, 1925-06-10

this highway by way of Gillette or
Sheridan, thence to Buffalo and on
to Cody; also the tourist may leave
the Custer Battlefield highway at
Billings and enter the park by the
northern gateway by way of Yellow
stone Trail. Still another route by
the Custer Battlefield highway leads
into the park by the southern en-
trance, branching at Buffalo to Wor-
land to Shoshoni to Lander, the
main highway point before turning
north into the Jackson Hole coun-
try. The highways are well marked
and reported in good condition. Dis
tances: Council Bluffs to eastern
park entrance. 1853 miles,; Omaha
to Council Bluffs, $50 miles; Buff
falo to Worland to Shoshoni to
Lander to south park entrance, $40
miles.
Southern Entrance Roads
Probably no finer fisherman's par
adise is found in the country than
that through which the approach
is made to Yellowstone park via
the southern entrance. Two main
roads lead through this wilderness,
through wonderful canyons and by
sparkling streams.
The Rocky Mountain highway,
leading from Denver through south
ern Wyoming to Rawlins, thence to
Lander, and on up the Wind River
canyon. passes through the Sho-
shone Indian reservation to the
headwaters OF. the Wind above Du-
bois, thence to Brooks Lake-a mar
~velously beautiful sheet of water
near the continental divide-to Two
gwotee pass and down to Jackson
lake. Three new Inns have been
erected on this road for the accom-
mediation of tourists. IN is stu
ated at Dubois, called Welty Inn,
another at Brooks Lake, on what
is known as the Diamond G ranch,
ana one on the famous Jackson
lake, lear Moran, called Jackson
Lake Lodge. The well known Teton
Lodge, operated by Ben Sheffield
has been greatly improved since last
year and is o open for the 1926
season. Distance: Denver to southern
park entrance, 551 miles. =
The other route leading to the
southern entrance is the Hoback
Canyon road. This road leaves the
Lincoln highway at Rock Springs
and leads. north to the headwaters
of the Green river, thence through
wonderful canyons to the Jackson
Hole country. 1t ~traverses the en-,
tire length of the Jackson Hole tC
the southern entrance of the park
1t is also possible to reach this
highway from Kemmerer, Wyoming
Distance: Rock Springs to southern
park entrance, approximately 27s
miles.
While travelling the Lincoln high,
way it is well to remember tina
Yellowstone park can be reached b!
many of the highways directly from
the Lincoln highway, entering thu
park through the east, south o.
west, all over well surfaced high
ways.
Northern Entrance Roads
Permanent highways to the nortl
park entrance through Livingston
Montana, are:
The Yellowstone Trail, first rams
continental highway to yellowstone
park and the northwest to bt
marked and improved, begins a
Boston. Cities and states in tn,
western routing are from Boston
to Worcester to Springfield, Mass.
to Albany, N. Y. to Buffalo to Erie
Pa, to Cleveland, o., where it join!
the Lincoln highway to Chicago.
From Chicago the Yellowston,
Trail leaves the Lincoln highway
and goes north to Milwaukee t.
Minneapolis to O~rtonville, MINI.
where the National Parks highway
meets it from the north. Continu
ing west the Trail runs through
Aberdeen, S. D., to Mobridge ant
crosses the South Dakota-North Da
kota state line near Lennon, thence
to G~ascoyne, North Dakota, to Fal
Ion, Montana, to Billings to Living
ston to Gardiner, Montana, tn,
northern entrance of Yellowston,
park.
From the west the route is Seattl
to Ellensburg to Grandview to Pasc'
to Spokane, Washington, to Wallace
Idaho, to Missoula, Montana, t.
Drummond to Bozeman %(optiona
routes through Helena and Butte
to Livingston to Gardiner, Montana
the northern gateway to Yellowston
park. By branching east from Bil
lings to Silesia to Bridger to Wa
rem to Cody, Wyoming. the touris