# INTRODUCTION.

"Nothing succeeds like success." Twenty-six years ago, the "Wylie Way" was an experimental idea based on harmony: a *unique* system for touring a *unique* land. "Nature is mon-arch in Yellowstone," thought the founder, "and a logical tour of Yellowstone must bring the tourist close to Nature." Now, it is a big idea operated on a big scale. The Permanent Camps are a happy medium between the formalism of hotels and the "Roughing it" of portable camping—retaining the comfort of the former without its ceremony and keeping the outing spirit of the latter without its exposure. The Wylie Company is licensed and regulated by the U. S. Government and the Federal reports show that it is carrying annually a constantly increasing proportionate part of all the park traffic. The merit of the "Wylie Way" will equal the requirements of all whose aim is to secure the most comprehensive outing tour, combining withal comfort and economy. The Wylie Company operates daily (June 15—Sept. 15) from both Park entrances —the North Gateway at Gardiner, Mont., and the West Gate-way at Yellowstone Station, Mont. Tourists can make the complete Yellowstone tour from either entrance, or they can enter one entrance and depart the other.

## YELLOWSTONE PARK IN GENERAL.

### AREA AND LOCATION.

Yellowstone National Park, set apart by act of Congress March 1, 1872, consists of a tract 62 miles long from North to South and 54 miles wide from East to West, with an area of 3,348 square miles. National forests, contiguous on all sides, increase the total area of adjacent government reservations to over 17,000 square miles. The bulk of the Park area lies in Wyoming with the northern and western edges overlapping into Montana and Idaho.

### EARLY HISTORY.
To the great indebtedness which a large part of the United States owes to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, may be added that of Yellowstone Park. As that expedition was returning to the States, in the autumn of 1806, one of its members, John Colter, turned back before the frontier settlements were reached and setting his face again toward the pathless wilderness, began a season of itinerant trapping and extensive exploration that lead him into the Yellowstone Park region in 1807. That this daring freelance of the forest was the first white man to see Yellowstone Lake, the Grand Canyon and perhaps Mammoth Hot Springs is hardly to be questioned. Colter did not see the geysers but he saw too much for his reputation's sake. "His stories were

not believed," writes Col. H. M. Chittenden of U. S. C. E., "the author became the subject of jest and ridicule and the region was derisively known as 'Colter's Hell.'" Warren Ferris, American Fur Co. employee, visited the Upper Geyser Basin in 1834 and wrote the first reliable account of the wonders of the region. James Bridger, "the Daniel Boone of the Rockies," than whom a more picturesque figure was never drawn by any writer of romance, crossed and recrossed what are now the confines of the Park, numerous times between 1824 and 1844. By the latter date, he probably had seen all of the great scenic phenomena. Bridger was more of a raconteur than Colter and his tales of what he had actually seen were too much for the credulity of his auditors. When to this wonderful fabric of fact, he sometimes attached the frills which his vivid imagination created, the result rivaled Munchausen. But Bridger lived (1881) to see himself vindicated as to the essence of his narratives about the "Wonderland" at the head of the Missouri and the Yellowstone.

### THE "DISCOVERY."
The final discovery of Yellowstone Park, and by that is meant the exploration that first authentically made known to the world the scope and importance of the wonders of the region, was the Washburn-Doane Expedition of 1870. This party, consisting of nine citizens of Montana and a squad of five soldiers, was under the leadership of Gen. Washburn, Surveyor General of Montana. N. P. Langford, one of its guiding spirits,

Photo by Berry, Gardiner, Mont.
Christmas Tree Park—at West Entrance Gateway.

Photo by Berry, Gardiner, Mont.
North Entrance Gateway.

may well be called the historian of the expedition. It
was the report of this party, backed up by the individual
efforts of the members of the party, that led to the ex-
ploration of Chief Geologist Dr. F. V. Hayden in 1871
and finally to the setting aside of this region as a Na-
tional Park in 1872.

**GEOLOGY.** The whole region has witnessed tremendous volcanic activity at a comparatively late geologic epoch, and the results of this action in the form of geysers, thermal springs, terrace and crater formations, cliffs of obsidian, deeply eroded canyons, petrifactions, sulphur hills, solfataras and the like, are of the strangest and most startling description. In that epoch, lava was piled up to a depth of 2,000 feet.

While the volcanic activity and attendant heat belong
to another age, the present high temperature of the sub-
terranean rocks is believed to be resultant from that
activity. It is the contact of these super-heated rocks and
the snow water which has percolated downward through
the fissure veins that produces the varied geyser and hot
spring action. It is these manifold manifestations of
hydrothermal activity and the eroded canyons, that has
made Yellowstone the "Wonderland of the World."

**FAUNA AND FLORA.** To many visitors, the sight of wild animals, elk, deer, antelope, bear and smaller animals in the woods and meadows in the natural state and without fear is one of the most enjoyable experiences of the trip. Elk and deer are frequently seen near the roadway, while the bear—black, brown and grizzly—may be seen at evening time taking a belated meal at the refuse heaps. They are not dangerous, if not molested.

Most visitors are surprised to learn that 84 per cent of the area of the Park is forest, chiefly black pine, red fir, balsam, cottonwood and Englemann spruce. Scattered everywhere on open plain, mountain slope and in the forests, in endless profusion, are wild flowers of over two hundred kinds and almost as many hues.

**FISHING.** In the trout streams near the camps and especially in Yellowstone Lake, the disciples of Izaak Walton will find experiences never to be forgotten. About twenty years ago the United States Fish Commission began stocking the waters of the Park and these "plants" have been so general that there is now scarcely a stream that cannot be whipped successfully by an adept. The more important varieties of trout are the Von Behr, Loch Leven, Brook, Rainbow, Salmon, Silver, and Native Rocky Mountain. At the Wylie Lake Camp, even those who are unaccustomed to angling, can easily catch the large Salmon and Silver trout, weighing from 1 to 6

pounds. Last summer, a tourist from Highland, Cal., caught an 8 pound Rainbow trout in the Firehole River, near the Wylie Upper Geyser Basin Camp. The best of fishing will also be found near the upper falls of the Grand Canyon. Information about the few wise and simple restrictions that the government has placed on fishing, may be obtained at the Camps. No license is necessary.

**GOVERNMENT.** The Act of Dedication of the Park recites that the purposes of its creation are primarily to preserve its natural curiosities, forests and game "for the benefit and enjoyment of the people." To these ends, the Park is under the jurisdiction of the Interior Department, with local administrative authority vested in a Park Superintendent. Major Benson is the present incumbent, with headquarters at Ft. Yellowstone. His administration is being marked by a wise and impartial enforcement of federal regulations. These rules are posted promiscuously in conspicuous places and should be read by all tourists.

**ROADS.** Not the least factor in the comfort and enjoyment with which the traveler now makes the Yellowstone tour is the magnificent road system which has been developed under the persevering efforts of Col. H. M. Chittenden of the Corps of Engineers. In the laying out the roads, he has always endeavored to carry them where the scenery is best seen. The government has spent about $1,500,000 upon the Park roads and no one who has had the pleasure of riding over them will say it has been pent in vain. The maximum grade is eight feet to the hundred; the road beds, gravel-surfaced and eighteen feet wide and kept free of stones and ruts. In 1908, thirty-five horse sprinklers were in operation.

Chittenden's successors, including the present
enjoyment with which the traveler now makes the Yellow-
stone tour is the magnificent road system which has been
developed under the persevering efforts of Col. H. M.
Chittenden of the Corps of Engineers. In the laying out
the roads, he has always endeavored to carry them where
the scenery is best seen. The government has spent
about $1,500,000 upon the Park roads and no one who
has had the pleasure of riding over them will say it has
been pent in vain. The maximum grade is eight feet to
the hundred; the road beds, gravel-surfaced and eighteen
feet wide and kept free of stones and ruts. In 1908, thirty-
five horse sprinklers were in operation.
Chittenden's successors, including the present

PARK ENTRANCES.

THE NORTH, VIA GARDINER, MONT.

Piston the Park branch to Gardiner (see map)
main line of the Northern Pacific Railway.
office of the Wylie Company is located op-
position. Our Agent will be found at the sta-
tion. The removal of road-side dead timber,
the arrival of all trains. See him for any in-
duction with him immediately on arrival.
Gardiner, the Park Branch terminal,

East Wing of Wylie Swan Lake Camp, looking vista.

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Photo by Shipler, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Overlooking Jupiter Terrace, Mammoth Hot Springs.

you will be met by Wylie Coaches and Agent. Notice the name "Wylie Permanent Camps" on coaches and Agent's cap.

Railroad Fare Livingston to Gardiner and return $3.30

## FROM THE WEST, VIA RIVERSIDE, MONT.

The new branch of the Oregon Short Line to the West Entrance extends from Idaho Falls to Riverside, Mont. Tourists who make the Park side trip from the following junction points:—Idaho Falls, Idaho; Pocatello, Ida.; Odgen, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah (see map); use this line. See page 30 for Wylie Agencies at these points. Our Agent will be found at the Riverside, Mont., depot on arrival of all trains. Note the name "Wylie Permanent Camps," on the coaches and the caps of our agents.

Railroad Fares. To holders of transcontinental tickets, a round-trip, side-trip rate of $8.75 to Yellowstone and return is available from Salt Lake City, Ogden and Pocatello. Wylie Agency, Salt Lake, 219 Main St., will assist you in buying side-trip tickets, etc.

Local rates, for those not holding transcontinental tickets, follow:

Salt Lake City to Yellowstone and return $17.00
Ogden to Yellowstone and return 15.25
Pocatello or Idaho Falls to Yellowstone and return 8.75

## SCHEDULE OF CHARGES.

### North Entrance.

SIX DAY TOUR. From Gardiner, Montana, via Upper Geyser Basin, Lake, Grand Canyon, Norris, Swan Lake, including transportation, board, lodging and guides $40.00

CHILDREN under ten years of age 20.00

TOURISTS making the regular trip, entering Gardiner, Montana, north side, and leaving Oregon Short Line Terminal, west side, due notice given, extra (being transient rates from Norris to Riverside via Gibbon). 5.00

### West Entrance.

SIX DAY TOUR. From Oregon Short Line Terminus (Riverside Camp), via Upper Geyser Basin, Lake, Grand Canyon, Mammoth Hot Springs, Swan Lake, Norris and Gibbon to same railroad station 40.00

FIVE DAY TOUR. From Oregon Short Line Terminus (Riverside Camp), via Upper Geyser Basin, Lake, Grand Canyon, Norris and Gibbon $35.00

Persons taking the regular $40 trip, with board and lodging, entering the Park at west entrance, can leave by Gardiner, north entrance, it lieu of returning to Yellowstone, without extra charge, when due notice is given at Riverside or Canyon Camp.

Children under ten years of age, half of above rate.

All above rates include board, lodging and guide.

Ten day trips: To tourists stopping a total of 10 days or more, a special rate will be granted.

## MINOR CHARGES.

OVERTIME, in addition to above rates, board and lodging per day $ 3.00

RETAINING MOUNTAIN SPRING WAGON OR SURREY when practicable (two or three seats), two-horse team and driver, overtime per day (additional to regular charge) 5.00

RETAINING CONCORD COACH when practicable (four seats), four-horse team and driver, overtime per day (additional to regular charge) 8.00

No stop-over teams to go more than five miles from camp.

WHEELMEN and persons with their own conveyances, per day 3.00

FEEDING HORSES oats, per feed, each horse .50

FEEDING HORSES hay, per feed, each horse .50

MEALS. Single meals, per person .75

LODGING, per person 1.00

BATHS. Sulphur Baths, Upper Geyser Basin and Camp Roosevelt, each bath .50

SADDLE HORSES, per day 3.00

TRUNKS to Riverside Camp or Gardiner Hotel and return to station .50

Golden Gate Canon.

Copyright, 1907, by Underwood & Underwood, N. Y.
A Corner in one of the Wylie Dining Halls.

Company saw the vital necessity of good beds. The mat-
tresses and springs are of the quality used by first-class hotels,
and are appointed with the best sheets, cotton and woolen
blankets, and comforts. The Wylie meals are well cooked and
wholesome. The finest of steel ranges, a staff of experienced
women cooks, and high grade foodstuffs combine to these
ends. The meals are served "family style" in large permanent
dining-hall tents.

In anticipation of a record breaking 1909 season, ample ad-
ditional camp equipment has been installed, making each
camp double its former capacity. The erection of milk
houses, cold storage and warehouses are among the note-
worthy improvements.

**TRANSPORTATION.** It is important to remember that the regular guests at "Wylie Camps" travel only in Wylie coaches. *The $40.00 ticket covers both camp accommodations and staging.* Sometimes tourists by mistake buy the *stage* trip with the Transportation or M-Y Co.'s. If you are going the "Wylie Way," do not do this, as these companies do not operate in conjunction with the camps. No company in the Park excels the Wylie Co. as to the comfort and safety of its stages. The drivers are uniformly good horsemen and attentive to the pleasure of tourists. Concord four-horse coaches, made especially for the Wylie Co., are used from each Park entrance to the first permanent camp. From these points, in addition to the eight and eleven passenger Concords, five passenger two-horse mountain spring wagons are available.

**THE NIGHTLY CAMP-FIRE.** Nothing on the trip will foster jollity and good cheer like the singing of songs, the telling of good stories and the pop-corn feasts—all while seated around the huge nightly camp-fire. That these events are a joyous retrospect is evidenced by the letters which we are continually receiving from former guests. This is typical: "When we first registered and made up our party nearly everyone was an entire stranger to everybody else in the crowd, but the first evening, at the first camp, everybody seemed thoroughly acquainted and all formality disappeared."
—REV. R. H. WAGGONER of the "Christian Standard," Cincinnati, Ohio.

QUESTIONS YOU WILL ASK.

WHEN TO GO? The first date of entrance for Wylie Camps is June 15th and the last, Sept. 15th; the last party leaving the Park Sept. 20th. The whole period, as a rule, is a delightful one for out-of-doors life in the mountains. In the early part of the season more snow is seen on the

mountains, more water in the streams, the falls are
heavier, the flowers more abundant and the game more in
evidence. Col. Chittenden favored the early days of July.
August is a delightful month, but many who stay in the
Park all season, think September with its crisp clear air
and fine autumnal colorings, the most charming time
of all.

WHAT TO WEAR? Changes in temperature in Yel-
lowstone are not uncommon. Cool mornings and even-
ings, and bright warm afternoons prevail in mid-season.
Medium weight overcoats and wraps are needed. Ladies
should wear short skirts and heavy soled shoes. Unless
the latter are worn, rubbers will be needed on the geyser
formation. Gentlemen will find "last winter's suit"
adapted to the trip. Umbrellas and smoked glasses are
often carried. "Outing" suits are especially suitable for
both sexes.

ABOUT MY MAIL? Letters you wish to receive while
in the Park should be addressed "Care of Wylie Co.,
Gardiner, Mont.," if making the North Entrance tour; or
"Care of Wylie Co., Riverside, Mont., Postoffice," if making
the West Entrance tour. Mail goes out from each camp daily.

ABOUT MY BAGGAGE? Baggage amounting to twenty-five pounds allowed on each Park ticket. No storage on trunks left at Livingston, Gardiner or Oregon Short Line Depots, while touring the Park. If tourists enter one Park entrance and depart from the other, trunks are checked around by rail without cost. Cartage charge on trunks to Wylie Hotel, Gardiner; or Riverside Camp from West Entrance is 50 cents round trip.

ABOUT TOURISTS' SUPPLIES? At Gardiner and Yellowstone Station are stores where straw hats, dusters, heavy coats, etc., may be rented and supplies and curios purchased. Within the Park are similiar stores at Mammoth Hot Springs, Upper Geyser Basin, and the Lake. In the Upper Geyser Basin is a studio where artistic photographs and paintings are for sale. Kodak supplies will be found at all of these stores.

DO LADIES TRAVEL WITHOUT ESCORT? It is a
safe estimate that forty per cent. of our Park travel
consists of ladies traveling in small parties or individually,
without male escort. Ladies who are traveling thus al-
most invariably select our line. Our matrons at each
camp give special attention to the comfort and pleasure

Photo by Atkin, Livingston, Mont.
Concrete Bridge over Yellowstone River near Canon Camp.

of women. The character of all our lady employees—teachers, students and young ladies from private homes, all drawn into Yellowstone for a summer's outing—preclude the characteristic annoyances to female travelers. Note letters from ladies in our testimonial pages.

**BOOKS TO READ?** Something about Yellowstone, in book or magazine form, can be found in any public library. Students of "Wonderland" will be interested in the two following works: "The Discovery of Yellowstone Park," by N. P. Langford, member of the Expedition of 1870, (N. P. Langford, St. Paul, Minn., $1.00); "The Yellowstone"—historical and descriptive—by Col. H. M. Chittenden (Robt. Clarke Co., Cincinnati, O., $1.50). Several works on the Northwest and our National Parks also contain valuable references or articles on the Yellowstone.

## PERTINENT POINTS.

*We operate daily—from each entrance.*

**AN INDEPENDENT LINE.** The Wylie Company has no connection with any corporation doing business in the Park. Neither has it any railroad affiliations. It has been carrying tourists for twenty-six years and has now grown to be the peer of any public service company of its class in the Park.

**PERMANENT CAMPS.** The Wylie Company are the originators and sole operators of permanent camps in Yellowstone.

**EMPLOYEES.** No single feature of the "Wylie Way" is more impressive than the character of its employees, both men and women. They are educated and refined people, largely teachers or students, and their service is uniformly courteous and intelligent.

**BOTH ENTRANCES.** The Wylie Company is the only one that operates from both Park entrances. Our six day tours from Gardiner (North Entrance) and our tours from Yellowstone (West Entrance) are identical in scenic scope. The entrance selected is not important, but it is important that you select the "Wylie Way."

**SIDE TRIPS.** Our regular tickets include side trips as follows: Viewing Mammoth Hot Springs; Biscuit Basin; special guide while touring the Geyser Basin; Lone Star Geyser; Point Lookout; Grand View; Inspiration Points at the Grand Canyon.

**CLEAN LINEN AND BEDDING.** We maintain a laundry at each camp where cotton sheets, cotton blankets, napkins, towels, etc., are washed daily.

**COWS.** We keep cows at each camp and have a plentiful supply of fresh milk and cream.

**BATHS** from natural hot springs at Camp Roosevelt and Upper Geyser Basin. Porcelain bath tubs.

**TENTS** of three sizes, single, two-room and four-room compartment tents. **Rugs** on floors.

**TEAMS AND COACHES.** None better in the Park.

**HOT WATER** brought to your apartment each morning or on stove in each tent.

**MOUNTAIN SPRING WATER** at each camp.

**STOVES.** Each tent equipped with a wood heater.

**WOMEN COOKS** exclusively. Meals served hot, "family style."

**POP CORN** around the camp fire nightly at each camp.

**THE CLOSING DATE.** September 15th means the last date of entrance for the regular tours.

## TABLE OF DISTANCES.

<table><tr><td>Gardiner to Mammoth Springs</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Mammoth Springs to Swan Lake Camp</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Swan Lake to Norris</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>West Entrance to Riverside Camp</td><td>1½</td></tr><tr><td>Riverside Camp to Gibbon Station</td><td>15½</td></tr><tr><td>Norris to Gibbon Station</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Gibbon Station to Lower Geyser Basin</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Lower Geyser Basin to Midway Basin</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Midway Geyser Basin to Upper Basin Camp</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Upper Basin to Thumb</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>Thumb to Lake Camp</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Lake to Grand Canyon</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Canyon to Norris</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Grand Canyon to Camp Roosevelt</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Mammoth Springs to Camp Roosevelt</td><td>18</td></tr></table>

A Wylie "Tent-Cottage"—the acme of camp comfort.

## TABLE OF LARGEST GEYSERS AND SPRINGS.

### NORRIS BASIN

<table><thead><tr><th>NAME</th><th>ERUPTION IN FEET</th><th>DURATION OF ERUPTION</th><th>INTERVALS OF</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hurricane</td><td>10-15</td><td>More or less</td><td>continuous.</td></tr><tr><td>New Crater</td><td>40</td><td>22 min.</td><td>5 to 15 minutes.</td></tr><tr><td>Monarch</td><td>75</td><td>30 "</td><td>Uncertain.</td></tr><tr><td>Constant</td><td>40</td><td>30 sec.</td><td>1 minute.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### LOWER BASIN

<table><tr><td>Fountain</td><td>20 to 60</td><td>20 min.</td><td>4 to 5 hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Clepsyra</td><td>10 to 40</td><td>Short</td><td>3 minutes.</td></tr><tr><td>Mammoth Paint Pots</td><td>Basin of clay, stran</td><td>gely colored</td><td>40-60 feet wide.</td></tr><tr><td>Great Fountain</td><td>60 to 100</td><td>30 min.</td><td>Daily.</td></tr></table>

### UPPER BASIN

<table><tr><td>Old Faithful</td><td>150</td><td>4 min.</td><td>68-75 minutes.</td></tr><tr><td>Bee Hive</td><td>200</td><td>8-10 "</td><td>About 4 days.</td></tr><tr><td>Giantess</td><td>150</td><td>12 hrs.</td><td>7-12 days.</td></tr><tr><td>Lion</td><td>60-75</td><td>8 min.</td><td>Daily.</td></tr><tr><td>Lioness</td><td>80</td><td>10 "</td><td>Daily.</td></tr><tr><td>Cubs</td><td>12</td><td>20 "</td><td>Daily.</td></tr><tr><td>Surprise</td><td>100</td><td>2 "</td><td>Irregular.</td></tr><tr><td>Grand</td><td>200</td><td>30 "</td><td>Almost daily.</td></tr><tr><td>Riverside</td><td>100</td><td>15-20 "</td><td>7 hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Fan</td><td>30-60</td><td>10 "</td><td>8 hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Grotto</td><td>20-40</td><td>30 "</td><td>3-4 hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Giant</td><td>250</td><td>90 "</td><td>4-8 days.</td></tr><tr><td>Splendid</td><td>200</td><td>10-20 "</td><td>Irregular.</td></tr><tr><td>Castle</td><td>75-105</td><td>30 "</td><td>12-24 hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Punch Bowl</td><td></td><td></td><td>Beautiful Spring.</td></tr><tr><td>Emerald Pool</td><td></td><td></td><td>Beautiful Emerald colored spring, quiescent.</td></tr><tr><td>Morning</td><td></td><td></td><td>Lovely Spring, with delicate colored rim.</td></tr><tr><td>Biscuit Basin</td><td></td><td></td><td>Wonderful hot spring basin.</td></tr></table>

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# THE TRIP DESCRIBED.

## FROM NORTH ENTRANCE (Via Northern Pacific.)

**First Day.** Upon the arrival of the train at Gardiner, 10:00 A. M., Wylie four-horse coaches will be found on the opposite side of the depot platform. A three-minute drive takes one to the Wylie Hotel where a stop is made for lunch, affording time to change clothing, pack baggage, purchase tickets, and make necessary arrangements for the Park trip. After lunch, tourists enter the coaches and begin their tour of the "Wonderland of the World," passing through the portals of the colossal arched gateway dedicated by Pres. Roosevelt in 1903. The splendid government roadway leads up the west bank of the turbulent Gardiner River to Ft. Yellowstone and Mammoth Hot Springs—five miles distant.

Ft. Yellowstone is the capital of the Park. Four troops of cavalry are stationed here. These troopers are stationed throughout the reservation for patrol duty to prevent forest fires and the breach of Park regulations. Leaving the fort for the Hot Spring Terraces, the road-way winds about the base of the terraces, Minerva, Pulpit and Jupiter—the best general view of them all being obtained from the coach. However, many tourists prefer to get out of the coach and go over the formation on foot, meeting the coach again at the top and reserving the road-side view for the return trip. The calcareous deposits in this vicinity, resultant from hot spring activity, now largely dormant, cover an area of two hundred acres.

The road-way next takes the wondering and delighted traveler through the Hoodoo Region, Silver, and Golden Gates, and over the reinforced concrete viaduct in Golden Gate Canyon, built at a cost of $10,000. Emerging from the Canyon, the tourist finds himself on a beautiful grassy plain, Swan Lake Flat. The traveler feels the exhilaration of the cool pine-laden air in the rapid drive of two miles across this flat to Swan Lake Camp, the first Wylie Permanent Camp. The first exclamation is likely to be one of surprise and delight at the beautiful location and comfortable and sanitary appointments of this Camp. It is situated at the base of a hill on sloping ground with a dense evergreen forest at the back and a broad meadow in front.

**Second Day.** At 7:00 A. M., tourists leave Swan Lake Camp for the Geyser basins. Apollinaris Spring, Ob-sidian Cliff; Beaver Lake, the curiously beautiful Twin Lakes, and Roaring Mountain are successively passed with cumulative wonderment. About 9:30 A. M. Norris Geyser Basin is reached. Among many objects of in-terest here, chief are the Black Growler and Hurricane fissures; and the Constant, New Crater and Minute Man Geysers. The volcanic disturbances here are more re-cent than elsewhere. After leaving Norris, the drive is down the Gibbon River, through Elk Park, past the curious Chocolate Springs, then across Gibbon Meadows and into Gibbon Canyon. The roadway and mountain scenery along this river together with the distinctive beauty of Beryl Spring, charm all. Gibbon Falls, a Cascade eighty feet high, is passed just before reaching the Wylie's Gibbon Lunch Station.

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## FROM WEST ENTRANCE (Via Oregon Short Line.)

**First Day.** On arrival of the train at the O. S. L. Ry. terminal, Riverside, Mont., at 7:00 A. M., Wylie Concord coaches will be found on the opposite side of the depot platform. [Important note: It is essential that Wylie tourists do NOT leave the train at the railway breakfast station where the train makes the first stop before reaching the regular de-pot. Wylie tourists receive their breakfast on the Wylie Park ticket at Riverside Camp, just inside the Park.]

Leaving the Station, a fifteen minute drive through Christmas Tree Park lands the tourists at Riverside Camp, overlooking the Madison River. First sight of this Camp usually excites an exclamation of surprise and delight. The quadrangle of commodious pine-embowered "tent-cottages" with office, sleeping rooms and spacious dining hall—all under canvas, make a pleasing and lasting first impression. Here tourists eat breakfast, purchase tickets, repack and check surplus baggage; and make all other final preparations for the tour. After an hour here, coaching parties embark.

For the tranquil beauty of its mountains and streams, its sunlit glades and stately pine, there is no more pleasurable drive in the Park than this morning trip up the Madison and Gibbon Rivers. The junction of the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers, passed about 10:45 A. M., has a commanding historical significance. On the point of land between the two tributaries, Sept. 19, 1870, the Washburn Expedition, which first made known to the world the wonders of the Yellowstone, was camped after a month of exploration. That night several members of the party suggested that they each pre-empt claims at the principal points of interest. In the face of these not unnatural suggestions, another member of the party, Judge Cornelius Hedges, was the first to make a stand for the interests of the whole people against special privilege. Mr. Langford on Sept. 20, 1870, wrote in his diary: "Mr. Hedges said there ought to be no private ownership of any portion of this region but that the whole of it ought to be set apart as a great National Park." The patriotism of the party is evidenced by the further diary entry that "Hedges' suggestion met with an instantaneous and favorable response." National Park Mt. rising high above the confluence of the rivers, at this point, is a fitting memorial to the birth place of the National Park idea. A further drive of four miles up the trout-abounding Gibbon, brings the party to the Wylie Gibbon Lunch Station at the junction of the "loop" road.

Looking down one of the Avenues, Wylie Geyser Camp.

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General View of South Part of the Upper Geyser Basin, from Wylie Camp.

After an hour or more spent in rest and refreshment here, the afternoon's journey, through the Lower Geyser Basin and the Midway Basin to the Wylie Permanent Camp in the heart of the world famous Upper Geyser Basin, is begun. In the former basin, the Fountain Geyser and numerous hot springs are found but the most interesting display is the "plopping" of the curious Mammoth Paint Pots. In the Midway Basin, the yawning Excelsior Geyser crater; Prismatic Lake, taking its name from its beautiful colored rim and the reflections of these colors in the great cloud of steam which constantly hangs over it; and Turquois Pool demand the attention of all visitors.

On entering the Upper Geyser Basin about 4:30 P. M., Biscuit Basin to the right, recalls feminine culinary triumphs and sharpens the already stimulated appetite. Before reaching Camp, the Morning Glory Spring attracts attention as the finest quiescent spring in the Park. *The Camp here is situated in the very heart of the Basin, encircled by the Splendid Daisy, Giant, Riverside, Grotto, and other Geysers.* No need for haste in inspecting the labyrinth of phenomena here for Wylie Tourists spend a full day in the Basin.

### Third Day for North Entrance Tourists.

### Second Day for West Entrance Tourists.

At 8:00 A. M. the morning of the day spent here, a guide takes the party through the great basin, pointing out and explaining the geyser phenomena. It is essential that travelers realize at the outset the scenic importance of a full day spent in this, "the most weird spot of the sort in the Universe." In far-distant New Zealand and Iceland only, can such a scene as this be found, and even in these insular countries, the spouting geysers are smaller and less interesting. How im-

portant it is, then, that the traveler's itinerary should provide ample time for a leisurely visit in this home of Old Faithful and all the great geysers. Doubly so, when to the geyser activity is added over 200 boiling and quiescent hot springs hardly less interesting. *The strongest single distinctive feature of the regular Wylie tour is the double time given in this Upper Geyser Basin.* Each of the two nights here, Wylie Tourists see the search light from Old Faithful Inn thrown upon Old Faithful Geyser and others in eruption. Old Faithful, most perfect and interesting of geysers, can be seen almost at will as it plays regularly about every sixty-eight minutes.

### Fourth Day for North Entrance Tourists.

### Third Day for West Entrance Tourists.

At 7:30 A. M. this wonderful Camp is left for Yellow-stone Lake, 19 miles distant. Diverting from the main road near the 2-mile post, a side trip is made to the isolated Lone Star Geyser. Coral-like surface and delicate colorings make its cone the most beautiful in the Park. Soon after re-entering the main road, Kepler's Cascade, a charming piece of wildwood scenery, is passed. Two miles farther, the road leaves the Firehole and follows Spring Creek Canyon. In this Canyon are found some of the rarest and most beautiful wild flowers, including the columbine and mountain primrose. The monotonous Lodge Pole Pine gives way to stately Silver Fir and Engelmann Spruce. Scores of beaver dams in the creek, mark the activity of this rarely seen amphibious animal. A pretty little pond (Isa Lake) surrounded by high rocky walls (Craig Pass), marks the first crossing of the Continental Divide. When the snows are melting, Isa Lake

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Phot. by Atkin, Livingston, Mont.

Castle Geysers—It plays irregularly, but most Wylie tourists see it, or double time is given here.

sends water to both oceans. A rapid winding drive of a
mile down Cork-screw Mountain brings the tourist to
Delacey Creek, one of the head waters of the Columbia
River system. Soon thereafter Shoshone Point is reached,
where a fine view is had of Shoshone Lake and the Teton
Mountains. The latter are about 60 miles distant on the
line between Idaho and Wyoming. Because of the
peculiarly rugged outlines, and great height, 14,000 feet,
they have been noted land-marks from pioneer days.
Again the road ascends to the second crossing of the
Continental Divide, Two Ocean Pass. The elevation here
is 8,345 feet, the highest reached on the regular tour. At
a sharp turn in the road while still one mile from Yellow-
stone Lake and 300 feet above it, the Lake comes into full
view. Here is one of the most strikingly beautiful water
and mountain views in all the world! Away to the North
and East, beyond the silver waters of the Lake, rise the
snow-capped Absarokas, whose dark pine-clad slopes ex-
tend down to the water's edge; to the South is majestic
Mt. Sheridan and the Red Mountains; while to the West
beautiful forests of evergreen slope gently to the shore.

A few minutes' drive lands the tourists at Thumb Lunch
Station, on the shore of Yellowstone Lake. After lunch
the tourists see the Paint Pots and pools, among the lat-
ter, the noted Fishing Cone "where unfortunate trout find
catching and cooking painfully near together." Tourists
can, at small cost, take the launches of the Hofer Boat Co.
from Thumb to Wylie's Lake Camp. To some tourists,
this is a pleasant diversion from staging.

On the road around the Lake, a short distance from
Thumb is the Government Fish Hatchery, where many
thousands of trout are raised annually and "planted" in
the Park streams. If this practice is continued, as is now
intended, the Park is destined to become the most popular
trout fishing region in the world. Continuing around the
Lake, we catch many wonderful vistas of this great moun-
tain-bound sea. With one exception (Lake Titticaca,
Andes), it is the largest lake at this altitude in the world
(7,741 feet). Its waters are fresh; and coming as they do
from the snowdrips of the Absarokas are icy cold and
transparent to great depths. Near the four mile post on
the left is the Natural Bridge with its beautiful falls, fern
and moss-covered banks, and picturesque surroundings.
Tourists arrive at Lake Camp in time for fishing in the
Lake that afternoon. The fish are mostly salmon trout,
though silver trout are also caught. Fishing tackle, row-
boats and oarsmen may be obtained at this point of the
Hofer Boat Co.

Fifth Day for North Entrance Tourists.

Fourth Day for West Entrance Tourists.

At 7:30 A. M. tourists leave Camp for the Grand Canyon,
sixteen miles distant. About one and one-half miles from
Camp, the junction point of the Cody road is passed. This is
the eastern approach to the Park and connects with the Bur-
lington R. R. ninety-two miles distant. The route is now
down the Yellowstone River and for quiet beauty and serene

Copyright, 1908, by Shipler, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Great Fall of the Yellowstone—360 feet.

enjoyment, this drive is not excelled in the Park. The broad placid river flowing so peacefully along and bearing on its bosom pelican, wild geese, and seagulls; the charming min-gling of dark stately forest and bright flowery glen, with occa-sional glimpses of the mountain peaks; and this scenic pleas-ure increased by the perfect roadway which permits of bowl-ing along at exhilarating speed—all these combine to produce a feeling of pleasure that will linger long in memory.

About midway between the Lake and Canyon a stop is made to view Mud Geyser, a most hideous and awesome, yet inter-esting sight. Near by is Gothic Grotto, green-gabled over a boiling clear-water spring. The roadway now enters Hayden Valley crossing in turn the meandering Trout Creek and Alum Creek. The latter from the days of Jim Bridger to the present, has been the foundation for many interesting, if not strictly veracious Park yarns. About one mile from Camp the valley narrows and the hitherto tranquil river becomes a raging torrent. After visiting the Upper Fall in a few min-utes more (10:30 A. M) you are passing the Wylie Canyon Camp, occupying a commanding site at the very head of the Grand Canyon. It is folly to attempt description of the six mile morning drive down the west Canyon rim to Point Look-out, Grand View, and Inspiration Point, taken before return-ing to Camp for lunch; or the afternoon trip, better accom-plished on foot, over the cement bridge and down the East Canyon rim. The Upper Fall, the Great Fall, the mystic River and the transcendent Gorge all impoverish description. Langford's feelings in 1870 will be yours in 1909. He wrote in his diary, Aug. 31, 1870: "We are all overwhelmed with astonishment and wonder at what we have seen, and I almost despair of giving to those, who on our return home will listen to a recital of our adventures, the faintest conception of it." Extra accommodations have been provided at this Camp for those who wish to avail themselves of the stay-over privilege.

## Sixth Day for North Entrance Tourists.

Leaving this Camp at 7:30 A. M. the morning of the last day of the regular tour, the route leads via Norris to Swan Lake for lunch, passing among other points of interest, the Wedded Trees and Virginia Cascades. At 3:00 P. M. the coaches leave Swan Lake for Gardiner, again passing Golden Gate and Mammoth Hot Springs. After supper at Wylie Hotel, Gardiner, the train is boarded at 7:15.

## Fifth Day for West Entrance Tourists.

Canyon Camp is left at 7:30 A. M. for a morning's drive to Swan Lake, twenty-four miles distant. The curious Wedded Trees and Virginia Cascades are passed before reaching Nor-ris junction. [NOTE.—West Entrance tourists taking five day trip, go directly from this point south to Gibbon for lunch, to Riverside for dinner, and take the train at 6:45 P. M.] For several miles now, boiling pools (as Devil's Frying Pan) and steam vents are on all sides. Roaring Mt. with its thousand hissing fissures, Twin Lakes, Beaver Lake with its dams and lodges and waterfowl, and more wonderful still, Obsidian Cliff, of black volcanic glass, are successively passed. Four miles from Camp, a stop is made at Apollinaris Spring—a pleasant product of Nature's chemistry.

The mountain vista from Swan Lake Camp is superb; Elec-tric Peak, highest mountain in "Wonderland," Sepulcher Mt., Terrace Mt., and Bunsen's Peak are in the foreground and eastward the Absaroka Range, glittering in the rays of an afternoon sun; to the west, the Gallatin Mts., some of whose peaks are in sight for thirty miles along the roadway.

After lunch, the level drive north across Swan Lake Flat leads to Golden Gate Canyon—a most picturesque pass. "The skillful engineering feat of carrying the road through this difficult canyon was performed by Lieut. D. C. Kingman, U. S. A., in 1884-5." A winding down-hill drive of five miles,

Grand Canyon—the one spot in the Universe that baffles reproduction or description.

passing enroute through the Hoozoos, brings the party to Mammoth Hot Springs and Fort Yellowstone—the administrative headquarters of the Park. In spite of all the varying hydrothermal phenomena that have been seen in the Geyser Basins, Mammoth Hot Springs are distinctive and do not suffer by comparison. Indeed, many travelers consider Jupiter Terrace the most beautiful single creation of nature-craft in "Wonderland." Minerva Pulpit and Angel Terraces and Liberty Cap are also of compelling interest. After visiting the region, the return is made to Swan Lake Camp for dinner, lodging and breakfast.

## Sixth Day for West Entrance Tourists.

The return drive to Norris is along the highway of yesterday. The Basin is reached about 9:30 A. M. Its volcanic developments are more recent than elsewhere and less interesting. The most noteworthy phenomenon is the Hurricane, a prodigious steam vent whose roar makes an imperative demand for careful notice. The Black Growler, Constant and Minute Man Geysers and Emerald Spring are the most important of the other attractions. From Norris it is a ten mile drive down the Gibbon River to Gibbon Station. Chocolate Springs, Beryl Spring and Gibbon Fall are each high in scenic value in their particular class. In the afternoon, the return drive to Riverside is made, reaching Camp at 5:30 for supper. Tourists take the train at Riverside, Mont., leaving at about 6:45 P. M.

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A FEW EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION
FROM FORMER TOURISTS.

 preceding pages have emphasized the "Wylie Way" from our view
point; below we are pleased to submit brief statements taken from the
letters of representative people from every state. Only the lack of space
prevents us from publishing each letter in full, and others equally ap-
preciated by us. Wylie Permanent Camps entertained over 3,500 guests
in 1908. On request we can refer you to former tourists of ours from
practically every city and town in the United States.

Alabama. J. W. GANNON, MONTGOMERY.

On arrival at the entrance to the Park last summer I had no definite
idea of the advantages by any of the transportation companies, but as
camping was in line with my idea of seeing the Park, and as I have
ample facilities for hotel life, at home, I decided to go the "Wylie
Way," and found it first class all the way through. Your camps are a\DELIGHTFUL novelty and I found the accommodations much better than
in the hotels generally. Since my return I have sent three of my
friends to you, each of whom has declared the Wylie Route the proper
one to take.

Others: BIRMINGHAM, Samuel Wilder, Atty., A. W. Smith.
MCKELE, J. C. Gardiner. BESSEMER, W. A. Simmons.

Arkansas. MRS. P. C. KNOX, 421 W. 5TH AVE., PINE BLUFF.

It had the great pleasure of going through Yellowstone Park in the
"Wylie Way" the past summer. I think it is the only way to see the
Park, so thoroughly unconventional and still so comfortable. The ma-
tron at each Camp welcomed us cordially and was assisted by an able,
intelligent corps of helpers. Everybody was "hale fellow, well met."
I shall never forget the jolly gatherings around the camp fires in the
evenings, and the super-abundance of pop corn that all enjoyed.

Others: JONESBORRO, Henry H. Houghton. TERRY, E. M.
TALIOFERRO. LITTLE ROCK, Miss Blanche Boyce. FT. SMITH, Dr.
E. G. Epler.

Arizona. PRESCOTT, Mrs. Clara B. Heywood. TUCSON, Miss
Anna Beard. DOUGLASS, J. G. Errickson.

California. J. W. CORWIN, HIGHLAND.

During the latter part of July, 1908, in company with my two sisters
and brother, I had the pleasure of seeing the wonders of the Yellow-
stone Park from the camper's standpoint, and without any of the un-
pleasant features common to moving camp. The Wylie Company cer-
tainly make good on all their advertising statements, and more com-
petent and obliging set of employees would be hard to find. Catches
of fish took me several times into the kitchens, where I found every-
thing as neat and clean as could be desired. And the way they served
up a big two-foot Rainbow trout, that I was fortunate enough to cap-
ture, will always be gratefully remembered.

C. M. MYRICK, SAN FRANCISCO.

After several weeks' stay with the Wylie people, stopping at all
their camps, will you allow a word of appreciation for the happy way
in which you have eliminated the discomforts and increased the pleas-
ures of a camping trip through the Yellowstone. The routes followed
by your coaches and the proximity of your camps, to the natural
wonders, make it easy for even the frail, and indolent, to see all the
striking features of the Park. The Wylie system differs from ordinary
camping in that your comfortable beds, wholesome table, prompt service
and insistent neatness, leave the tourist free to devote himself to sight
seeing to his heart's content.

Others: LOS ANGELES, Wm. H. Griffin, Real Estate. RIVER-
SIDE, E. R. Skelley. SANTA BARBARA, H. A. Adrian. LOS AN-
GELES, James C. Cherry, Furniture Company, Dr. H. P. Barton. SAN
JOSE, Dr. C. H. Hervey. POMONA, F. H. McGowan.

Colorado. A. S. PROCTER, PRES. DENVER TENT & AWNING Co., DEN-
VER.

Last summer I had the pleasure of taking the most enjoyable trip
of my life. It was through Yellowstone via the "Wylie Way." The
friendliness and cheerfulness of your employees serve quickly to break
the ice and make good friends of all the fellow voyagers. Good luck
to the "Wylie Way."

Others: UNIVERSITY PARK, Bishop Henry W. Warren. DEN-
VER, C. H. Quereau, Mrs. George Ballantine, Rev. R. B. Peery. COLO-
RADO SPRINGS, P. C. Hildreth, A. G. Crissey. PUEBLO, Judge
C. S. Essex and wife.

Connecticut. C. F. BARNES, TREASURER OF THE WALLACE BARNES
Co., BRISTOL.

My family and myself found, in making the trip of the Yellowstone
Park under the auspices of the Wylie Permanent Camping Company,
the following points of excellence: The company is run on a system
without red tape; it is a true camp life with all disagreeable features
eliminated; the courtesy of the matrons and all attendants keep one in
good humor; the evening camp fires engender a feeling of comradeship.
We cannot recommend it too highly.

CHARLES E. BEECHER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORICAL GEOLOGY, YALE UNIVER-
SITY, NEW HAVEN.

After considerable correspondence and personal inquiry as to the
various modes of making a tour of the Yellowstone National Park, I
decided that the facilities offered by the Wylie Permanent Camps were
best adapted to the requirements of our party. This method of travel
through the Park was especially recommended to me by an officer of the

A Freak of Nature—here you can catch a trout in the Lake and, without stirring, cook it in the Hot Spring Cone.

United States Geological Survey, who has spent many seasons in the
Park, in charge of parties doing scientific work for the Government.
After having had some previous experience in camping in the west, and
elsewhere, I can well say that the Wylie Camps are the most luxurious
and best appointed I ever enjoyed.

Others: NEW HAVEN, W. E. Britton, Ph. D.; Edw. S. Swift.
BRIDGEPORT, J. E. Gaylord. HARTFORD, R. A. Griffing.

Delaware. WILMINGTON, Dr. J. J. Jones, John F. Kehl.

Florida. TAMPA, C. E. Allen. JACKSONVILLE, John H. Wil-
liams. ST. AUGUSTINE, Dr. H. Lindsley.

Georgia. L. B. HOLT, PRES. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, G. W. MALONE,
M. D., SANDERSVILLE.

One of the most enjoyable trips we have ever taken was a week
spent in Yellowstone National Park last July. We went through the
Park with the Wylie Permanent Camping Co. Yellowstone Park is the
greatest sight in America, and is indeed a rare treat to be fortunate
enough to spend a week there in the hands of such courteous people as
the Wylie Permanent Camping Co.

Others: MILLEDGEVILLE, J. E. Kidd. ATLANTA, John Mor-
gan. EASTMAN, C. H. Peacock and wife. AUGUSTA, Miss May
Hixon. MACON, J. H. Porter.

Idaho. FRANK T. WYMAN, ATTY., BOISE.

I enjoyed my camping trip through Yellowstone Park last summer
immensely, and I am very glad I went the "Wylie Way." I found the
camps to be splendidly located and the service to be very good. I think
there is no question but that one sees more of the Park in this manner
than by any other way, and at a less expense.

MRS. F. L. HUSTON, IDAHO FALLS.

After touring Yellowstone National Park with your company I can
say most heartily that it is the best way. The service is unexcelled and
one could not be accorded better treatment.

Illinois. EX-MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON, CHICAGO.

I recall with great pleasure my tour of the Yellowstone Park under
your management in the summer of 1903. I consider your system of
Permanent Camps as near perfect as it could be made. Personally I
am very fond of camp life, and that feature of the trip lingers especially
in my memory. I cannot imagine a more delightful method of viewing
the beauties and wonders of the Park than under your direction.
FRED R. JELIFF, EDITOR REPUBLICAN-REGISTER, GALESBURG.

One of the most delightful and enjoyable experiences of my life was
the outing in Yellowstone Park, July 5 to 11, 1906, via the Wylie Camp
route. The entire trip is a rare pleasure. The tents were neat and clean
and well situated; the table fare was excellent, and the system all that
could be desired.

MRS. MAY COWLING, METROPOLIS.

During the summer of 1908, it was my good fortune to make a trip
through Yellowstone Park with the Wylie Permanent Camping Com-
pany, and it is a pleasure for me to recommend them to any who con-
template making the trip. There were no gentlemen in our immediate
party, and the kind and courteous treatment received from the Wylie
Company, their guides and other employees, deserves especial recogni-
tion.

Others: CHICAGO, Rev. Edw. C. Arnold, John De La Mater,
1549 Bradley Place; O. C. Miller, Atty.; Frank P. Judson, Cashier,
Bankers' Nat'l Bank; Margaret Healy, 444 Unity building. URBANA,
F. L. Busey and wife. SAVANNA, G. R. Morrison. EVANSTON,
Prof. A. R. Crook, Prof. Milton S. Terry. GILLMAN, Dwight L.

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A remarkable picture showing a School of Trout in Yellowstone River.
Fishing is allowed, "nuf sed."

everything in the Park, the Wylie fee, they have the complete cost. Not only does the $40.00 buy more enjoyment but it obtains for the tourist as much completeness and comfort as he could possibly wish for. To those who are in poor health or frail—easily affected by change of climate—let us say that with our party there were three sisters, aged 74, 76, 78, from New York State, who “did the trip without a cough.”

Others: KANSAS CITY, J. W. Merrill, Lumber Dealer; S. W. Serl, 2122 E. 31; R. T. Sloan, M. D. SEDALIA, Wm. D. Steele, Atty. SPRINGFIELD, F. G. Simmeris, Wm. Conrad party, six. LOUISIANA, Enoch Knabb, M. D. MEXICO, J. C. Pasqueth.

### Montana.
P. J. BROPHY, WHOLESALE GROCER, BUTTE.

I take much pleasure, in which I am joined by my entire family, in testifying to the enjoyable experience which we had during the past summer. Our tour through the National Park was enjoyable from start to finish, largely, of course, due to the striking and wondrous character of the natural phenomena, but none the less so to the promptness and capability with which the affairs of the Wylie Company are administered. If we were going again, we would take the Wylie route.

Others: BOZEMAN, B. T. Stanton. TWO DOT, Sen. C. P. Tooley. HELENA, Col. J. H. Rice. MILES CITY, Judge C. H. Loud.

### Nebraska.
DR. D. A. FOORE, 216 PAXTON BLK., OMAHA.

I made my second trip with the Wylie Company, September, 1908, and I certainly recommend it. To live out of doors is a most commendable fad nowadays and there is no place in the world where one can do it so comfortably and amid such unique and interesting surroundings as in Yellowstone Park. The tents are clean, dry, warm and inviting in every way.

Others: LINCOLN, J. M. McViker, John Bower, John P. Williams. OMAHA, John R. Webster, Wood Allen, conductor of two large parties from Omaha, Mrs. C. H. Sampson. YORK, Rev. R. T. Cross. AURORA, Rev. F. D. Stewart. KEARNEY, Judge F. M. Hallowell.

### Nevada.
GOLDFIELD, Art. B. Parker. RENO, E. E. Hatch.

### New Hampshire.
MANCHESTER, Mary M. Tolman. CONCORD, Elizabeth Sargent.

### New Jersey.
NEWARK, Jennie Tennyson, Chas. Selvage. JERSEY CITY, F. Woolsey, 66 Madison Ave. PATERSON, J. B. Galoway.

### New Mexico.
LAS VEGAS, F. J. Wesner. ROSWELL, Martin Armstrong.

### New York.
BRUNO HOBBS, INTERNATIONAL COM. Y. M. C. A., 124 E. 28TH ST., NEW YORK.

We enjoyed our trip by your route through Yellowstone Park very much. We were treated with uniform courtesy by your employees. We were especially pleased with the provision in your regular schedule for one whole day at the Upper Geyser Basin.

### DR. A. C. RICHARDSON, BUFFALO.

* * * * * I was a good deal more than satisfied with the treatment I received both from Mr. Wylie personally and from all persons employed by him. The camps furnished every needed accommodation and comfort and the fare provided for visitors was of the very best.

Others: BUFFALO, Dr. Ira P. Trevett. ROCHESTER, L. M. Gould, R. D. Kneale. SYRACUSE, James Jackson, F. J. Goppelt. ALBANY, Frank B. Gilbert. ITHACA, Prof. W. L. Williams. NEW YORK CITY, George Donaldson, Washington Irving High School; Marshall S. Hager, Atty., 34 Pine St.; Dr. Wm. Gilfillan, F. H. Ruscoe, Wm. F. Rowe, Chas. L. Cohn, 271 Broadway.

### North Carolina.
W. H. DAVIDSON, DAVIDSON & WOLFE, GROCERS, CHARLOTTE.

My trip through the Yellowstone Park was a most delightful one. I traveled with the Wylie Co., and their service was satisfactory in every

respect. I do not hesitate to say that I consider it the very best way to see the Park. The camps were clean and attractive and everything possible was done for the pleasure and comfort of tourists. I always recommend the Wylie Co. to my friends.

Others: MILTON, E. B. Foote. KINSTON, H. H. McCoy. CHARLOTTE, Dr. C. A. Misenheimer. ASHEVILLE, John A. Mims.

### North Dakota.
DR. JAMES A. RANKIN, JAMESTOWN.

Mrs. Rankin and I were thoroughly pleased with our trip through the Park with your company. The camps are pleasantly located, well kept, and the table supplied with an abundance of good, wholesome food. The treatment accorded by your employees being alike cordial and courteous, while every facility was afforded for seeing points of interest.

Others: MINOT, C. A. Grow. FARGO, Very Rev. Thos. Egan. VALLEY CITY, Mrs. Frank White. DICKINSON, W. H. Dye. BISMARCK, Mrs. E. A. Lamb. GRAND FORKS, C. C. Gowsan.

### Ohio.
REV. R. H. WAGGENER, "CHRISTIAN STANDARD," CINCINNATI, NAT. SUPT. OF CHRISTIAN ENDV. OF DISCIPLES OF AM.

It was my good fortune to be listed with forty-five jolly people. Everyone was an entire stranger to everybody else in the crowd, but the first evening, at the first camp, everybody seemed thoroughly acquainted, and all formality had disappeared, and all had determined to have the best time ever. From that time on I am frank to say, that I have never seen a like party get more real pleasure out of a trip than did our "Bunch" of forty-six. The party was composed of people from nearly every state in the Union.

It was the universal verdict of our crowd, which verdict took form in a set of resolutions, that the courteous, careful, thoughtful service on the part of the entire management, could not have been surpassed.

Others: CINCINNATI, Louis Roessler, Druggist; Dr. J. C. Mackenzie, Chas. H. Keith, Adda B. Christopher. CLEVELAND, H. D. Banks, Press Bldg.; G. W. Kyle, W. F. Seitz. CADIZ, D. Cunningham. AKRON, A. T. Kingsbury. ZANESVILLE, Dr. S. R. Sykes. COLUMBUS, Frank Armstrong. DAYTON, C. W. Greer. TOLEDO, Dr. Wm. Watts, 1035 Superior St.

### Oklahoma.

H. S. WILLIAMS, EL RENO.

In September last I was one of a party of four from here to try the "Wylie Way" of seeing the Park, and we were delighted with the experience. Our driver left nothing undone to help us enjoy everything we saw or done, for instance, his piloting twenty braves of our party down "Uncle Tom's Trail" to the very bottom of the Great Falls of the Yellowstone, and I dare say not one of the party would have taken anything and been without this thrilling experience.

Others: GUTHRIE, R. N. Dunham, C. M. Cooper. OKLAHOMA CITY, J. L. McClelland. MUSKOGEE, Grant Foreman. McALISTER, W. G. Wade. TULSA, Elva C. Barrows.

### Oregon.
REV. W. M. S. GILBERT, ASTORIA.

In July, 1908, with my wife and son, I went the "Wylie Way." It is absolutely all right. The tour is great and everything is done for the comfort and pleasure of patrons. The tent scheme is just in harmony with the place, yet every convenience is afforded. The camp-fires killed any possible tendency to snobbery and made our party of forty-two seem like a company of friends.

Others: PORTLAND, Rev. D. A. Thompson, Sellwood Presby. Church; Arthur P. Prier, Fred Lockley of "Pacific Monthly;" Ida Hess.

### Pennsylvania.
W. H. DONNER, PRES. FRICK IRON FOUNDRY, PITTSBURG.

My boys and self spent four very pleasant weeks in the Yellowstone Park last summer. We enjoyed thoroughly our stay in the Wylie Permanent Camping Company's camps, and it brings back very pleasant memories. We thank you for the courtesies extended us by your company.

Others: PHILADELPHIA, B. S. Fagan, Irene Steele, Dr. L. B. Griffith, Dr. D. M. Livingston. PITTSBURG, Jos. W. Prescott, J. T. Hawthorne, 1234 Woodland Ave. READING, W. H. Morris, 828 No. 2nd St. HARRISBURG, J. K. Ness. WILKES BARRE, Paul J. Sherwood, Henry A. Fuller. CHESTER, Gen. P. M. Washabaugh. SCRANTON, Arthur Dunn, Atty.

### Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, George C. Rupert, 103 Comstock Ave.; Bessie M. Gaiden, Alice R. Shepard, Mrs. L. A. Stillman.

### South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, H. Randolph. SPARTANBURG, Arthur L. Libby.

### South Dakota.
MITCHELL, D. B. Miller. ABERDEEN, F. C. Benjamin. RAPID CITY, Carrie E. Clift. DEADWOOD, W. T. Robertson. LEAD, J. B. Baker. SIOUX FALLS, Miss E. M. Withey, 624 S. Dakota Ave.

### Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, J. W. Stotts, Real Estate, 151 Madison; C. J. Washington. NASHVILLE, Dr. Marion McFerrin, F. A. Berry, A. F. McLean. CHATTANOOGA, P. D. Sims. KNOXVILLE, Leslie R. Chiles.

### Texas.
J. H. W. WILLIAMS, SUPT. DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE, AUSTIN.

My wife and I had the pleasure of a trip through Yellowstone Park last summer with the Wylie people, and if everybody is cared for as nicely as we were, I think it a splendid way to take in the Park.

J. W. SPENCER, PRES. FARMERS AND MECHANICS NATIONAL BANK, FORT WORTH.

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I, with a party of eight, Mr. A. E. Want and wife, Mrs. J. W. Spencer and two daughters, Fay and Mabel, all of Fort Worth, and Mr. H. W. Clouchek and wife, of Twin Falls, Idaho, went through Yellowstone Park the early part of July, 1908, and were well pleased with the accommodations furnished by your company. All employees were exceedingly courteous, the matrons in charge of the camps were obliging, and the tents and beds were commodious and clean. I recommend your company to the public as thoroughly reliable and thoroughly alert to the interests and pleasure of their guests.

N. M. LEACH, GEN. FREIGHT AGT., I. AND G. N. RAILWAY, PALESTINE.

The Yellowstone Park trip should be taken by every good American, who wishes to get a true conception of the wonderful scenery of his native country. Accompanied by my wife and sister, I took the Wylie trip during the past summer; I found the accommodations most comfortable and the trip was particularly enjoyable on account of the unique features connected with camping out.

Others: DALLAS, Mrs. J. B. Wilson, Mrs. W. P. Jackson, L. Blaylock, Dabney Day, FT. WORTH, W. G. Newby, Banker; Jake F. Zurn, T. & P. Ry. HOUSTON, A. W. Pollard, 915 Pierce Ave.; J. C. Kidd, SAN ANTONIO, William Will and family, A. E. Mitchell, D. D. Baker. PARIS, A. H. Hafley. AMORILLA, Dr. W. R. Clifton.

**Utah.** FRANK M. DRIGGS, SUPT. SCHOOL FOR DEAF, OGDEN.

A party of forty-eight teachers of the deaf, including myself and wife, had the pleasure of visiting the Yellowstone National Park last July, going by the "Wylie Way." We were delighted with your camp life, your coaches, tents, meals and everything. I hope to have the pleasure of going the same way again.

J. J. CORUM, SALT LAKE CITY.

I take pleasure in writing you a word of commendation for your part in one of the bright spots in my life—a week in Yellowstone—August, 1908. Our party of ten consisted of the young, with life bubbling over, and the more matured, but all enjoying to the fullest the wonders of that enchanted spot. One has the comforts of home in comfortable, warm, clean tents and good, well-cooked food. I would advise every one who possibly can do so to make this trip and to be sure to go by the "Wylie Way."

Others: SALT LAKE, Mrs. L. L. Shepard, A. B. Gibson, W. E. Ware, Aileen Gray, Harry Shipler, Miss Elizabeth Bowman, W. G. Nebeker, OGDEN, Mrs. George J. Kelly. PROVO, Thomas F. Wambold. STOCKTON, Mrs. J. Collins.

**Vermont.** BURLINGTON, Henry E. Powell, Elmer B. Russell, Maud Merrihew party.

**Virginia.** RICHMOND, James Bellwood, Mrs. F. W. Talliaferro, M. F. Cleaton. NORFOLK, Miss C. Seawell, E. M. Albright, R. H. Fishburn party.

**Washington.** T. N. SHEPARD, S. A. E. HOUSE, SEATTLE.

A stage and coach transportation system without a superior; operating over roads like a city park; a series of tent hotels, providing the pleasure of camp life without the inconvenience of roughing it; good people and pleasant—that's the "Wylie Way." The Park beggars any man's description. The "Wylie Way" helped me to see it in a manner satisfactory to my lungs, my nerves and my appetite.

## WYLIE AGENCIES.

**GENERAL OFFICES** | Livingston, Mont., Sept. 15 - June 15

**WYLIE COMPANY** | Gardiner, Mont., June 15 - Sept. 15

**LIVINGSTON, MONT....** City Ticket Office opp. N. P. Ry. Station.
Wylie Passenger Agent meets all trains.

**SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH....** H. H. Hays, City Pass. & Ticket Agent, 219 S. Main St. (Kenyon Hotel Block). Tel. Bell 955; Ind. 137.

**ODGEN, UTAH....** A Wylie Representative will be found in the Union Depot. He will be glad to assist all Wylie Tourists.

**POCATELLO, IDA...** G. J. Bailey, Ticket Agent (Book Store Pharmacy). IDAHO FALLS, IDA. F. L. Huston, Ticket Agent.

**DENVER, COL....** Ames Bros. Co. Information Bureau, Tickets, 17th and Tremont Sts., "Seeing Denver" Ticket Office. Phone Main 830.

**SEATTLE, WASH.** Peck-Judah Co., 804 Third Ave. PORTLAND, ORE. Peck-Judah Co., 301 Oak St.

**CHICAGO, ILL....** C. V. Howard, Ticket Agent, 101 Adams St. ST. LOUIS, MO. T. F. Harrington, 217 N. 10th St., S. W. Cor. Olive

**CINCINNATI, O....** Tourist Dept. First National Bank, Messrs. Baur, Ticket Agents.

**TEXAS AGENCY....** Frank Reedy, Secretary and Treasurer, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas.

**SAN FRANCISCO, CAL....** Peck-Judah Co., 789 Market St.

**LOS ANGELES, CAL....** Peck-Judah Co., 553 So. Spring St.

**Washington, D. C.** DR. A. W. CROFFUT, EUROPEAN EXCURSION AGENT.

I was in the Yellowstone Park last summer. I traveled with the Wylie's and enjoyed it immensely, being satisfied that I saw much more than I would have done under any other auspices. The Company is a model of its kind—ample, comfortable, and most satisfactory in every way.

Others: L. A. Bauer, Carnegie Inst.; Dr. J. W. Spencer, Edna A. Clark, Ida M. Campbell, John Callan O'Laughlin and wife.

**West Virginia.** HUNTINGTON, Chas. N. Anderson and wife. WHEELING, L. R. Crags, R. N. Raun. PARKERSBURG, J. F. Mallory.

**Wisconsin.** WILL H. GATES, STATE BANK OF MILTON JUNCTION.

Our party was well pleased with the "Wylie Way" and do not see how it could well be improved for an ideal outing.

E. W. WALKER, SUPT. WIS. SCHOOL FOR DEAF, DELAVAN.

Permit me to thank you for the very considerate and complete entertainment given both Mrs. Walker and myself by your Company. Life in your tents has all the comforts of hotel life but some way seems to accord better with the spirit of the Park. I am not through with the Park yet and on my next visit shall go the "Wylie Way."

Others: MILWAUKEE, George W. Dewey, 2811 McKinley Block; Miss Amy Fulkes, John H. Paul, Prof. Wm. Promberger, Rev. Jos. Huber. FOND DU LAC, Dr. J. P. Connell. OSHKOSH, Ellen M. Baker.

**Wyoming.** CHEYENNE, Edith G. Snow, EVANSTON, Mrs. C. L. Rooker. SHERIDAN, Mrs. Harry L. Leach, L. H. Brooks.