Seeing the West: Suggestions for the Westbound TravellerDumbell, K. E. M. (Kate Ethel Mary)
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Seeing the West: Suggestions for the Westbound Traveller
Dumbell, K. E. M. (Kate Ethel Mary)
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
It is quite impossible to attempt a description of all these parks
without a very long list of new adjectives, for Nature has been more
than generous in dowering this part of the world with wonderful scenery.
See lakes McDonald, St. Mary, McDuff, and Iceberg Lake; this last is
almost surrounded by great towering cliffs, many of them rising to an
elevation of 2,000 feet, in the crevices of which lie large glaciers.
Even in the short space of time which the average tourist gives this
spot, he is frequently rewarded by hearing and seeing some great
fragment break from its parent glacier and crash into the water, where,
in the form of small icebergs, they are always seen floating; hence the
name of the lake.
Blackfeet Glacier is the largest and by far the most impressive in the
park; none but hardy mountain climbers should attempt the ascent.
The park is reached by the Great Northern Railroad, from either Belton
or Glacier Park. “Stop-overs” are allowed on any transcontinental
ticket, and one, two, or three day tours will be arranged as requested.
There is a fine hotel at Glacier Park Station and from here automobile
roads lead in to the “Many-Glacier” Hotel and the chalet-like groups of
camping places.
But I do not wish to give the impression that Glacier Park is a place to
be visited en route; far from it; it is a place to go to for weeks or
months, a place for the invalid to rest in, for the student of Nature to
revel in, or for the most vigorous young people to tramp in. By far the
most attractive way to see the park is on foot and is becoming more and
more popular. Walking tours can be arranged at a very small cost, the
party either taking its own outfit, or using the chalets scattered
through the park for their benefit.
Full information on this park can be obtained from the Great Northern R.
R. or the Department of the Interior.
THE DEVIL’S TOWER (NATIONAL MONUMENT)
“The Devil’s Tower is one of the most conspicuous features in the Black
Hill region of Wyoming. It rises with extreme abruptness from the rough
Wyoming levels just back of the Black Hills. It is on the bank of the
Belle Fourche River. This extraordinary tower emerges from a rounded
forested hill of sedimentary rock which rises six hundred feet above the
plain; from the top of that the tower rises six hundred feet still
higher. It is visible for a hundred miles or more in every direction.
The visitor approaching by automobile sees it hours away, and its growth
upon the horizon as he approaches is the least of his memorable
experience....
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