The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-03-14

the Grand Canyon and Lafayette
NOW Acadia) just ten years earlier,
in 1919, and the Mount Mckinley in
1917.
The Grand Teton and Grand Can
yon National park movements had a
similar history, in that many years
elapsed between the initiation of steps
to secure parkhood and its actual
consumation. Although both these
areas contain unusually outstanding
and spectacular natural exhibits, 1t
took 50 years to get successful action
on the Canyon park proposition, four
years longer than was required to
make the Teton park an actual fact.
1t is also interesting to note that
the Teton park was established ON the
birthday of Col. William F. Cody,
famous hunter, scout and Indian
fighter, better known as the Buffalo
Bill of frontier days. The town of
Cody, named for Buffalo Bill, is only
a few miles east of Yellowstone Ma
tional park and forms its eastern en-
trance, while the Grand Teton Ma
tional park is located only rs miles
south of its southern boundary.
The park includes the spectacular
great dude ranch districts of Wyo-
ming and therefore assured of pic
turesque atmosphere in keeping with
the early history of the Tetons. The
dude ranch of today is the old time
cattle ranch of the past made COM
Portable and habitable for people un-
accustomed to the hardships of pio-
neer days yet who love the great out
doors and desire to spend part of
each year in the west. The term
dude" is a local expression desig-
mating a person who is nonresident
of that particular district and does
not carry the stigma of "greenhorn, "
'tenderfoot," etc. The expression is
rapidly becoming accepted as a word
of good standing in our language.
The dude ranch is the medium through
which the history, traditions, customs
and dress of the cid picturesque
west, are kept alive for the benefit
of the present and future generation
The park includes the Spectacular
Teton mountains, granite uplift OF
unusual grandeur. The range was
carved by glaciers, and even today
there are many glaciers still hanging
in the eirques and rocky gorges of the
mountains. The park is about 81
miles long and from four to five
miles wide, with total area of about
$50 square miles. On the west i
borders the Jackson Hole country
which in the early days of the ives
was a hiding place for cattle thieves
, and other criminals. There are still
many picturesque characters of tn
pioneer days in the region, although
the people there are now law-abidini
farmers and stock growers.
The Teton mountains were land
t marks from the earliest pioneering
I days. Washington Irving mentione
them in astoria" and also in hi
book on the travels Of Captain Bonnie
vile. As early as 1843 the ascent Q
the Grand Teton was discussed b
n mountain climbers, although it wa
: not until 1872 that the first recorde
e climb was attempted. The mount
I aineers, N. P. Langford, first super
! intendent of Yellowstone park, an
q James Stevenson of the Hayden SUI
! vey, forerunner of the U. S. Geolog
y cal survey, believed they reached tn
u top of the Grand Teton, but frol
d their description of the peak it no
. appears that they climbed one of til
" high sister peaks, installing it fl
the Grand Teton. The first success
% full climb of this mountain was mac
III by w. 0. Owen and three companion
~ in August, 1898, and then it was NJ
4 climbed again for 25 years. 1t is OF
of the most difficult peaks in Il
= country to climb.-Powell (Wyo
y Tribune.