Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-08-21
THE ARRIVAL OF pATHF1KDERs
Are Laying Out What Will Be Most
Wonderful Drive in United States.

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The members Of the party in the two
pathfinder automobiles for the Black
and Yellow trail arrived in Pierre on
! Monday evening. They were met by
autos from Pierre at Blunt and escorted
to this city, and a night. which was full
of royal enterment, they left Tuesday
at / O'Clock for the next lap Of their
journey.
In the party were: Ben M. Wood of
Rapid City, chairman of the committee
appointed by the association to arrange
the trip, and acting manager; Gus
Holms of Cody, Wyoming, a member
of the committee; Charles McCaffree,
commissioner of immigration of South
Dakota; r. A.. Woodall and ]. R. Ed
wards, Chicago, representing the Blue
Block; A. G. Lucifer, Powell, Wyoming,
photographer of the Yellowstone park;
F. A. and H. B. Cox, Minnesota.
These gentlemen are travelling in two
automobiles, six passenger cars. They
left Chicago at $3.50 p. M. Tuesday, Au-
gust Itch, their course taking them
through southern Wisconsin and Min
nesota and through South Dakota, ac-
cording to the map previously laid out.
&c. l%ssenheuth, state highway COM
missioner and known as the father of
good roads in this state, is accompany
iag the party through the state.
During the most Of the trip the roads
have been excellent, and South Dakota's
showing of good roads is reported by
the %pathfinders to be q very good one.
The people at every point visited have
been very %connial, meeting the party
with automobiles, banqueting them,
and accompany them to the next stop.
There has been az many as forty auto
mobiles in the party at mi time, and
the reception along the route of travel
indicates that ::there is q keen interest
in this part of the country in the Black
and Yellow trail.
II each toWnswil do its part in the
road work, the trail will soon be in con-
dition to attract thousands of cars for
trough travel over the entire route.
The greatest result will be the securing
OF good roads through the country and
the advancing the best interests of the
towns and country alike.
The Black and Yellow trail is the
most wonderful drive in the country,
and the most direct route from Chicago
to the Yellowstone National park, and
is is believed that it will be a part of a
road connecting the Atlantic and the
Pacific coasts. It is undoubtedly the
most beautiful, interesting and varied
route across the continent, and in trav-
cling over it the autoists sees a greater
variety of crops and products of the
land than he could any other way. From
Chicago the trail leads to Milwaukee,
thence to Madison, Wis, and through
southern Minnesota toe Bookings,
the home of the South Dakota ag-
ricultural college; then at Huron
where the state fair grounds are, and.
the capitol at Pierre, and the Big Mud
dy itself. and next the Bad Lands, the
only unclassified section on the earth's
surface, and lastly the wonders Of the
Black Hills. South Dakota easily con.
tributes real sights to the trip
than any other state on the route.
After leaving this state, the lakes of
Wyoming and the gas and oil wells and
the coal regions of the same state are
visited. the trip ending in the Yellow
stone National park.