Marble Hill press., 1920-08-05

t,u,r..r. In ,i,Ir own automobiles Many thou.
san.is viii Visit more than "us park other th'n
sand- all visit several pafss SIN other lh"u>''
..uld lke to ,isit all Of thr parks Ih"-" ia
tianAI parks ar, 'hr f-op.y. rla) sr"un's '"'
p-opl. should b. able O" 81 te ans ~ al' '' th'h
~asIl, 10 their own car> - at twelve should 'f
,,,nn~y's.l hy s,-ad roat~-by the National farA
feTark highway
This Ss,u., Nest j. alive this summer with 'is
tors frum ever, nouk Hud Granny - tie tnt"a
states d - SIMMER paradise land ~ h'Sh
mountains. gr"at forests oolj ru-hius slr'"N''
tear AXE. atlA flowers umplns grounds aH'
trout ~ everlasting snow on he uyHss hr'sN'
skies, cool nights. 81 the prims,al wilderness, ''
-.,rnlr ruals and %, soai hotels Their" H.r '"'F'
natIonal park visitors his summer than There wrt'
ar summer and last summer K"ckS Auunl'ln
had lCD 80 and Yellowstone G1..U' snd Glar'"t
lsqcG and Mount Eriuier Si.2si1 aui Yosemite
SSE and 60 arouud lhr circle E'"r' 'rp'
he pcrpls gp therc % pa) 10 greater numbers
Every YEAR the travc ht private ear Increases Boo
1917 there wrrr 54Go2 and lH 1919 therr wcrr
T7cI Every war the park io.porh irahc grows
larrrr.
y, here's the plan ~ lH.s vritlng-prohahll
half around the 4uro mile circle from Denver
s an official pathfinder p.csus out tentative
rusif~"-,,"lrn hs has completed the ruuud Hc VII
lead an etlrInl party around the circte aud this
ne1c al Part, will FIX the official route Then every
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public organizations wIn set together and hx M
m. National rnrE.torark highway Possibly the
fs~feruI government viii also jon In the wurk.
Tho National Park-torark highway project was
arIsinatrd In tath The year that tourist travel by
private motor first assumed impressive proper
lions The next summer meeting was held In
Yellowstone National park and the National Pnrk
,oPnrk Highway association WAS formed. Gus
Uojr,'s OF Cody. wyo. national park and good
r,.dx enthusiast who had put through the yellow.
stone highway was elrctcd president, L. l.. New.
ton ~ Wyoming secretary, and Scott LcavItt Of
Montana treasurer Director stephen T Mather
~ she national rark service elected guide
nhlInSrrher and friend" nf the association. The
nurueec of the organization IS 10 promote the con
s,vuc,lon ~ AZ least one good highway connecting
,hcs., twelve national parks in the Scenic West,
to Increase publicity and to encourage inter park
.oursss travel 4 number Of state branches have
heen formed The war interfered with the project
Nav the time Is ripe for active operations
Irre the pathanaer left Washington ON hts
lang ,ourpey He II A. l. Westeard. His official
,,t,e ~ route director or field representative or
something of the kind Of the American Automobile
association lie has probably had Il hand in laying
out every one Of the many trnns'ontinentai routes
He admits having made II east and west trans
continental trips and 30 between the Canadian line
and Uncle Sans south boundary The new sec
rctary Of the interior. John Barton Payne, Director
M.,hcr and A. O. Batchcider, chairman of the
executive committee OF the American Automobile
association gave him an official start from the new
,,epartment Of the interior building. On this trip
he ts also the personal representative of Director
Aathcr.
Iure rs Mr. westgard lef, Denver ON his path
andinr trim. turning p the north and heading hrst
f,r Rocky Mountain National park, 90 miles north
~ess Of Denver. II viii be busy trip and VIII