, 1926-12-08
YELLOWSTONE PARK
TO FORMALLY OPEN
CODY GATEWAY 1927
Supt. Albright Predicts Substantial
Increase for Next Year-Thinks
Park Extension Will Garry

Upon his return from the con-
ference of National Park officials
last week. which was held this
year in the east. Supt. Horace NJ.
Albright. of Yellowstone National
Park, when interviewed by press
representatives at Cheyenne. gave
out the statement that it was very
likely that Yellowstone Park would
be formally opened at the Cody
Gateway in 1927. and predicts a
substantial increase in tourist ira
Mr.. Albright, who has been a
strong advocate of the Park Ex-
tension bill states that the idea is
growing in favor over the state.
1.-The proposal to extend yell
.lowstone National Park to include
the Teton Mountains and adjust
the boundaries of the present park
to confirm to natural features. TAX
ing in the headwaters of the Lamar
and Yellowstone rivers" he said,
"is still a very important thing,
and is growing in favor over the
state. AS 1t becomes understood
in its true status as a mere trans
fer of control over certain Federal
lands from the Forest Service to
the National Park service. opposi-
ton has fast disappeared, and will
soon be entirely gone.
"In a short time, 1 think, the
problem will solve itself naturally,
and the Greater Yellowstone will
become a fact through the efforts
of Wyoming people themselves.
THE proposed change of bound
airy includes the Lamar River and
the Yellowstone river, and excludes
five creek watersheds into the
Shoshone River, which flows toward
Cody. 1t includes the Teton Noun
tain, Leigh. Jenny. Bradley. Tag
CART and Phelps lakes, but 1t does
not include Jackson lake or Jack
son hole"
Albright declared that it was pos
sible to make a comparatively ac-
curate prediction of the number of
visitors to Yellowstone Park next
summer by charting the increases
of the past ten years. He said the
increase mex summer would be at
least $4,000. This is 5000 more
that the entire number of visitors
averaged each year for the 10 years
preceding 1917-26,00O. The in
crease means that next summer,
Yellowstone will have 100000 visi-
tors, or possibly 225.0o0, according
to Albright.
Travellers to the park last sum-
mer totalled 1S7,807 of which all
but about 10000 came by automo-
bile. The number of rail travellers
to the park has become stabilized
said.
Wyoming's gateways have shown
a big increase in the proportion of
visitors entering and leaving the
park, Albright said. Cody had 1867
900 persons, coming and going and
the Jackson Hole, (south e%ntrance).
Lander and Riverton divided 3d.
900 park visitors.
The number of visitors to the
park for the last 10 years was as
follows: 1~917,35.4OO; 1918, 21,275:
1919, 62,261; 1920 79.777; 1921,
s1,651; 1922, 1929; 1923, 1885,
352; 1924, 144,15S; 1925, 1892;
1926. 187,8O7.
The conference of National Park
officials from which Albright has
just returned is annual in nature,
and is a meeting of park field SUI
pervisors, the chief Landscape engi-
neer, the chief civil engineer, the
chief naturalist, and the superinten-
dents of Is parks. MI. Albright
is himself the assistant field direc-
tor OF all the western National
parks. besides being superintendent
of the Yellowstone.
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