BY

LAURENCE F. SCHMECKEBIER

Introduction

The National Parks of the United States are in process of great development as regards the building of roads and trails and the operation of hotels and camps. It is likely that from year to year additional trips will be scheduled and new camps established. The rates given are from the latest data available and may be considered stable, although they are likely to vary slightly from year to year in sympathy with general fluctuations in prices.

Railway rates are given for side trips to all the Parks from the main transcontinental lines, and through rates are given to the important Parks from the princ.i.p.al gateways. The rates are the latest ones in effect and are quoted in order to give the reader a general idea of the cost. The latest rates and combinations of tours may be obtained at any coupon ticket office or from the pa.s.senger representatives of the roads tributary to the Parks. There is given on pages 427-31 a schedule showing the cost of side trips on the regular transcontinental tours.

Railroads to the National Parks and the Grand Canon

YELLOWSTONE PARK: Northern Pacific to Gardiner, Montana; Oregon Short Line to Yellowstone, Montana: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to Cody, Wyoming.

YOSEMITE PARK: Yosemite Valley to El Portal, California.

SEQUOIA PARK: Southern Pacific or Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe to Visalia, California.

GENERAL GRANT PARK: Southern Pacific to Sanger, California.

MOUNT RAINIER PARK: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul to Ashford, Washington.

CRATER LAKE PARK: Southern Pacific to Medford or Kirk, Oregon.

GLACIER PARK: Great Northern to Glacier Park or Belton, Montana.

MESA VERDE PARK: Denver & Rio Grande to Mancos, Colorado.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN PARK: Union Pacific to Fort Collins or Greeley, Colorado; Colorado & Southern to Boulder, Loveland, Longmont, or Fort Collins, Colorado; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to Longmont or Lyons, Colorado; Denver & Salt Lake to Granby, Colorado.

GRAND CAnON: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe to Grand Canon, Arizona.

La.s.sEN VOLCANIC PARK: Southern Pacific to Red Bluff or Westwood, California; Western Pacific to Keddie, California.

HAWAII PARK: Steamer service from Honolulu, Hawaii.

MOUNT MCKINLEY PARK: No railroad connection until government railroad across Alaska is completed.

HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION: Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern; and Memphis, Dallas & Gulf to Hot Springs, Arkansas.

CASA GRANDE RUIN: Southern Pacific to Florence or Casa Grande, Arizona.

WIND CAVE PARK: Chicago & Northwestern or Chicago, Burlington & Quincy to Hot Springs, South Dakota.

PLATT PARK: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe or St. Louis & San Francisco to Sulphur, Oklahoma.

SULLY'S HILL PARK: Great Northern to Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

Railroads to Canadian Parks

ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK: Canadian Pacific to Banff or Laggan, Alberta.

YOHO PARK: Canadian Pacific to Field, British Columbia.

GLACIER PARK: Canadian Pacific to Glacier, British Columbia.

JASPER PARK: Grand Trunk Pacific or Canadian Northern to Jasper, Alberta.

REVELSTOKE PARK: Canadian Pacific to Revelstoke, British Columbia.

WATERTON LAKES PARK: Canadian Pacific to McLeod or Pincher Creek, Alberta.

BUFFALO PARK: Grand Trunk Pacific to Wainwright, Alberta.

ELK ISLAND PARK: Canadian Pacific to Lamont, Alberta.

ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK: New York Central to Clayton, New York; Grand Trunk to Kingston, Ontario.

FORT HOWE PARK: Canadian Pacific to St. John, New Brunswick.

Cost of Side Trips on Trans-Continental Tours

ROUTE A. PRINc.i.p.aL NATIONAL PARKS:--

To Seattle or Tacoma via Great Northern, Northern Pacific, or Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; to Portland via Northern Pacific, Great Northern, or Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Company; to San Francisco via Southern Pacific; to Ogden via Southern Pacific or Western Pacific; to Denver via Union Pacific or Denver & Rio Grande; any road to starting-point. Round trip from Chicago, $90. Round trip from St. Louis, $87.50. Round trip from Kansas City, $89.57.

ROUTE B. PRINc.i.p.aL NATIONAL PARKS AND THE GRAND CAnON OF THE COLORADO:--

To Seattle or Tacoma via Great Northern, Northern Pacific, or Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; to Portland via Northern Pacific, Great Northern, or Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Company; to San Francisco via Southern Pacific; to Denver via Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; any road to starting-point. Round trip from Chicago, $90. Round trip from St. Louis, $87.50. Round trip from Kansas City, $89.57.

YELLOWSTONE PARK--side trips from ROUTES A and B:

On tickets via Northern Pacific: From Livingston, Montana, via Northern Pacific to Gardiner, northern entrance, and return, $3.00.

On tickets via Great Northern: From Havre, Montana, on west-bound tickets and from Shelby, Montana, on east-bound tickets via Great Northern and Northern Pacific to Gardiner, northern entrance, and return, $15.70.

On tickets via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul or Northern Pacific: From b.u.t.te, Montana, via Oregon Short Line to Yellowstone, Montana, western entrance, and return, $12.25.

On tickets via Burlington to Billings, thence via Northern Pacific or Great Northern to Seattle or Tacoma, there is no charge for side trip via Cody, Wyoming, to eastern entrance.

On tickets via Northern Pacific: From Billings, Montana, via Burlington to Cody, Wyoming, and return, $6.90; stage fare to Park entrance extra.

YELLOWSTONE PARK--side trip from ROUTE A only:--