The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-11-14
YELLOWSTONE PARK
IS POPULAR RESORT
TRAVEL RECORDS BROKEN
THIS SEASON AT NATION
N. AZ AL PLAYGROUND.

lowstone National Park, which closed
early in October, all travel records
of the great park were broken. The
aggregate number of persons visiting
| the park during the year ended Oc-
tober II, 1919, was 62,26l, an increase
of 1880 over the former record year
Of 1915, when 5l.8o5 people entered
the gates Of the Yellowstone. 1t
must be remembered, however, that
| 1915 was the Exposition Year and
a large part of the visitors of that
| year came to the park on side trips
en- route either to orSfrom San Fran
cisco. The average annual travel for
the past ten years, inclusive of 1915
travel. was approximately 2o,00, and
exclusive of the Exposition Year.
visitors averaged about 10000
On August S, 1919, 1,255 tourists
entered the park, the greatest number
entering it in opy one day in the his
tory of the Yellowstone.
i Automobile Travel.
/ Even more striking tina nthese fig
ures showing the total travel in the
park this year are the statistics of the
motor trayel--that is, the number of
privately owned automobiles driven
through the park, and the number OF
tourists carried by them. A total OF
l0,737 care entered the park during
the year, carrying SO, $50 people.
| These cars came from 46 states OF
the union, the District of Columbia
| Canada, the Canal Zone, and Denmark
North Carolina and South Carolina
isent no private motorists through the
park this year, but in August Gov
ernor Thomas W. Beckett of North
Carolina and Governor R. A.. Cooper
of South Carolint toured the Yellow
stone with fifteen other governors
These two states were also represent
ed by large number of people who
came to the park by train.
i The greatest number of private
automobiles entering the park in one
l'day was 202 on August 4, 1919. This
broke all previous records. J
The total of 10.737 cars carrying
1886. people I should be compared
with the previous record travel By
private motorists in 1917, when SOC
cars, carrying 22,117 visitors registered
at the park gates. The private auto.
mobile, travel for 1919 Was nearly
double that of two years ato.
Motorists Camp Out.
! or the 1886 people who toured the
Il Yellowstone in their own cars thi:
|. iyear, approximately 60 per. cent .oi
nearly 25,000 brought with them thei,
Il own camp equipment and in, mos
cases used and appreciated the specia
i camp grounds where wood water
Toilet facilities, and, at Mammoth f1o
Springs, electric lights, were Furnished
without charge.
AT times during the summer thes,
Il camp grounds were over crowded, ans
before the opening of next seasoi
they will be expanded and new area,
topened for this use. Likewise NOR,
wood will be provided, and consider
able sum will be expended in improv
ing the water and sanitation facilities
provided the necessary funds are mad
available for this purpose The pop
ularity of these. camps fully warrants
their development on a large scale,
Travel by Rail. r.
II Of the 2l,27S tourists who came I,
the park by rail. and utilized the facil
, tiles of the Yellowstone Park Trans
!, lportation company, 1859 made tn
. complete tour of the park roads. Il
addition, ESQ made short trips.
4 As rule tourist visiting the park b.
. rail remained nearly five days, Will
the private motorists spent an everag
Of six days. During the months O
July and August there were betweel
five and six Thousand people in tn
: park every day, most of them campinI
out and enjoying the beauties an
, wonders of their mountain PLAYGROUND
in their own. way.
Il Several thousand people spent
, considerable period of time in the par
/ this year.. This tendency to rcgar
5 Yellowstone National Park as a grea
: scenic area and vacation land wher
1 weeks and months can be spent i
, healthful recreation is very gratifyin
! to the National Park Service, which
4 trying very hard to get the publ
away from the idea that this big par
Z is little more than land of extra
5 ordinary natural phenomena. 1t
4 one of the most beautiful scenic RI
' gions OF the world, and when the mas
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