Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-24
Vast Mountain Wds Long Isolated BY nacCessiby and As
Little Known to Natives As to Tourists Became Rich Field for
Scenic Exploration When Red LodgeC00ke City Road Opened

section and fought the whites there
with bullets moulded from the very gold
that miners had worked so hard to
wrest from the Shining Mountains.
Scout J. I. Allen, who knew them as
I wei as the Indians led General Miles
and Terry in this war OF determination
[ which was to open the fertile Yellow
stone valley to settlement. An interest
( ing touch indicating the soldiers rec
| ignition OF the value Of mixing play
ana work Is TO be found in the stories
Of the champagne bottles which were
later found on the sites Of the doughty
generals camps.
Today silent memorials of these
struggles are to be found there on the
r1mrocks in the resting places Of yell
lowstone Kelley, first chief guide for
General Forsyth and later General
Miles scout, and those Of his enemies
from among the Sioux, Bannack and
Nee Perce tribesmen.
Today the Shining Mountains well
come a different army OF invaders. the
patrons of that western industry which !
Is barely so years old-the dude ranch. |
The fasteners, who possess a plethora /
OF both time and money, Journey to I
Montana in conditioned trains. and /
then by motor over fine highways to /
the territory which was once so diff /
cult Of access, and their number has
grown TO where it Is estimated that the 4
vacation army has brought $1,000 600
to the dude ranches Of Montana.
Nature Unchanged
However, todayis visitors can find tbs
same majestic natural features over
which so much controversy has ragged,
made available in easy stages by the
railway and road engineers. Roadside
lakes that acquire their sapphire from
cloud flecked skies. majestic glaciers,
meSnodicauy impetuous geySers, both
large and small waterfalls, dustleSs val
leyS thanked by jagged mountain SEN
tinels which literally reach for the
sky'-au Of these remain much the
same as they were in the days Of the
pioneer
Over well guarded road edges the
visitor may see mile-long moraineS left
BY mighty glaciers Of bygone ages OF, !
2 bit further on the same road, gaze
upward as much as 5000 feet along q
canyon wall which is really a silent !
-ecord Of natures upheaValS since the I
lin geologic past.
While the signal fire Of the Indian :
nay be gone, along with his brilliant
)attle paint and feathered war bon
lets, nature has produced colors in
hese Shining Mountains which sur
,aSs anything man could create
AAAs ED43 spilled
On the lower levels, Indian paint
rush flashes its CHEEKY orange to
plotch the landscape with living arab
SqueS; changing to bright vermillion
nd a deep carmine as the traveller
aims altitude. Other wild flowers show
lst as surprising deepening of hue,
ntil the visitor can easily believe the
Id Indian legend that these Shining
fountains we're the spot where the
DDS had spilled their paint pots.
The new highway puts travelways
ITO Yellowstone on a completely mod
N standard. Rail lines serving the
ate and park offer accommodations
.cond TO none in the world, and each
ear sees them adding further Inn
rovements. Newest Of this type is the
reamlined uper-train, the new Mil
uakee Hiawatha which brings travel
s out OF Chicago on the first step
their journey TO Montana.
Montana offers the American tour
and vacatiOniSt an authentic wild
htch can be reached by modern rail-
ay, motor bus or private car with
op-over accommodation assuring
mfort for every purse. These range
ON hotels cas- polished as the Ritz"
rough ranches ond lodges to cabin
mpS.
The camera hunter, the fisherman
I'd the big game hunter may all find
nat they seek. Those who want mod
q transportation by day and rest at
ght from pine needle beds, star