Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-09-23

The secret of the location of the
camp of Col. Charles A.. Lindbergh. at
his retreat in the mountains of Mon
tana, was not revealed until his yaca-
ton M.as over. Colonel Lindbergh's
camp was at Elbow lake, which Is To-
Gated in the northern part of Missoula
county about II miles west of the
Powell county line, in one of the most
rugged and picturesque spots in the
West, a region the virginity of which
is as yet unspoiled by the automobile
or the pot hunter.
AROUND Elbow lake are forests PRIMAL,
in which the deer, bear and goat are
as numerous as in the period when the
twang of an Indian bowstring held the
greatest menace of their experience.
In Elbow lake, which is about one-half
mile wide and seven miles long, are
some of the finest trout to be found in
the Rocky Mountain region.
The site of L~indbergh camp was Sc
lected by a reconnaissance party sent
out by John d. Ryan during his Mon
ana visit. They, in their turn. were at
tracted to the locality by the fact that
an eastern visitor had paid a stiff sum
to Idaho packers TO take him to some
spot where he wouldn't be bothered
by tourists, hunters or fishermen" This
man had been in the Elbow lake vicinity
for 60 days. The Lindbergh party was
the first he has seen in two months.
Scenic Grandeur
The country is dotted with lakes
Glacier, Turquoise, Crystal and others.
Rising abruptly from one of the lakes
is a huge cliff over 1000 feet high in
which is observed a fermentation that
suggests the Grand Canyon of the yell
lowstone. From the top of this cliff fall
q stream of water in a sheer drop OF
300 feet. The falling water becomes q
sheet of filmy lace waving against the
richly-colored background of the m
mense cliff.
The site of his camp was already
known to Colonel Lindbergh before he
went out with the camping party. On
his arrival in Butte the location Of the
camp was pointed out to him. He made
q notation in his flying map and when
he departed for Helena it was by way
of Elbow lake.
Arriving over the spot he swooped low
and noted with satisfaction the canoes,
motor boats fishing RATS reposing
on the bosom of the lake, the substan-
tial camp buildings. the tents that were
being erected and the piles Of luggage.
reposing under tarpaulins. awaiting the
completion of the ~storehouse.
Photographed Camp Site
The colonel also noted-and photo
graphed-huge black bears II deer, in
the natural pastures surrounding the
spot. His camera also caught an i'm
mense white cliff SO high, SO remote that
it suggested a floating cloud rather than
the irregular block of stone. springing
from the bosom of a forest, that 1T is.
On the very peak of his cliff, calmly
perched on a projection extending out
several feet over a thousand feet OF
neither air, stood a gray goat, the very
patriarch of all the mountain goats on
t1.a trnctn,1, hnnN{cnh0rn Tho animal
was looking as astonished as a mountain
goat possibly could look. his huge horns
resting on his back, his nose pointed at
an angle of 45 degrees, his nostrils dilated
and his whiskers waving in the wind,
as he gazed out at the strange man
bird who took his picture as the plane
whizzed past the cliff.
Colonel Lindbergh, on that flight over.
Elbow lake, continued on to the Cana
dian line, back to Kalispell, Town to
Great Fails and arrived at Helena at 2:07
p. M, having flown over much Of west
ern Montana in q little more than six
hours.
On his trip to Billings the colonel also
made a number of detours, according
to word from one of the officials OF
Yellowstone park.
I'VE saw Colonel Lindbergh Wednes-
day. the message said. HE came in
by way Of Cody, flew over the geyser
basin, circled around several lime over
Old Faithful and flew away to the north.
We phoned Mammoth with the result
that everybody and his brother was out
to give him the same hearty cheer that
greeted him at Old Faithful. He then
flew over the Grand canyon Of the yell
lowstone and over Yellowstone lake be-
fore taking UP his flight westward. 1t
was a great event in the life Of the park.
and of the tourists as WELL"
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L~indbergh tour, commenting on this
report. stated that it is the c~olonel's
purpose to take In as much territory on
each of his flights. In these trips he
takes an unlimited number of photo
graphs. notes elevations and air currents
everything that may be Of possible
value in the development of aviation.