, 1922-07-20
SOUTH ENTRANCE
PROVING POPULAR
RIVAL CLAIMS LIKELY TO CAUSE CON.
FUSION. MANY ROADS LEAD TO
YELLOWSTONE PARK

YELLOWSTONE PARK
During the past few months and
more particularly last week when the
formal opening and dedication OF
the new road through Hoback can
yon. which provides a scenic inlet to
Yellowstone Park from the south that
section of wyoming has been very
much in the public eye throughout
the entire west. Tourist travel to
Yellowstone, the greatest of all the
national parks. and the Oldest in the
chain of Fairgrounds for the peo-
pie" will be greatly stimulated bv
the completion Of this road through
the Hoback.
Until such time as the general
public gets a better understanding
Of just what the south entrance
to Yellowstone really is, and how
many ways there are to reach It.
there is likely to be more or less con-
fusion. which, however, may be dis
PEELED by a cursory study Of any one
of the many highway maps issued by
associations and individuals.
The south entrance to Yellowstone
Park really begins at Moran, Wyom-
ing. a town 3O.5 miles from the Of
ficial south geographical boundary of
the park. All south entrance roads
lead to Moran and there are at least
four ways of reaching Moran from
the east and south.
First, via the Rocky Mountain
Highway, which runs from Denver to
the park. through Laramie, Encamp-
ment and Saratoga to Rawlins. which
now becomes an important junction
on the great Lincoln Highway and
the point where thousands of tour
Yellowstone. From Rawlins there Is
a direct route to Yellowstone Park,
via the Rocky Mountain Highway,
Through Lander, Dubois and Moran.
! The Yellowstone Highway will
furnish another important feeder to
the south entrance, entering Wyom-
ing near Torrington and ~traversing
the state through Glendo. Douglas,
Casper and Shoshoni. From this
later place the Yellowstone Highway
runs northward via Thermopolfs,
M%eeteeste and thence through the
east, or Cody entrance. 30 that the
Yellowstone highway may be said to
contribute traffic to two entrances,
the roads diverging at Shoshoni. The
Grant highway Is also a minor factor
in routing business to the south en-
trance as it enters Wyoming at Lusk
and follows the Yellowstone High
way as far as S%hoshoni, where 1t
turns to the southwest and Joins the
Rocky Mountain Highway at Lander.
where the tourist finds himself once
more on the latter Ell route to Moran
and the south entrance, through the
Hoback canyon.
Tn oad{ffop RI Pou1fna which ae
stated, becomes the principal junction
point on the Lincoln Highway in
Wyoming for Yellowstone-bound traf-
fic. particularly from the east and
south, Rock Springs, also located
on the Lincoln Highway. offers a
route to the south entrance run
ming northward through PInedale.
Daniel, Bondurant and Jackson. to
Moran.
Finally. the town of Kemmerer, In
Lincoln county, through its civic or
ganizations. beckons tourists and
travellers to the south entrance via
their town over a road which runs
almost due north from there by way
OF Fontenelle, Big Piney and Daniel,
where the road from Rock Springs.
above mentioned, joins, thence
through Jackson to Moran and the
park. Kemmerer is reached by traf-
fic which leaves the Lincoln High
way at Evanston. Granger and
few minor points between.
OF all the different ways by which
the south entrance to the Yellow
,stone' may be reached none are likely
to exceed in popularity the one re-
ferred to as that part Of the Rocky
Mountain Highway. from Rawlns
---A-n. Y1h- NG{1HnM NNAENVN-
ent Chicago railroad man, who has
Just made q trip over this road gives
the following graphic description in
the Lander Journal Of that part OF
the Rocky Mountain Highway trav-
eled by him:
1.-THE Teton Mountain Gateway pre-
sents scenery. which for variety and
grandeur is probably not surpassed
in the United States, and can only
| be seen to be appreciated. The
lShoshone reservation with its his
torical association; the Upper Wind
River which presents q changing
panorama Of colored cliffs and rush
ing mountain streams with o continu-
alton Of ranches and farms produce
ling . carpet Of green alfalfa fields;
then the continuous climb to the
summit OF the continental divide
through n forests OF pine, III anu
spruce, until the climax 10 reached ON
the western slope with tbs ever in
,creasihg interest aroused By Q near
view Of Jackson Lake and the Great
Teton, affords the traveller Q trip
which can never be forSottea.
"The government II making rapid
progress with the improvement OF
1.-The old and building OF the new high
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