The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-08-13
ROADS MARKED
FOR TOURISTS
Glacier National Park Highway
Passes Through Glasgow
COMMERCIAL CLUB HELPS
Best Roads Selected. Trail Markings
Appear at Short Intervals Along
Route. Will Aid Travellers.

tomobile Trail Blazing Association of
America, with headquarters at Min
neapolis, spent Saturday forenoon in
Glasgow, marking the route of the
Glacier National Park Highway thru
the city. This is known as the Red
Trail and its marking has consumed
the greater part of the last two
months and when completed will ex-
tend from the entrance to Glacier
Park east through Montana, North
Dakota, and Minnesota to the Twin
Cities. At St. Paul it connects with
many other marked routes leading
east, north and south to almost every
part of North America.
The Glacier National Park Highway
is trail which follows the route of
the Great Northern Railway almost
the entire distance, following the best
and most serviceable roads, consist
ant with comfortable travelling COM
bined with scenic beauty most inter-
esting and attractive to the tourist.
The work of designating the trail now
being blazed was started last year and
given final and firm standing at the
meeting held in Havre, October 23rd
and Oath last, when delegates were
present representing Minnesota, North
Dakota, Montana and Idaho Cities.
At this time the tentative route of the
Glacier National Park Highway was
selected. Since then work of select
ing the most suitable location of the
trail has been continued by the Glas-
gov Commercial Club in connection
with the organizations in the cities
east and west.
The route of the trail through VAL
ley County from Oswego to t.verton
is exceptionally practical and most
of the way in excellent condition. It
follows the valley road to Glasgow
and Hinsdale when it turns north and
travels over the bench to Beaverton
and on to Saco. A blue trail will be
marked off between Nashua and Glas-
gov permitting the tourists the pri-
vilege of travelling over the bench
route between these two cities, thus
obtaining most pleasing view of the
great expanse of the Milk River VAL
ley under irrigation, as we'll as the
wonderful dry farming lands.
The route connects at MondaA with
the New York to Seattle trail through
the southern part of Montana, at Min
OF with trail to Moose Jaw, at Devils
Lake with trail south to the Gulf
of Mexico, at Grand Forks with a
route to Winnipeg, at Fargo with sew
eral other trails extending in every
direction. At the Twin Cities the
Glacier National Park Highway con
meets with marked routes to all parts
Of the continent and gives the tfa> ell
er by automobile sure and clearly
defined route from Glasg,'v anywhere
he may desire to go. Tho Association
issues about 10000 trail books each
year in which all trails appear. These
are sent out to every part of the
country to tourists and contain be-
sides the routes, list of names of
all cities through which it passes, al
so means of garages and hotels in the
cities. The Trail book is sought by
all tourists, in so great a number that
in 1914 the Association could not sup.
ply all demands.
The Trail markings consist of red
band bordered with white designating
the route as going straight ahead, a
read R in white field signifies 'turn
to the right" red L "turn to the
left" an x danger" red square on
white field marks hotel, and a red
circle within white one a garage.
Secretary S. C. Moore of the Glas-
gov Commercial Club with Leo B.
Coleman in Studebaker, accompanied
Mr.. Meigs as far as Beaverton Sat-
urday afternoon showing him the best
routing. On the return trip the Blaz-
ed Trail was easily discerned. A
tourist met just beyond Hinsdale ex-
pressed pleasure at finding he would
have a marked trail to follow the bal
ance of the trip through Montana.
The tourist stated that going west
through the southern part Of the state
trail was marked all the way prov
ing most acceptable aid in travelling.
The blazing of the Glacier Park
Highway will mean that in the
future, tourists, knowing a route is