The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-18
CODy'S BIG TRAIL
OPENED To TRAVEL
Buffalo Bills Lifelong
Dream at Last Realized.
FINEST SCENES IN WORLD
Yellowstone Forest Reserve Presents
Beauties Superior to Those in
National Park.

Soo1s NyO.. May B.-Old Buffalo
Biz Cody has lived long enough to see
another of his dreams realized-the open
ing of his long-talked-of Cody Trail
Through Wonderland the trail be-
ing a new route to the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. a trail passing through
what the famous scout and Indian fight
er says is the finest 100 miles OF scenery
IN the world.
1t has been the dream of the last forty
years of Colonel Cody's life to establish
a road running into the Yellowstone
National Park from the east and pass
ing through the famous Yellowstone
forest reserve. where Cody, as well as
otfiefs Who have passed over the route,
say can be found sights and scenes SUI
perior TO even the national park, which
adjoins the reserve on the west, and
to which the Cody Trail Through Won
derland* leads.
Lays Out Trail.
Colonel Cody years ago laid out the
route which he wanted TO use. He
didn't have the assistance of an engi-
neer in doing so, because il was not his
object TO make a short line or to avoid
difficulties
The first object of the trail was TO
pass through the best scenery possible.
and it didn make much difference how
much out Of The way OF an airline the
tran went Eventually it would end at
the Lake Hotel. in the Yellowstone Ma
uoEal Park. and its originating point
was on the Shoshone river in the Big
Horn basin, where later the colonel To-
Gated his home and the town of Cody
Il IS out On the trail that Colonel
Cody has established his TWO hunting
lodges, Wapiti Wiekiup and Pahaska
Tepee- The first takes its name from
the Wapiu branch OF the Shoshone
river, on which il IS located while the
second IS named directly for Buffalo
Biil-Pahaska Tepee meaning THE Home
Of the Long haired Man (I1ong Hair is
an Indian name for Colonel Cody.
Heart Of Game Country.
White Beaver Powell, Colonel
Cody's foster brother. says this about
Pahaska Tepee: The tepee is in the
very heart of the big s. ne country OF
the Rocky mountains. Purest water
from mountain springs and melting
SHOWS are filed with rainbow salmon,
mountainsana brook trout. and on every
side huge mountains tower thousands of
feet into the air. Some of these noun
tains are capped with snow all the year
round. -
The Pahaska Tepee is the largest log
cabin in the world and will accommo-
Ntekiup. twenty-five miles nearer civil
izat1on than the tepee. viii take care OF
about fifty people
Out on this tran, in one of its loneliest
spots, Buffalo Bill has built for himself
8 splendid nlausoleum, in which he will
be buried The nausoleun is on the
apex of Rattlesnake.- Mountain, and Is
almost Inaccessible except to the expert
enced mountain climber. Cody has made
provisions IN his will for the expense
necessary sto remove his body TO the
mountain, no matter in what country OF
the gioba he shall die.
Winds Through Canyons
The road from Cody to the Yellow
stone skirts mountains and rivers, dark
rayines aud APPALLING precipices. At one
time half up the side of the mountain It
goes; at another. II winds its way along
the bottom OF some black canyon
through which a mountain stream roars
and plunges. Through Inc Rattlesnake
canyon of the Shoshore 1t has been
found necessary TO even cut several
short tunnels, SO difficult has the work
been-s
Il was q source Of the keenest regret
to Buffalo Bill that he was unable 10
be present when the first coach load of
tourists, with their tents and caTap
equfQages left Cody en- route to the
Yellowstone Park over the new trail
but he was absent in Paris. The open
ing date of the tran was May !, and
a long message OF congFat ulations was
cabled to Paris 30 Colonel Cody by his