The Carbon County news., 1928-11-08
Yellowstone Park Enjoys
Greatest Season IN History

persons travelling In u ears during
the same period last year. A further
report of entrance auto travel via the
Gallatin route this year shows a daily
average of 63 cars during 10 days
selected at random beginning June 10
and ending Sept. Is.
Visitors were registered this year
from every state in the union-Alaska,
the Philippine islands, Hawaii, Cuba,
Porto Rico, Canal Zone, and 40 for
eign countries, including six countries
of the British commonwealth of ma
tions.
The classification Of rail travel by
states ranks:
Illinois first, with 5.66S visitors;
New York second, with $40 visitors
Pennsylvania third, with S,474 visitors,
and Ohio fourth, with. 3,103 visitors.
Approximately AT per cent Of all
rail travel came from the states of
Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and California.
Automobile travel by states shows
Montana heading the list, with total
of 20,312 visitors travelling in 6,0IS
cars; California ranks second with 49,
179 visitors in 6,295 cars; Idaho ranks
third with 14,777 visitors in $3.50
cars; and Utah ranks fourth with
1852 visitors in 9,215 cars.
Sixty-one makes of cars, and six
makes of motorcycles were registered
at entrance stations during the sea
son. Cle Chevrolet leads the list of
cars, the Ford second, the Buick is
third and the Dodge fourth on the
list.
The Harley-Davidson leads the list
Of motorcycles, with the Indian sec
ond and Excelsior rated as third
A new high record on entrance
travel on a single day was established
on July %, with a total of S,S69
visitors, as compared with S,640 on
July 3. 1927, and 3.102 on July i,
1926.
Daily entrance travel in excess of
5000 occurred on 2S days; the aver
age on these days being 3,269. The
average daily entrance travel from
the official opening date (June 20l
to Sept. IS was 1898. The average
daily number of visitors within the
park during the period of July 16 TO
Aug. II $50 days. was approximately
$4,000, showing an increased daily
total Of about 1000 over last year.
Public auto camping facilities at
eight developed camp sites were pro-
vided by the Natinal Park Service of
the department of the interior, with
out charge, in addition to the accom-
modations provided at the hotels,
lodges and housekeeping cabins.
Private automobile travel to the
summit Of Mount Washburn this yeal
consisted of about 27,423 visitors,
travelling in 8,438 cars, as compared
with 1926 visitors in 5,898 cars last
year The daily average this year
was 415 visitors travelling in 127 cars;
the daily average last year was 231
visitors travelling in 72 cars.
There was a daily average of II
Yellowstone Park Transportation COM
pany busses over the summit of the
mountain this year, as compared with
a daily average of last year; these
busses have a carrying capacity of II
passengers.
A careful check of private alto
mobile travel from Yellowstone park
to Jackson Hole and return (side
trips) shows a total of approximately
1850 persons travelling in COL cars,
as compared with approximately l.
$50 person travelling in 413 cars last
year
General information service was
conducted at all park gateways, at all
ranger stations along the loop road
and at the information office at park
headquarters, which was visited by ap-
proximately $4,000 people this year.
Free government publications to-
falling about 115,000 were distributed.
Ranger naturalists delivered lee
lures concerning the history, wild
life, and natural features of the park
before audiences totaling approxi-