Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
lheodore Roosevelt Highway
10 Be Great Connecting Link
Through NatiOn'sP ark Reqion

ARK Region.
hundreds Of places tanned in history
aud romance. Passing through the
most uortherly states of the union ami
traverstnE z short mileage in Canada.
this new highway affords n an op.
portunity OF viewing the forests OF
Maine, the famous White Mountains.
the lakes and rivers and historical.
points OF New York State. the Niagara
Falls. Detroit and its wonderful auto-
mobile industries, the beauty spots Of
Michigan, the 500 Locks, the forests
OF Wisconsin, the ten thousand lakes
OF Minnesota, and then. the wonder
ful plains Of North Dakota and East.
ern Montana. Finally he comes to the
Glacier National Park. the continuous
mountain area and themes through
scenery unsurpassed to the Pacific
ocean.
The Glacier National Park.
One Of the most important features
OF the 7. f: Highway has been the
fact that this new route has opened
up a shorter and more direct route
east and west to and from the Glac-
Ter National Park. the mammoth
youngster playground OF America,
with scenic splendor amazing, won
derful and massive with virgin for
ests' mountain ranges, mountain
lakes. trout streams, sentinel peaks,
glaciers, and Thousands of natures
curios wisely preserved by the gov
eminent for all time.
Thousands upon thousands OF tour.
ing parties have already visited this
L N1lf1nSifv SnTN ~ ~ ofYyr1 , Each eao.
son since, its inception has sen" tbs
number greatly enhanced . prev.
ious years: and none Of these have
been disappointed, because It is inn
possible to exaggerate or overestinl-
ate the features ,eucompassed within
its boundaries. "
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Highway leads the tourist owe good
roads, through interesting, unusual
and surprisingly beautiful country to
this newest wonderland, the Glacier
ready been marked from Portland,
Maine to the eastern entrance Of the
park. and from the western entrance
far into. Washington state.
The Park Road to Be Constructed.
Results Of united efforts on the part
Of the variouS state organizations Of
the association, tc bring about the
construction OF a highway through
The Glacier National Park. have
brought about excellent possibilities Of
this accomplishment in the course Of
q very short time. Estimates have
been furnished to congress for the
construction OF such a road, and the
matter is now i'll the hands OF con-
Eressional committees. Today no road
connects the east and west entrances
to the park, and thus tourists are
forced to ship their cars via the Great
some ffty-fve miles.
to Glacier National Park is $500 an.
nually, On completion of this link Of
highway, it is estimated that tbs
trave. through North Dakota and
Northern Montana TO the Glacier Ma
tional Fark will number allnost 1900
cars annually. aud this within a. pos
sibie i've years.
Many Beautiful Lakes
+Fao1 snds Of beautiful lakes are
available to motorists who travel the
T, F. Highway. The n~.tracYlous
grandeur o. the lakes Of westarN1s9AHay
lana Iaaa o and eastern Washington
in their majestic settings and wonder
tul backgrounds, is net exceeded BY
those Of any country in the world;
even Switzerland. 'i3f +.
Fog miles and nailes the T. r. High
way skirts tha shores Of these great
sifts o. nature. In tbs naidst OF prinn.
naeval forests encounters those
gems OF blue within a stones throw
OF the winding roadway. The high
way parallels great rivers and at inv
terva!s reercsses these vide streams,
3long the great Missouri, the MIX, the
Cut Bank; the beautiful Flathead;
that enhancing Kootenai, the Pen
diOrsille. Ss;;tls4Coeur d'4Alene. the Spo-
kane'and the great Columbia OF all
the rivers none are more interesting
ana beautiful than the Columbia.
adjacent to the road along this high
way. And many lesser streams Of
great beauty and fishing qualities run
beside and across the highway,
Beautiful Puget Sound.
Going on west from the Glacier Ma
tional Park TO Seattle, the tourist
arm Of tbs Pacific. called the most
beautiful body OF water In all OF the
world. a series of perfect harbors.
thAsJike. pfasWhich are to be found no
where elHe; are to be seen here. and
upon its Shores are great cities found
ed there as trading posts and now in
dustrial tenters, like Seattle and IA.
! coma, leaders in the world Of trade.
And. along the chores CT Puget Sound
and southerly the tourist drives
through thriving cities, then crosses
the wide mouth Of the Columbia in
to Oregon at Portland. the western
terminus Of the T. r, Till.
Majestic Mountains
At points along the highway, one
encounters distant and snow-capp4d
ranges, but more majestic inc UNI
usual are the great glacial peaks.
standing vi alone. overlooking the
whole world. For miles and miles.
visible to the n%aotorlst. are the scores
OF white crowned sentinels of Glacier
Park. and Mt. Rainier, Mt Shasta, Mt,
Hood and scores OF others. The glory
of the changing shadows and colors
on these great sentihels is far, lie,
yond human effort at description.
Ten Thousand Lakes.
Wholly different. yet equally attrac,
tive In its own way is the lake region
of Minnesota. Here are no mountains
or slaciers--but cool, inviting forest,
and fish laden lakes. that call to the
angler in the summer. It is not q
country to motor through rapidly; fol
there Is not SUFFICIENT variety to the
scenery to make that enjoyable, but
It Is a country to Loaf and fish In.
Every Phase 81. Nature Gomb4ped Il,