The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-21
GRAND TETON PARK
TO DRAW TOURISTS

A new national park, which, accord
ing to E. (. Nelson, passenger traf-
fic manager of the Northern Pacific
railway, promises stimulus for vaca-
ton travel through the northwest this
year, has just been created through
congressional enactment.
The area affected is Grand Teton
National park and its location is just
south of Yellowstone National park.
According to the department of the
interior, when President Coolidge, on
February 26, signed the act establish
ing this new park, he brought to a
successful conclusion 31-year strug-
gle to give this area a national park.
Travel to the Tetons, Northern Pa
cific passenger officials predict, will
be created largely by tourists who are
attracted to Yellowstone National
park. Announcement is made that the
Yellowstone Park Transportation
company in 1929, beginning with the
opening of Yellowstone National park
in June, will operate sightseeing mo-
tors from Old Faithful to Jackson
Hole, distance of 81 miles from
| Old Faithful Inn. While this attrac-
tive sightseeing trip will not be in
cluded in the regular Yellowstone
National park tour, it will be avail
able at slight additional cost.
The park is about 35 miles long and
from four to five miles wide, with a
total area of about $50 square miles.
On the west it boarders the Jackson
Hole country, which in the early days
of the west was a rendezvous for cat
tie rustlers and bandits. There are
still many picturesque characters of
the pioneer days in the region, al
though the people living there now
are law-abiding farmers and stock
growers.
Important to Yellowstone National
park is the fact that, with the admis-
sion Of this new area to national
parkhood wild animals in Yellow
stone National park will have another
protected feeding area.
The park includes the beautiful
Teton mountains, which range is char
acterized as granite uplift of I'M
usual grandeur. The range was
carved by glaciers, and even today
there are many glaciers hanging in
the cirques and rocky gorges of the
mountains. The Grand Tetons rise
to maximum of 1871 feet above
sea level. They will add to the at
fractions of Yellowstone National
park spectacular mountain scenery.
Northern Pacific officials forecast in
creasing travel to the mountains by
Yellowstone National park tourists
who elect to include the new Grand
Teton National park as a side trip
from Upper Geyser basin and Vel
lowstone lake in Yellowstone park.
Interesting history attaches to the
Teton mountains, which were land
marks from the earliest pioneer days
Washington Irving mentioned them in
Astoria" and also in his book on the
travels of Captain Bonneville. His
tory discloses that mountain climbers
discussed ascent of the Grand Teton
as early as 1843, but the first re-
corded climb was not attempted I'M
til 1872. In that year N. P. Lang
ford, first superintendent of Yellow.
stone National park, and James Stew.
enson of the Hayden survey fore.
runner Of the United States geologi-
cal survey, expressed belief that
they reached the top of the Crane
Teton From their description Of the
peak it now appears that they climb
ed one Of the sister peaks, mistaking
it for the Grand Teton. Declared to
be one of the most difficult peaks in
America to ascend, the first record.
ed successful climb was made by w
0. Owen and three companions in
August, 1898. The next climb known
in history was made Is years later
Montana Free Press.