, 1925-06-24
OPENING
CANYON SUNDAY
HAYDEN ARCH AND NEW ROAD
. To PARK DEDICATED WITH
FITTING CEREMONIES
SUNDAY

The new canyon road project and
concrete arch just completed by the
Wyoming state highway department
thru Shoshone canyon was formally
opened OIL Sunday with very pre-
tentious dedicatory ceremonies I'M
der the auspices of the Cody club,
commercial organization of Cody,
Wyoming. Horace NJ. Albright, of
Yellowstone National park, made the
principal address at the site of the
bridge. and Miss Jane Carlow,
granddaughter of Col. w. F. Cody,
broke a bottle of the famous De-
Maris mineral water over the rail
of the bridge as it was given the
name Hayden Arch.
Nearly a thousand people attend
ed the dedication exercises, which
Were held about -four o'clock in the
afternoon. r. w. Allen. president
of the Cody club, presided. and
called upon Mayor r. C. Trueblood
for the address of welcome. Dave
Jones, who has played such a big
part in the development of this
%southside road, was given an oppor-
unit w ods d MOlu, anu tADTtSStu
a sincere appreciation for the whole
hearted upport and cooperation
which has attended every effort Of
the Cody club in its work of getting
this new work thru to completion.
The highway department entered
heart and sou into the work, and
it is a fitting memorial to the eff
cheney of this department of the
state government.
Supt. Albright spoke of the Won
derful improvement which this new
~thorofare means to the travel in
and out of the eastern gateway to
Yellowstone, and expressed the be-
lief that with the %southside road,
and the broad even grade which 1t
has developed through Shoshone
canyon hat the travel his way will
be increased many fold. and that
h tourist who now comes the Cody
way Will have nothing but praise
and admiration for this entrance.
whereas a few years ago, using the
old road, they made the trip only
with the greatest of discomfort and
fear, and warned friends to use
other entrances of the park in pre-
ference to the scenic way of the
eastern entrance.
Mr.. Albright also called attention
to the fact that the travel in yell
lowstone park was increasing by
leaps and bounds. and gave figures
showing that in nine years the tour
ist travel by the eastern gateway
had increased from a bare thousand
visitors to more than eighty thou
Miss Twila Berringer sang "Wyo-
ming" the state song. and after a
few remarks by the chairman Miss
Carlow broke the bottle of mineral
water at a corner of the beautiful
concrete arch which spans the Sho-
shone river. The knights of Pyth-
las band furnished music for the
occasion, and concluded the GER
emory with the National Anthem.
The e road thru Shoshone can
yon has been completed by the high
way department at an expense of
about $500. 900, of which $4,000
the huge concrete arch which spans
the river about a mile and a half
inside the canyon. The Taggart
Construction company as the sue
cessful bidders for this road work
and developed one of the finest river
drives in the state. The bridge was
the work of the Croker Construc-
ton company of Denver.
Named for Pioneer
Hayden Arch, as the new bridge
is to be known, was named after
C. E. Hayden, the first engineer to
locate in the Cody country, and one
of Cody's most esteemed. citizens.
Mr.. Hayden came to Cody when the
work on the Cody canal was first
started and has been very active in
civic and business affairs since the
town was founded. For the last
few years Mr.. Hayden has been con-
nected with the state highway de-
partment, and has been resident en-
gineer while the new road and
bridge have been under construction