, 1923-07-25
HOWARD EATON
TRAIL DEDICATED

Yellowstone Park, Wyoming-From
the great romantic Wild West of ira
dition a few names and only a few,
loom large in the national imagination
Crockett, Kit Karson, Cody and a few
others will not be forgotten. The
name Of another great western char
acter, Howard Eaton, is assured of
preservation as aresult of the dedica-l
ton to his memory Of the great Ho-
ward Eaton trail in Yellowstone Natl
onal park.
The formal dedication of this trail
was dedicated recently at q point
near Bunsen Peak. Open air exercises
were held in which many national
figures paid homage to the great west
ern rancher and horseman who died
April s, 1922. simultaneously there
was inaugurated to public use q trail
which is an exceedingly important ad
dition to the facilities for the public
enjoyment Of Yellowstone National
park.
The chief speaker Of the dedication
was Congressman Charles E. Winter
Of Wyoming. Others participating
were Charles Russell the famous cow
boy artist; Stephen T. Mather, direct
Or Of the National park service and
Horace NJ. Albright, superintendent
Of Yellowstone park. Mary Roberts
Rinehart, a close personal friend of
Howard Eaton; and Eaton's two
brothers Allen and Willis Eaton.
Howard Eaton was a Shriner and
an Elk, and both of these organiza-
tons had a large delegation here
from Livingston. Another organiza-
ton to participate was the Brooklyn
Teachers Association.
The dedication of the new trail sys-
tenn to a great western figure is in ac-
cord with the policy of the Yellow
stone National park administration to
make this park more and more a SYM
Dol Of the Wild West of story and
tradition It is felt that here in the
heart Of the Rockies may well be pre-
served the memories of the old west
ern days, and that to a degree the
old life Of camp and trail may again
be lived as it was in the time of the
pioneers The splendid 157 mile trail
will link not only the famous scenic
regions Of the park but will lead also
to many points of romantic and his
toric interest such as the old home of
John Yancey, which might be quite
forgotten if park travel were on
fined to mainline automobile roads.
The Howard Eaton trail will also,
of course, offer splendid new routes
for horseback and foot travel, which
has inevitably been crowded from the
loop roads by the tremendous develop
ment of automobile traffic. The main
sections of the trail with mileage are
as follows. Mammoth Hot Springs to
Norris Junction, 20; Norris Junction
to Fountain Ranger Station, Is;
Fountain Ranger station to Old Faith
full, IL; Old Faithful to West Thumb,
20; West Thumb to Lake, 20; Lake to
Canyon, 16; Canyon to Tower Falls
junction, 20; Canyon to Norris juno
ton, IA; Tower Falls Junction to
Mammoth Hot Springs 1S; total, 157
miles.
In general the trail follows the main
loop road, touching the chief points of
the trail is sufficiently distant from
the road at most points to avoid con-
tact, except at key points Of interest.
Connecting with the Howard Eaton
trail is a network of branch trails
reaching every section of the park, in
GLIDING splendid scenic regions not ac-
cessible by road, and aggregating a
total mileage of approximately 700.
There are abundant horses within or
80 .loe~ r~ovs-oxaI~y 20 xho ~.rL -
handle all travel that may be develop
ed and every encouragement will be
given to the use Of the trail by pedes-
TRANS.
The name of Howard Eaton is al
ready known throuout the west and he
had a tremendous personal acquain-
lance in the eastern part of the
country. He was in a sense a sort of
laison officer between the EAST and
west. Perhaps no simple figure did
more to stimulate the acquaintance
ship of easterns with the wild and
romantic regions of the Rocky noun
tains. During his lifetime Eaton
personally conducted more than one
hundred horseback or wagon camping
parties into different sections of the
Rockies, from the Canadian line on
the north to the Mexican boundry on
the south. To all of the thousands
of persons who travelled with him he
endeared himself by his friendly and
fascinating western hospitality. 1t
is recorded that even when parties
which he conducted into remote re-
gions Of New Mexico and Arizona
suffered genuine h%ardships they did
not lose their friendship and admira-
ton for him.
Besides his long service as guide
and horseman Howard Eaton is credi-
ted with being the first to establish
a Dude ranch, located Mt his home at
Wolf, Wyoming. This ranch which