, 1921-10-20
WYOMING ENTRANCE
YELLOWSTONE PARK
NOW MOST POPULAR

LII loNE fath, "yO.,l
Oct. 11.-Visitors to Yellowstone
National Park. numbering 81 .651
people during the 1921 tourist sea
son just closed. again broke all
travel records to Americas largest
and best known playground. Every
state in the union and thirteen for
eign countries were represented by
creditabie numbers of motorists and
rail visitors, showing the tremendous
national popularity of the Yellow
stone.
Though the total gain in tourists
for the season is o large. the in
c"easc of 2.15S automobiles carry
ing 1854 passengers is the outstand-
ing feature of American tourist
travel during the summer. which has
been marked by financial difficulties
and other adverse travel condi-
tons.
The character of the travellers to
Yellowstone 20 per cent OF whom
came with their own means Of trans
pOrtation, has made it necessary to
plan extensive developments Of hotel
and camp accommodations and other
facilities. especially for the motorist
who is given every possible consid-
GRAFTON and aid. Motoring seems to
be the most popular means of tour
ing the country and high railroad
rates may be partly responsible for
this. although all three railroads
reaching park gateways. the Burling-
ton route. the Northern Pacific and
the Union Pacific, offered liberal ex-
cursion rates during the summer.
Motorists as a rule carried their own
camping equipment. out many tool
advantage of the large hotels and
permanent camps. both of which
rendered excellent service at reason
able rates.
Differing from the patronage of
most summer resorts. Yellowstone
tourists represent all classes of
people from every section of the
United States. with especially large
representations from California.
Oregon. Washington. Dakotas. I'LL
nOis and hundreds from Colorado.
Kansas. Michigan. Indiana. Texas
and Nebraska. The records show an
Increase of more than so per cent
in motor travel from all Of the above
mentioned states.
Automobile Travel.
The national park service, fully
anticipating the tremendous growth
in automobile touring. was prepared
to direct in the interest Of safety the
stream Of motor cars as they toured
the park highways and accidents
were rare events. The roads were
constantly kept in splendid condi-
ton by many small road crews and
sanitation conditions were improved
as the motorists thronged the park.
The greatest number of tourists
entering the park in a single day
in the history of the Yellowstone.
1863 registered at the park gate
ways August 8. as compared with
1,49S. August .. 1920. and 1855
August 5. 1919. On this record
breaking day 3OS automobile carry
ing LIS people were checked in
at the four entrances to the park,
as compared with 273 automobiles
carrying 947 people August 9. 1920.
Rail Travel
The lead entrance for rail tourists
visiting the park was the western or
West Yellowstone. Mont. entrance.
while the eastern or Cody, WyO..
entrance led in rotor travel, with
the north or Gardiner. Mont. en-
trance taking SECOND place in both
motor and rail traffic.
A new approach road leading to
the south entrance through the
scenic Wind River valley and the
Teton mountain region was opened
in August and will hereafter be
popular with park visitors. Also the
Hoback canon route leading into the
Jackson Hole and thence to the south
gateway was completed this year and
will be ready for travel next season.
Rail visitors decreased 5.S17
people from that of the record estab-
tablished during the 1920 season.
This is probably due to higher rates
and economic condition Of the coun-
try during the summer. The 24,469
tourists. compared with 30.5S6 tour
lists of 1920. represented every state
in the union and thirteen foreign
countries.
Cody Entrance Leads.
That the popular entrance is now
through Wyoming with the result
that this state will get huge returns
from the tourist travel. is shown by
the official figures. This year S.
1873 cars entered via Cody's scenic
gateway. as compared with 5.096 via
Gardiner. Mont. and 4,486 via West
Yellowstone. Mont. Last year Cody
also led with 4.424 as compared with
4.236 for Gardiner and 4,O45 for
West Yellowstone.
With the development Of the new
southern scenic entrance. drawing
tourists northwest from Lander,
Riverton. Rawlins, Laramie and
Cheyenne INT north from Kemmerer,
Evanston and the Jackson Hole
country. Wyoming appears to be
bound to be coming into its W as
a tourist state. 1t is going to get
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