El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-23
Full Of Beautiful Lakes and
Peaks, With Indian Lore
Surrounding All.
BY MARK DANIELS.
General Superintendent and Landscape
F.nEincer of National Tnr.zs.

NI-AMeEE OF NAaAAhlAAA A7atEeAH=
tut few OF our parks have the at
X traction Of legeudry and romance
- attached TO their history as has
Glacier National park in the northwest
corner OF Montana Contiguous TO the
park on its eastern border is the Black
feet indian reservation. This park was
at one time a portion o. the reservation
and for time immemoriaI constituted
the hunting ground Of the BlacEfeer
indians The cut Bank valley. Just 10
the east Of the park. was the site OF
the last stand Of the Blackfeet indians
in their war against the conquerlng
white race. and along the higher levels
Of the valley which mark its rim may
be seen the rifle pits Of our soldiers
There are indians living on this reser-
walton today who witnessed this last
great battle, and in fact. there is one
man who participated in it IS chief
of his tribe.
While nearly every peak. canyon and
towering cliff has its interests ma
terially augmented b. indian Legends,
there is enough OF sheer wonder ana
variety Of beauty in this park 10 JUS
tifv a rrauscoutiuenral trip The park
contains 14e0 square miles and is q
riot OF Alpine lakes, sparkling glaciers
lofty peaks great chasms and sheer
cliffs There are in the park in excess
on SO glaciers. some Of which cover
pices 1000 feet deep. rumbllnE water
falls. beaver ponds and flower strewn
The Continental Divide
The continental divide traverses the
mark Ion-itudally from its northern
boundary and divides the reservation
into the eastern and western slopes.
There are eight passes over the crest or
the divide which are traversed by trails
that have been built by the government
Near the center of the park ana ap-
Droximately half way between lne
northern boundary and the southern
boundary, close 10 the summit OF ths
divide is the source OF the upper ana
lower st Nary's lake The upper 81
Nary's lake is entirely within the boun-
daries Of the park and is a placid Sneet
Of water from whose surface rise dn-
ruptIv some Of the most sublime noun
tains that are to be seen anywhere In
Just to the north OF the lake is the
famous Going-tO-the-Sun Mountain,
which arises 10 a height considerable IN
excess of a mile above the surface Of
About the head Of the lake are Little
Chief Mountain and Almost-a-DoS.
mountains whose names have been con-
tributed by the imaginative genus OF
the Blackfeet indians
Lakes and More Lakes
ON the western side of the divide. al
most due west of the upper 81. Mary. IS
Lake Mcdonald. which is one of the
most beautiful mountain lakes in the
world 1t lies nesting beneath the tow
eriug crest of the great divide and IS
surrounded 10y a superb forest OF pines
and frs
The entire park is dotted here and
there with smaller lakes upon which
the tourist viii stumble in the most
surprising fashion There is Two Medl-
cine lake nesting in q pocket formed
nv the great divide on the south and
Rising Wolf mountain ON the north. the
exquisite beauty OF which would be
made famous in country where
scenery is developed as an asset
There is NcDermott lake on the
swift Current which lies nj the base
of Grinnell mountain and on the placid
surface Of which is reflected shaft like