The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1920-09-04

travelling In their own automobiles Many thou
sands will visit more than park; other thou
sands will visit several parks still other thousands
would like to visit all of the parks These ma
tional parks the peoples Fairgrounds; the
people should be able to get to any or all of them
easily i'm their ears. SO all twelve should be
connected by good roads-by the National Park
to-Park highway.
This Scenic West Is alive this summer with vsi-
tors from every nook and Granny Of the United
States. 1t Is summer paradise-a land of high
mountains, great forests. cold rushing streams
clear lakes, wild flowers, camping grounds, and
trout; of everlasting on the peaks bright
skies, cool nights; OF the primeyal wilderness, of
scenic roads and of good hotels There are more
national park visitors this summer than there were
last summer and last summer Rocky Mountain
had 169,492 and Yellowstone 62,26l and Glacier
1886 and Mount Rainier $500 and Yosemite
1892 and so on around the circle Every year
the people go there to play in greater numbers.
Every year the travel by private car increases in
1917 there were 81 ,692 and In 1919 there were
97,721. Every year the park-topark traffic grows
larger.
SO here's the plan: At this ENTHUSIASTICALLY
half around the 40O0-mile circle from Denver
is an official pathfinder picking out a tentative
route. When he has completed the round he will
lead official party around the circle and this
official party will fix the official route Then every
.body-states, counties. municipalities and semi
Ipus,ic organizations VIII get together and fix up
the National Park Park highway. Possibly the
federal government will also join in the work.
The National Park-to-Park highway project was
ORIGINATED In 1915 the year that tourist travel by
-AJ,vate motor first assumed impressive proper
t,ons The next summer meeting was held in
xo,,owstone National park and the National Park
- par, Highway association was formed. Gus
rIo,,n,s of Cody, Wyo., q national park and good
roads enthusiast who had put through the Yellow
100 highway was elected president, l.. L. New
Ton of wyoming secretary, and Scott Leavitt of
Montana treasurer. Director Stephen I. Mather
~ the national park service was elected guide
philosopher and friend of the association The
,,..,osa az the organization is TO promote the
p".,on ~ M least one good highway connecting
=, - t,rave national parks in the Scenic West,
" ,uaasa pubicity and to encourage nterpark
-. +roveI A number of state branches have
~. fo.rad The war nerfered with the project
~, tho fine is ripe for active operations
80 the pathfinder left Washington on his
- .,rnev He is A. l.. Westgard- his Official
t.l T. route director or field representative or
so,,atbing of the kind of the American Automooiie
.o.,ation He has probably had mana 10 laying
an, avery one of the many franscontnehtal routes
~ ~ limits having made Is east ana west Trans
ne au trims and 80 between the Canadian line
. Irnc,e SANS south boundary. the new sec
"ho = 30 the interior, John Barton Payne, director
retaI. "a a. Batchelder, chairman of the
Ma. -, committee of the American Automobile
exeeuu.. cove him an official start from the new
. ont of the interior building On this trip
.,s, the personal representative OF director
Mather. x Lev Danver IN his path.
June -, turning to the north and heading nrst
finding t1't..n,.,n National park. IS miles north
for hocAy nsnrsr. II will be busy trip and Will
rest u Eeys5