Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-08-25
An Account Of Trip to
Yellowstone National Park
BY the Editor Of the Sheaf.

the seXceeO2nga great pleasure 10 Visit
with many old time friends as well as
to form new friend hips along the way.
For kind hospitality and courtesy to
strangers, the people Of the west are
not excelled.
4 In our first and only letter to the
}Sheaf since we started on the trip, We
left our readers at Minot, N. d., on
July 30. Since then we have really
been too busy travelling and sight see-
ing to write at all. We will now try
to gather up In our memory, the best
we can, the threads OF sthe story Of
this wonderful trip and tell our readers
some Of the things which we saw and
But no pen, however
facile, can Adequately describe the.
rugged beauty Of our American
scenery sz
2s. We were delayed half day at Minot
which had to be replaced by new one,
therefore we were unable to leave that.
town until about noon on Friday, July
80. Owing to our late start from MinOt,
we could only get as far as Winston
the second day. We found lodging at
a good hotel, and as we started out
next morning Saturday. July 31) we
called on Will Wattam, who spent
some little time at Warren and Angus:
many years ago. He is employed in a
large department store at Williston
and doing we'll DR. G. s.. Wattam, OF
Warren, is his uncle We also called
at the Burk Lumber Company's Office
but Mr.: Burk was not in, there fore we
delivered greetings by telephone to him
and family from the Aug johnson.
family Of Warren. Mrs. Rurk and Mrs.
johnson are sisters. We have found
that people who have lived at Warren.
some time cor other, or4who have rela-5
lives or friends living there are always:
glad to meet people from that town,
and therefore we max IL point al
ways to call on as many as possible In
our travels. Tt also cheers us toS meet
friends and intances from former
days, even sc time allows but hand
shake and q moments exchange Of
greetings. Williston Is q live and pro-
gressiYe little city, beauti fully located
on the hanks. Of the Missouri river and
In q rich farming district. Crops this
yearsWere looking fine. Before leaving
WHliston, we must not forget TO mem
tinA gravelled road BY
which we. entered the city and which
has been completed eastward about 80
miles. Tt was great relief to get onto
this road from the unimproyed prairie
road we encountered in the hilly and
roughly broken country west Of Minot.
We had now motored across the
great state Of North Dakota, a distance
Of about 400 miles. At Mondak, a
small village about 20 miles from
Williston, we crossed the Missouri ri
yer on ferry, and were then on
Montana soil. As soon as we had
crossed the river, we left the Glazier
trail, which had guided us across the
plains Of North Dakota, and. turned
EsGlendiye, Mont, as the next objective
point, our aim being eventually to get
onto the Yellowstone trail some 80
miles west from Glendive From Mon
OAK to Glendive the road runs up the
Yellowstone river valley, a distance Of
|about a hundred miles, through a very
fertile irrigated farming district with
splendid crops stss$
We arrived at Glendive about 8 3. M M
and after lunching resumed our journey
westward hoping to reach Miles City
before night fall Some 40 or SO miles
out Of Glendive the road passed
through a very billy and broken coun-
try, with steep hillsides to climb and
1nnumerable turns and twists Of the
road, that put to a severe test the skill
OF our two boys, Edgar and Oliver, who
were sthe chaufeurs, but they were
equal to the occasion, and guided the
car as steadily and easily as on the
level roads around Warren. It was
nearly ten o'clock In the evening when
we pulled into Miles City, somewhat
tired OF course; but In good shirts,
After good night,s rest at a. hotel we
were ready next morning, Aug. to
resume our journey westward. The
trail follows the railroad more or less
closely the entire distance up the val
ley Of the Yellowstone river The river
has III fact levelled the way for both
the railroad and the trail. We arrived
Tat Billings little before p. n. Edith.
at once called up Miss Daigle, a friend
|of hers, together with whom she for
|merly taught at Sands tone, Mimi, and
after we had our supper at d restaur-
ant, she and our entire party had
the pleasure to meet her and to Sex-
!change few pleasant Hes. We con-
tinued our journey III the evening
wishing to get as far on the way to-
Livingston as possible before putting
Iup Tor the night 1T was almost dark
when we left Billings, but the road
which we travelled was well lit up BY
the headlights Of the numerous cars
which we met, many Of which were
returning from q tour of The Yellow
stone park. A shundr cars &C least
were met 6n,J the road 10 Laurel; IS
miles from Billin where we decided
to put up for the night. 81
B After a good nights rest sc q hotel
lat Laurel and after our trusty r1iee
Gear had been provided with the neces-
|sary gasoline and cylinder OIL we
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