Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
MASKS WRITE
OF PLEASANT
TRIP OUT WEST
Have Visited Many Mountain Beauty
Spots. Saw Mexico People in
Yellowstone.

the west VIII be OF interest 10 Unelr
many friends in Mexico. Mrs. Nash
speaks of seeing Mexico people and
a number of Missourians.
Seattle, Washington,
July rs, 1921.
Mr.. Mitchell White,
Dear SIR
We have not received the Ledger
since July on account Of changing
our route from Salt Lake City to
Seattle. We surely miss the Ledger
and am glad to say that we received
a nice bunch of letters here.
1t seems long time since we left
home. We have seen some wonderful
sights and fine country and ideal
climate-but take it altogether !
don't think they can beat Missouri
Mexico for me.
believe I wrote you last from
Estes Park. One of our prettiest
drives was down the Big Thompson's
Canyon. It was only 35 miles long,
but every inch was a picture. Noun
tain streams winding between noun
tains and the cutest little homes nest
led on the sides of the mountains with
cute little names on the doors.
In Colorado we saw acre after acre
of ripe cherries-it is needless to say
that we had all we wanted. Besides
fine cherries Fort Collins is a fine
sugar beet country and we saw field
after field of the beets and also alfolfa
and rye. The land is all irrigated.
While leaving Fort Collins we had
a puncture and as we were fixing it a
big car drove up and someone yelled
Hello Mexico" 1t was DR..
Watts, wife and a married daughter
and husband, Prof. Bradley and wife.
DR.. Watts practised medicine at Aux
vase 25 years ago and inquired of
number of the old families in Mexico.
We stopped all night with them and
never had a more pleasant evening
1t shows the spirit of Missourians
when away from home. Hardly day
passes but someone asks us about Mis-
sou1i or Missourians.
After leaving Casper, Wyo., we
came to what lis called the DEVILS
Half Acre, close to the divide. The
altitude is 5000 feet. 1t was the place
the Indians drove buffalo to slaugh-
ter.
On July 1 we were overtaken by
severe sandstorm that came up about
We camped near garage
that we had driven to as it was i'm
rosible to go further.
We spent July 2 at Thermopohs,
Wyo., where the government owns the
hot springs decided by the Indians on
condition that it was 10 be free to
the people.
July we reached Cody, Wyo.
They told us that just day before
they had had inches of snow in the
park and we had better wait day
before going on. So we stayed in
Cody for their roundup and saw cow
boy racing and roping of wild steers
and goats. Cow-girls held races and
it was a regular wild woody west
show.
At the top of Sylvan Pass on our
way to the Park I stepped out of the
car into snow and this was July 5.
We also crossed the Shoshone Dam
located 9 miles west of Cody at the
eastern entrance to Yellowstone and
built at cost of 81 1854, 900 and with q
thickness of 108 feet at the base.
Our first night in Yellowstone we
camped near Fishing Bridge. In jusd
short time we caught all the fish
we wanted. They were the Rainbow
or spotted trout and we fished until 6
big eel broke my line.
We saw small herd of buffaloes
near Mammoth Camp and reindeer
and Elk at Mammoth and Norris
From mommoth we passed thru th'
golden gate down Willow Spring
Road and past Seven Mile Bridge
Big Horn Pass and Appolinari
Spring, by Roaring Mountain tina
sounds like an Express train and haI
thousands of steam jets shooting al
over the mountains.
We passed into the Upper Basin
the home of Old Faithful which spout
every 10 minutes $50 feet into tn
air.
We camped at Old Faithful for sew
eral days and met Miss Cunningham
and Miss Worren who look fine am
are having a great time.
We spent two evenings in thei
camp. ALI tourists meet there in tn
evenings and have a bonfire of log
standing as high as 80 feet on en-
near Old Faithful. When she spout
they tunn on the searchlight and tn
sight is wonderful. Over this fire the
have music, entertainment and
dance. I had my first experienc
dancing with real cowboy froa
| Montana.
Here we changed our roube frol
Salt Lake City 10 Seattle as we wish
ed to see more of this great northwes
country.
] We are both feeling fine. The avel
ape hennnarature for the last week