The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-10-17
A TRIP TO WASHINGTON.
North Yakima, WASH,
Sunday, Sept. s, 1912.

wrote you, and have enjoyed every mo-
ment of it. Often wish you all could
DO here to see some OF the wonders Of
the West. They are truly great. My
long ride is still fresh in my mind,-so
much so, that when | wake | imagine
| can feel the action of the train climb
ing the mountain sides.
wrote of our trip as far rs Spring
dale (alt. 1924 IT, OF course can not
mention all stations as No. | North
Coast Limited stops at only large cities
or for supplies at few of the smaller
towns. Springdale is railway sta
ton for place = miles distant called
Hunters Hot Springs the waters of
which are famed throughout the north
west for their curative powers. The
town is at the foothills of the Crazy
Mts. The Springs discharge 5000 gals.
water an hour at temperature of l46-
l4S degrees. and were held in great
repute 10y the Indians before the ad-
v, Mt of the whites.
From Sprngdale to Livingston,
(alt. 1853 IT, the railway follows the
Yellowstone river through beautiful
valley. A short branch, "a miles long
runs south from there to Gardiner,
Mont, the official entrance to Yellow
stone National Park, the wonderland
OF the world. At Gardiner is where
the lava arch, dedicated by Pres. Roos-
evelt in 1903, stands.N
We reached Livingston at | We'd
nesday night and Miss Laiten from
Oshkosh, Mrs Hall from Rice Lake,
Wis. and myself got off to enjoy little
of the outdoor air. The N. Pac. has a
most beautiful railway depot there.
The moon was clouded just then so we
could see but little, but the conductor
from the next Pullman to ours, point
ing to gap in the distant mountains,
which we could dimly see, told us that
at that gap Capt. VIM. Clark of the
Lewis q CLARK Co., camped there one
day in 1916, on mis- return journey TO
St. Louis, from the Pacific Ocean. The
train stopped. at Livingston, about
half an hour. Irrigation is an import
ant feature of that valley and bumper
crops result. In recent years "dry
farming" has also become a very inn
portant matter in Montana, and re-
member reading last winter of dry
land farm north of Billings, Mont,
taking lst prize for alfalfa in the
worlds competition at the New York
Land Show last November.
From Livingston Westward the N.
Pac. road crosses the belt range of the
Rockies at Bozeman Tunnel, at an alt.
of 1892 #. Passing through the TUNE
which is 1864 #. long the road runs
through very mild mountain valley
till it reaches the Gallatin River Val
ley. Bozeman Tunnel is named after
John M. Bozeman, the first settler
there in 1864, a pioneer, who, few
years after, was murdered by the In
dams on the Yellowstone, a short dis
lance be'ow Livingston.
We passed through Manhattan in
the night, where the largest barley
farm in the world ia located. Other
towns we went through before we
reached Butte, were Belgrade, Central
Park, Manhattan, Logan where the
main line branches, one to Butte and
the other to Helena, coming together
again at Garrison across the mountains,
Garrison, Three Forks, Sappington,
Whitehall and Homestake (alt. 1886 IT,
| suppose from Livingston to Butte is
about the most really interesting rail.
way journey, the long ascent on the
eastern slope of the main range of the
summit Of the divide at Homestake
Pass and then down the western slope
to Butte, but we passed through al
this at night. The conductor OF oul
| Pullman told us that we missed the
greatest view by having to 90 through
| there at night, for not only its geo
graphic features but also its historic
| importance makes 1t interesting Lew
| is and Clark were there in 1866; the
| Indian woman with them was captured
| by her enemies and carried eastward
and one of the earliest mountain fun
posts there was abandoned on account
of the hostile Blackfeet Indians. Al
Sappington are the ShOstoue caverns
Through this stretch, Montana, il
1863, won her fame for gold All nigh
my rest was broken 10y the toiling ant
Juggling Of the engines up the mountain
slopes. For many points before reach
ing Homestake the train mounts high
err and higher and the strain on thu
mechanism of the engines is indeed
great. AT Livingston every part 0
the engines and coaches was tested
Finally | awoke at llomestake abou
2 o'clock and from there on we coult
feel the descent of the engines. Lon!
before we reached Butte we could SCI
It's lights. Butte (alt. 5490 IT, is uniqu,
among the cities of the world. 1t is al
open city day and night and all th'
year round. 1t takes its name from
large isolated butte in the western
part of the city. Possessing all thu
untold wealth of its copper deposits
and thousands of well paid miners it NJ
doubt must be an odd and interestin,
city from accounts given us. Tn,