The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-21
HEAVY TOURIST TRAVEL
ON YELLOWSTONE TRAIL
POPULARITY OF YELLOWSTONE
TRAIL THROUGH THIS
DISTRICT.

trct through being located on this
great transcontinental highway are
in evidence every day. The free camp
ground, provided with wood. water
kitchen and other conveniences such
as are provided by few other towns
in the west is crowded 10 capacity
almost every night, while it some
times happens that late arrivals are
forced to find camping accommoda-
lions elsewhere. one night this week
there were ~ cars parked in the Wal
lace camp. which is about the limit of
its capacity. This. however. did not
cause serious Inconvenience. as those
who We're unable to stop here found
good camping accommodations at
Kellogg. 10 miles west or at Mullan,
seven miles east or found desirable
camp sites along the road between
these towns But those who camp i'm
the district represent only fraction
of the travel that is brought here by
the Yellowstone trail. A great many
of the tourists stop over night in the
hotels, while during the day there is
almost a constant procession of tour
sists passing through stopping "a
short time to make purchases or to
obtain information regarding the
road and the wonderful district
through which they are passing. From
this il must be plain now that the
work of the Shoshone County Good
Roads association i'm securing the
Yellowstone trail throdgh this district
is bringing results that amply Justify
the efforts and expense.
But when the ultimate plans of the
Yellowstone Trail association are con-
sidered, il is evident that the bene-
fts now being received are small
compared with those to follow The
trail is increasing in popularity every
year, and this viii continue as the
service rendered by the association
becomes more widely known
The Yellowstone Trail association
is now in its ninth year of existence
1t was started in Lennon. S. d., i'm
1912. with the object of promoting a
highway between Lennon and Aber-
deem, $. d. SO successful was the
venture that in 1914 the trail was eX-
tended to Minneapolis on the east
and to Yellowstone park on the west.
In 1914 the trail was further extend
ed to Chicago and to Seattle. and the
name of the Yellowstone trail was
adopted The trail was again ex-
tended in 1916, so that il reached the
Atlantic coast and il became a ma
tional highway Little work on the
eastern end of the trail was done dur
ing the war; but with the cessation Of
hostlities the work was resumed.
That Paved Highway.
The aim of the Yellowstone Trail
association is a paved highway from
coast to coast within the next five
years. That they are succeeding in
the attainment of their aim is evinced
by the act that the highway is paw
ed nearly all the way from Minneap-
oils to Boston. The trail is being
paved this year across Wisconsin.
and by the end of next year paved
highway is planned on the eastern
end of the trail Representatives of
the association are marking the east
ern end of the trail this summer. and
are preparing guide books for the use
of tourists. They. are advertising the
trail and its advantages in the east
and middle west with the aim of in
creasing traffic along this scenic
highway.
All Are Members.
The Yellowstone trail is unique in I
that every town along the route is a I
member of the trail No other trail .
has this distinction and the adven- /
tages accruing to the trailside towns
are recognized TO such great extent
that cities some distance on the trail
have made serious attempts TO Sc
cure a change in the routing of trav-
elers. The fact that there is a live
of the association in \
each town. giving aid to tourists. and
gathering information concerning the
condition of the roads, is one of the
distinctive features OF the associa-
ton.
Advantages Of Yellowstone.
There are three great highways in =
The United States running from east h
10 west the Lincoln highway. the h
Sante Fe trail and the Yellowstone
rail The great advantages of the I
Yellowstone trail over the other high /
Ways are that there are more nation &
II parks along the route. that travel Z
ng in the northern part Of the Unit s
ID States is more pleasant, that there al
IRE no stretches of road without wa "
err, that the trail is better marked &
md better advertised. and that there o.
ire service stations approximately d
very 20 miles, and that the scenery II
nd fishing along the route are bet N
er. For these reasons. the associa- q
ion representatives believe the yell ~
owstone trail will increase in popu- d
arity each year. and that the travel %
yer the trail which has increased 81
uring the last year about 80 per cent, a.
Tili become greater each year
Returns From the East. p
Donald A. Callahan. accompanied lbi
" his wife and daughter arrived u