The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-28
COOLIDGE HAS
BLAzED MOTOR
Trail TO HILLS
Thousands Pouring West
ward in Path Taken by
President.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, June 28.-With-
out in any way seeking it, President
Coolidge really blazed great motor
tourist trail to the Black Hills and
surrounding territory when he Sc
iected the State Game Lodge OF
South Dakota for the Summer
White House, according to the Ma
tional Touring Board of the Amer
lean Automobile Association.
INQUIRIES reaching the touring
bureaus of 800 A. A. A. clubs
throughout the country indicate that
many thousands of automobiles
most of them from Eastern states,
are already following the Coolidge
Trail.
The Mapping Division of the ma
tional motoring body has prepared
q skeleton map which shows the
main roads in this territory, as well
as the principal tourist detectives.
Coolidge Sees Sights
Regarding these roads, detectives
and facilities available to motor
tourists, the A. A. A. National Tour
ing Board has this to say:
"What will they do, all these peo-
pie whose radiator caps are now
turned westward? The problem
seems to be already partly solved for
President Coolidge. He and Mrs
Coolidge are to live at the State
Game Lodge in one of the most
scenic sections of the Black Hills,
and each day he will drive 80 miles
to his Office in Rapid City to trans
act the nations business.
"But he surely will find time to
see and enjoy the wonders of his
summer home. He undoubtedly often
will drive the short distance to the
Needles, a group of oddly formed
gigantic rocks, slender and tower
ing high above the hoad, and to Syl-
van Lake, $500 feet above sea level,
In whise mirror-like depths are re-
flected the highest peaks of the
Black Hills.
perhaps he will climb to the sum-
NIT of Harvey Peak, the highest
point between the Atlantic Coast
and the Rocky Mountains, and in
spect the National Forest Lookout
Station there, or to the top of Rush
more Mountain and look down upon
a sea of clouds.
"Some time during his stay he will
probably visit the Crystal Cave near
Rapid City, and the Spearfish Can
yon where Bridal Veil Falls spring
like misty tulle from the side of the
rocky gorge. He may see the Home
stake Mine at Lead, which for fifty
years has been the worlds largest
producing gold mine, visit the
Roosevelt Monument at Deadwood'
or follow the Rim Rock Drive above
Rapid City Canyon near Rapid City.
And, most certain of all, he will fish
in the rushing trout streams and the
quiet lakes of the State Park.
Others Less Dignified
1.-THE thousands who follow his
example in making the Black Hills
their summer resort will have a
wider choice of amusement and less
dignifed pursuits. They will tramp
the hills in their oldest khakis, camp
in the widest spots of the forest
shoot, fish and swim to their hearts
content.
"They will visit Hot Springs for
mineral baths and Rapid City, Stur-
gis and Belle Fourche for the oc-
casiona1 dissipation of movie. And
they will play golf on sporty courses.
MANY splendid routes lead from
the east to Rapid City, passing
through Chicago, st. Louis, Mem
phis or Little Rock. Probably the
greatest volume of traffic will pass
through Chicago, by way of Water
loo, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and
Chamberlain, through a great cattle
country.
There is a good option in the
road turning north at Waterloo and
running through Mason City and
Spirit Lake, joining the other road
against Sioux Falls. A longer trip
from Chicago might include the
cities of Milwaukee, st. Paul and
Minneapolis, each having it's dis
tinctiye points of interest to make
the extra mileage worth while.