Passenger train.
Many Yellowstone Park travelers prefer to travel with special parties of congenial people under the popular all-expense plan. These tours will be operated during the Yellowstone Park season and those desiring to join one of the parties should call on any of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad travel bureaus shown on the inside back cover of this booklet or write direct to Mr. H. Sengstacken, Passenger Traffic Manager, The Milwaukee Road, Union Station, Chicago 6, Ill.
The regular Park season is June 22nd to September 8th.
The Yellowstone Park Company, under contract with the Government operates a transportation line between the Park entrances and the various hotels and points of interest.
All service is under the supervision of the Government and is maintained at a high standard at rates fixed by the Government.
Each hotel is individual in character and architecture, completely and modernly equipped.
Old Faithful Inn is a striking structure of logs and stone. Its unusual lobby is 75 feet square and 92 feet high to the peak of the roof, with balconies around three sides.
Old Faithful Geyser is nearby the Inn, and not far away are many other geysers too numerous to mention here.
The Canyon Hotel, one of the finest hotels in the country with every comfort and convenience, is particularly well known for its spacious and beautiful plate-glass enclosed lounge. It has a wonderful setting high up on one side of Yellowstone Canyon, not far from the Lower Falls.
Mammoth Hot Springs hotel is most modern in style and appointments.
Far from the least attraction of an invigorating outing is the climate. An average elevation of 8,000 feet brings a clear and bracing atmosphere. Hot mineral baths and outdoor sleeping, best of Nature’s medicines, may be enjoyed throughout the season. During the tourist season the mean average temperature ranges from 54° to 64° with a maximum of 88°. There is little choice as to the best time for visiting the Park. Early summer finds more snow in the mountains; August and September bring floral decorations in all their beauty and charm.
Warm clothing should be worn, and one should be prepared for sudden changes of temperature common at an altitude of 7,500 feet. Men should have medium weight overcoats and sweaters, and women should have coats or sweaters. Slacks or riding breeches are recommended for both men and women. Stout shoes should be worn as they are most comfortable and best suited for walking about the geysers, terraces and other formations. Tinted glasses, serviceable gloves and field glasses will be found useful.
Yellowstone, like all other National Parks, is under the supervision of the National Park Service, with a local superintendent located at Mammoth Hot Springs, headquarters of the Park administration.
Religious services are conducted at convenient locations in the park. Information provided at hotel desks.
Physicians and surgeons with headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs are available for call to any place in the Park. Trained nurses and a dispensary are at each of the hotels in the Park. At Mammoth is a well-equipped hospital with skilled personnel.
Saddle horses, as well as competent guides, are available at all hotels and lodges at established rates made by the National Park Service. Those who desire to do so may get far off the beaten path and into the more remote and scenic regions of the Park.
(which will be added to the excursion fare to Gallatin Gateway)
Including Motor Transportation and Meals and Lodging
(Federal tax extra)
Longer time than is provided by the regular “two-and-one-half days’” tour may be spent at the stopover points, if desired. For such additional time, meals and lodging are on the basis of $9.00 to $12.00 per day, American plan. (Children’s Tickets for motor transportation and hotel accommodations are sold at Park entrances only.)
The Yellowstone Park Company will carry free, two pieces of hand baggage for each person, not to exceed sixty pounds in total weight, with a limited liability of $25.00 for each piece for loss or damage. Passengers desiring additional protection may obtain an insurance policy at small cost from the transportation agent at Gallatin Gateway. Trunks cannot be transported in the automobiles. Tourists contemplating a prolonged trip through the Park can make arrangements with representatives of the Transportation Company at Gallatin Gateway for the forwarding of trunks.
Railroads store baggage free at Gallatin Gateway, Three Forks, Butte, Livingston, Gardiner, Cody, Frannie or Billings, West Yellowstone, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Ogden or Salt Lake City, for actual length of time spent in the Park. Baggage may be checked to Gallatin Gateway, Gardiner, Cody or West Yellowstone.
Passengers entering the Park via one station and leaving via another can make arrangements for free checking of baggage to station via which they leave the Park.
Passengers entering the Park via one station and leaving via another can make arrangements for free checking of baggage to station via which they leave the Park.
Many rail travelers from the East and Middle West add to the enjoyment of their Yellowstone tour by returning over a different route. You can plan your trip to continue southward from West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City, then east through Colorado and so home again.
Salt Lake City, originally settled and built by the Mormons, is a clean and attractive city that rates high in tourist interest. The focal point, of course, is the great square containing the handsome Mormon Temple and the smaller Tabernacle with its barrel-vaulted, wooden roof. Organ recitals are held regularly in this building.
Many brief tours are available to points of outstanding interest. You will want to visit Saltair on the shores of Great Salt Lake and probably to take a swim in the amazingly buoyant waters. You also see the vast and arid salt fields on this trip. Another tour might well be through Bingham Canyon into the mining country where you see the world’s largest open pit copper mine.
From Salt Lake City, one of the routes east takes you through the world-renowned Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, one of the great scenic thrills of the West. Another scenic route east takes you through Cheyenne.
From Colorado Springs, the “Sunshine City”, motor tours take you through the beautiful residential section and over High Mesa to the colorful Garden of the Gods. Then on to Manitou, Seven Falls, Cheyenne Mountain, the Will Rogers Shrine Memorial, through Ute Pass and up Pyramid Mountain for a superb view of Pikes Peak and its sisters in the Rockies.
Denver, the mile-high city, has a superb system of parks, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum and the tomb of Buffalo Bill. Scenic drives offer extraordinary views into Clear Creek Canyon, Bear Creek Canyon and the gorgeous Red Rocks.
Fast streamliners provide excellent rail service between Denver, Colorado Springs and Chicago.
Mormon Tabernacle Square in Salt Lake CityMormon Tabernacle Square in Salt Lake City
Mormon Tabernacle Square in Salt Lake City
Floating is easy in Great Salt LakeFloating is easy in Great Salt Lake
Floating is easy in Great Salt Lake
City and County Building in DenverCity and County Building in Denver
City and County Building in Denver
Pike’s Peak from Garden of the GodsPike’s Peak from Garden of the Gods
Pike’s Peak from Garden of the Gods
Railroad route map.
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