The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-12-23
Many Travel
CuSterHiWay

Fourty-two states and 954 tow
ms and cities were represented by
the host of tourists that travelled
over the Custer Battlefield Hiway
during the 1921 season, making
the biggest tourist season in it's
history, according to report of Sec
retary w. d Fisher. The reports
are compiled from II register bur
eaus out of the % established bur
eaus.
One hundred and thirty-six tow
MS in South Dakota were represen
ed by the tourists going over the
III ay making it the best represc
nted state out Of AZ. Iowa comes
next on the list with tourists re
cords from 1875 towns and cities
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Hin
ois, Wyoming and Montana arC
among the states have large i.
mbers of tourists. In checking
over the bureaus it was founc
that quite a few new tourists arc
coming from Washington, Oregon
Idaho, Montana and even Colorado
from the west going east. lncre'
sing numbers are coming from Ca
ifornia Alabama and Illinois.
Citizens of South Dakota vii
without doubt be surprised to lc
arm that the Custer Battlefield H
way although less than three ye
ars old, has been given front pag
write-ups in the New York ar
Chic go papers, and just recent
the Review of Reviews devote
five pages to the description of Il
Hiway.
Recently information was give
ut tn t Ma shall Foch would vi
the west and many Commcrc
cub secretaries and Mayors of c
les Immediately Cot busy to see
the general would visit their ci-
Finally the news came out th
the general was coming to Mont
ma to visit the Custer Battlefio
and Indian Agency, the latter J
ing the second largest in the Uni
ed States, and thus the Custer {
tlefield Hiway was given much h
nor and publicity. Besides tn
newspaper men from every sectiC
that travelled with the general
his special train to visit this hi
torical spot, the Pathe and 9th
noted moving picture concerns w,
re on the job and snapped the sc
eral, and the Crows in regular W;
time action.
More than thirty towns and ci
les on the route established cam
ing grounds for tourists with
the latest conveniences as -four
in modern homes. Real mount
in water, cool shady spots, fire p
aces, shelter camps, delightful WE
stern cool nights and real "Ou
Where the West Begins" hospita
ty are big features Of this mos
popular highway Of the Northwes
Horace M. Albright Of the depart
ment of the interior states thai
tourists were particularly enthus
iastic over the educational worl
accomplished by the Custer Battle
field association through distribut
ion Of pamphlets and through hi
ghway marking, although tho
praised very highly the work done
on various sections of the road.
Towns and cities as we'll as farm
ers who are located on the Hiway
consider themselves very fortun-
ate and it is interesting to see how
many farmers have established
little markets, selling various kin
DIS of farm products. The Hiway
brings the customers right to the
doors of many farmers and they
are taking advantage of it.
Heretofore, the section in Mon.
tana and part of northern Wyom.
ing has been practically CLOSED
but now that this Hiway has beer
established, the road opened ant
in excellent condition, the tourists
are going to the National Glacier
Park by the Custer Hiway and go
ing east instead of South to Chey
enne and then to Omaha or South
to Denver and on to Kansas City