The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-06-14

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and recreation, and in hard time
they may not be able to buy licens
plates and gasoline. but assumin
that you have passed the peak O
boom times and the ebb of har
times and have oil and gas, an
want to go somewhere, we rise t
remark that the month of June
full Of promise.
Persons desiring to go to the can
yons will find it necessary to max
a drive of fifteen miles or more, &C
cording to what canyons they go to
Going to the lavas involves a tril
of at least ten miles each way. Th'
valley Of the Moon requires q tril
OF 68 miles from BlackfoOt to Arco
and about fifteen miles out westward
from there. To the foot of Mt. Put
nam is between twenty and twenty
five miles, according to which par
of the base one aims for. The trIl
may be made via FIT. Hall or LincolI
creek; going one way and returning
the other makes a good trip. Per
sons desiring to go on top, ant
wishing horses and guides might Sc
cure them by comforting with VIII
Twitchell of Blackfoot. He has 6
ranch at the base of the mountain
Persons going on the reservation
for outings are admonished not to
cut, break down or destroy any
natural growth. 1t belongs to the
Indians, and white people going up
on it are guests or trespassers &C
cording to how they act toward the
red mans possessions. If he wants
all the trees, flowers and barks left
unmarried, it is his own affair. A
very good picnic ground lies at the
northeastern base of what has gen.
orally been known as Ferry Butte,
lately named Pogoah park. The
way to reach it is to go down be-
tween the rivers and cross the Black
foot at the Stewart school house,
then keep to the right on the roads
near the river, pass thru couple of
gates (clOse every gate after you)
and you should reach the grounds
bordering the south bank of the
Blackfoot river when you have
driven ten miles from the Blackfoot
post office.
Another good place is on the
western side of the butte, tho it
uOOQo uuIlu6 INC Oudh0 IltcT lI0bu0J,
and in mid summer the mosquitoes
are troublesome. In driving around
the butte, go on the southern side.
There is a bad gulch and some high
centers on the northern side.
In going to the lavas, one can go
thru Moreland and go back of what
is generally called the point of the
flow, and get into green pastures and
rough lavas. Another route is to
cross the lavas a mile or two north
east of Moreland. One can drive
thru Rose and go north past the
school house, keep the left hand
roads after leaving the fences, then
wind northward many miles thru
what is Known as the Big Bend
country among abandoned dry farms,
and find plenty of green pastures
and high, rough lavas. This route
has some sand strips that are trouble
some in very dry weather, but while
showers come at intervals the sand
gives no trouble.
People asking about dangers in
the lavas are informed that the
principal danger is from getting lost.
People having no ideas of direction
are apt to wander OF alone and have
trouble getting back to the party.
Perhaps the second greatest danger
lies in falling into crevice and get
ting bruised when nobody knows
where to find the injured one. For
such reasons it is best to go in par
les or pairs. June Is the best time
% go to the lavas; in July and August
t is too hot, and snakes are
more in evidence. There are not
many snakes in the lavas, but there
ire few rattlers and in hot dry /
weather. they get cross and nimble.
some people wander in the lavas S
lozens of times without seeing a a
make. People visiting the lavas t
hould not expect to see much of in a
crest unless they get out of the @
ehicle and do some walking and 8
limbing. The lavas have their own
ocular geological formation, their 8
wn peculiar plant life and when b
tudied leisurely reveal world of F
interest s
A trip to Indian Springs just be- v
ow American Falls can be made via IT
.berdeen or FIT. Hall and BannOck c.
reek, taking the Tyhee cutoff at the Il
rst graveled road south of Tyhee II
chool. That saves seven miles as
ompared with going thru Pocatello. IL
his makes round trip of over a %
undred miles. a,
The trip to Lava Hot Springs can la
Q made via POcatello and Mccain II
on or via Fl. Hall and the upper st
ort Neuf valley or via Lincoln IL
eek and the upper Port Neuf. On
lie latter road, one turns to the te
ght soon after crossing the sum- m
1t. The left hand road leads to re
e BlackfO0t reservoir. CT
Wolverine conyon is about twenty in
lies distant, and persons desiring ft
drive over the summit to Willow al
eek will find mud and trouble I'M
late, in June. A better way into in
e Willow creek country in June al
to go to a road connecting with lib
aho Falls and Taylorville.
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