with the ofl in@ustry that adda much other features that add to the pleasant experience of visitors going through to the park. ‘The editor of one of the best known magazines of the United States told me recently that he had never beheld @ more beautiful wild flower exhibit than he saw north of Casper when the Lupine was in full bloom. So the state of Wyoming, as well both to present and to future genera-’ March 1, year between two and three million dollars were expended in Wyoming by people bound for Yellowstone park or returning therefrom, and there are business who claim that this estimate is too low. It is apparent to every town in the state, however, that the tourist business is one that must be cultivated and encouraged, and that In the near future it will stand very near the top, if not at @ head, of all other state business enterprises. Tourist | business is now considered Colorado's most lucrative source of income, and tractions has every opportunity to be and inevitably will become as impor- rade or California. In my opinion it is rapidly approaching this goal. Descriptions Superfluous. Yellowstone National park itself Reeds no description here, All of the readers of the Tribune have either se-n the park or know cf its wonders’ and beauties. Furthermore, they, in common with other people of the state, appreciate its value as a national park |penditure of money by tourists has) all middle western and western states) people very familiar with the tourist) Soe aes state of Wyoming, the peopie of the state, both individually and collective- ly, and thelr representatives in con-| stosaily progressing. During the past gress fought for the protection of this great playground, not selfishly, but with a broad intelligent conception of its yalue to the nation now and for a2 time to come, This attitude of the people of the state and of its repre- sentatives and ir.vtitutions has Teen made known to the peanle In all \ec- tions of the country and has added ma altruistic commonwealth. this position in regard to the preser- vation of the park, the people of the state also showed that they were ahead ot their neighbors in recognizing the yalue of the park as such in bringing business to their cities, towns, and) ranches, for the park, as the main lure for travel to the state, is a business- getter in every serise of this term. Golden Anniversary Is Near. Next year, that is, 1922, we have a great opportunity to boost Wyoring and Yellowstone park forward with mighty strides by celebrating, in fit-jinformation regarding the park and ting manner, the “goicen anniversary!’ of the establishment of the park. On tions, and they stand ready to main-|relopment of the “dude ranch” as an tain it in its natural conditions for) institution for the perpetuation of cus- all time to some. When Montana and toms, sports, and clethes, of the col: Idaho irrigation promoters sought ajorful ranching days that are gone. year ago to gain the privilege of erect-}'The “dude ranch” will mean much to iny dams at the outlets of the par! Wyoming. of the future—the tourists’ big lakes and flood a great area of| Wyoming—and they should be encour- its timber land, the newspapers of the/aged in every practicable way. 4) Seopie a night. These camps have dént of the United } high officials of all branches of the national government and of surround- ing states may be able to visit the park at that time, Naturally, in con- nection with appropriate ceremonies tn the park the “Frontier day" cele- bration gt Cheyenne should be fea- tured. The Frontier day events and similar ‘celebratiéns in Wyoming, .as ‘we view them tn the park, are more than opportunities for pleasure and enjoyment. They. serve to perpetuate) the glorious pioneer days of the past and are of great historical Importance. ‘We are deeply interested in the de- Improvement Is Rapid. Yellowstone National park {tself is year the roads have been improved materially. Old timers, one of whom has spent 38 summers in the park, says the park highways were never better than they were during the past season. EXverything possible within the lMmits of the federal appropriation is being Gone for the private motorist in great automobile camps, some of which are capable of caring for 1,500 ‘water piped to them from sources that are puro and not susceptible of being polluted. Arrangements are also made for garbage disposal, and cozmfort stations are available. At Old Faithful and at the Grand Canyon large new ranger have been built, in each of which there is a great central room, which we call "Community Center.” Here it is ex- pected that tourists coming to the park by automobile and by rail will Join in benefiting from the facilities. that will be provided for giving out the surrounding country. Also, this big room will be available for amusements, | § 1922, the park will be 50 and on rainy nights it will be a dry Pioneers of Co hotel, camp, and trans; f | ties will be increased with the public demand, while automobile camps and other accommodations for the private motorist will be given consideration, the rark will be maintained in essen-| that a large section of its wildest por- tions will be kept as America's last wilderness, free from any sort of de- velopment except the construction of | trails. | tions of the park now open to the trav: eling public will be maintained for all classes of tourists and additional ac- commodations ang service provided wherever needed, in the wildest por- tions of the region, where the moose, wild buffalo, and other timid animals, roam at will, there is to be no ex- ltension of roads and no hotels or|the performance of our duties, in ad- camps. Under this policy the park|vancing the interests of all\of the ‘will become more and more attractive| states in which the park les. eee - INDUSTRIAL EDITION. ———————— Hot| away trom etvilisation amd fm the be-| silent forest wecluded places—:).. which will before long ts finding it at all times, and a ots | In Wyoming it fs hardly necess::y \to ask for public co-nperation in the | operation of Yellowstone because tha: has always been forthcoming, but tho In other words, while all seo- other states who have a selfish desi to personally benefit at the expen of the nation, and on the part of the national park service, we are at all times to co<perate, a8 ‘rauch as may be consistent and practicable in MSLOGAN inc. 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