Show I National Park to H Highway Dedicated Aug 25 I I Ij j M I II I t I C N 7 1 I h k hart lS 0 f 4 i t V R b V O K S 0 rR tr Loo r M r h w A 0 TRw T- T Rw I r r. r Ar r a o t tAr L- L 1111 0 N G I I f R r a oR Rn I U IN- IN 0 t F i j i 0 R A. A c. c D s 0 I Ii r i ho uR I II I I sn r w s R I I E X q O N 1 V Ie t l t I f Map lap or of the tho NatiOnal rational Park Nark to Park Nark Highway the long longest at continuous scenic motor way in tho world traversing travers traverS- ing ta nine western states for tor a distance of miles lanes and connecting twelve national parks and many monuments and forests toreste The highway was waa dedicated td to the people of America by Stophen Stephen T. T Mather director of tho National National Na Na- Parks Parka Service governors of eight states and official 18 of oC the National Park to P Pork Park Highway Association and the American Automobile Association at Denver Other dedicatory meetings are ace being hold held in cities dUM on the route in a day sixty official tour Congress will be asked to consider appropriations for tor converting this high high- I WET WIIT Into Cato a surfaced hard boulevard and for tor sufficient inefficient appropriations to adequately exploit lt and develop de thaI the tha wonders ondera in the playgrounds of the nation I WE E major federal playgrounds playgrounds play play- T TWELVE grounds in the th West Vest st as well wen as asman asman man many national monuments and forests have been lassoed by 11 a scenic runn running n noose In tho the master motor road of ot the country known as the National to Park highway This lariat highway was suggested by the national park service mapped out by the American Automobile aa- aa and brought to fruition b by bythe bythe the National to Park-to-Park Highway association of ot which Gus Holms of f fI Cod Cody Yo W o is president nt I Its ItA defined course not only makes history for tor as being 1 the I longest continuous wonder r wa way in tn the world but hut invites anticipation of the bearl recognition b by the congress of the Indisputable fact tact that within the confines of this thin encircling highway isan isan is isan an arboreal fairyland with 1 lion tion drawing powers This connecting park highway Is COO miles In length and traverses nine states It Its dedication recently at Denver Denver Den Den- ver cr to all an the people presaged the day not far tar distant when a federal highway system o of surfaced hard-surfaced boulevards boulevard will extend from coast to coast In the thc consideration of or which recreational benefits and facilities In reaching open markets with crops arc are destined to be Important factors The mapping and opening oC of the National to Park-to-Park highway is the thc first concerted step taken toward that tha 1 great end t Its scope as to varieties In climate and nd length of ot journey may maybe maybe maybo be bo faVorably compared with continental tal Europe in that a a. sixty day a tour of the route now Is in progress Stephen Std Std- phen T T. Mather ther director of tho the na national national na- na parks service A A. I II I. who ho made the trip as as the tho representative of the American Autu- Autu mobile association and officials of oC tlc the National to Park-to-Park HI Highway hway association association asso uso- elation are arc among the tho official party The dedicatory ceremonies held hold in Denv Denver r are boing continued In meetings meetings meet meet- ings held In tho the principal cities visited Including Cheyenne and Co Cody d Wyo Great Falls FaUs Mont Spokane and Seat Seat- tie tle Wash ash Portland Or Ore Sacramento San Francisco Franciseo and Los Loa Angel Angeles s. s Cat Cal And Pueblo and Colorado Springs Springs- s. s Colo Coto In tho the caravan of or twenty five automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles bearing the tho party parly ar are cars can r representing every st state to through h which the highway passes pastes California and Montana sent cars oars to Denver Den to begin the journey from the starting point on August uc 25 25 S. S and other cps containing state and county officials oUI- oUI officials are arc acting as u convoys con to guide gude I the caravan h avan through Its It own common common- 1 wealth a The rhe master highway begins lariat lant lar t fashion any place In Maine Main aln Virgin u l- l Florida Illinois or Louisiana where where- ever the automobile tourist lIv lives live s. s Other cities on the route roo may be bc used but Denver II Is the logical gateway to these twelve national al parks The scenic lariat lariat lar lar- officially Is III thrown out from within tho the department of the Int Interior I at Washington D. D C C. df dt which John John Barton Payne Is 5 secretary I The Th Th connecting park rk highway touches every main transcontinental tal trail Including Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone-Glacier stone Bee Deo Line Roosevelt Roosevel the national parks parka and the Pacific highways high high- highways ways and the tho Old Trails Trans road and the Rainbow route crossing crossing- and using them In part to mak make a continuous thoroughfare when considered with many connecting auto Luto roads running north and south National parks parka are natures nature's silent sentinels beckoning the wanderer r In Colorado to behold the great granite ranil heights In Rocky Mountain p peak In to Wyoming to marvel at nt petrified forests for tor- forests ests and spouting geysers In n Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone park In Montana to experience unsurpassed alpine alpino climbing In Glacier Gla Gla- Glacier cier cier- park passing through Idaho to toa Washington a to witness ss Mount Rainier park with its snow capped ci ped- ped peak hurled burled In tn the clouds In- In Ore Oregon on to long for Cor passage on tho the hock T-ock ock phantom phantom phantom phan tom ship riding the tho lake waters aters held In the tho collapsed top of an extinct volcano In Crater Lake park In California Call Call- fornia to be thrilled by br- bran an active volcano volcano volcano vol vol- cano In Lassen IlSen park mammoth waterfalls waterfalls waterfalls water water- falls falls In Yosemite park and bl bib trees tree In General Grant and Sequoia parks I in n Arizona Arlona to stand In awe 30 of or the Creators Creator's master stroke of or cro erosion lon In n fashioning th the Grand canyon and In passing through New Mexico to southwestern southwestern south south- western Colorado to b become ome entranced over o the prehistoric ruins of or cliff clifft dwellers In Mesa MesI Verde Verdo nark Zion t I national park In Utah Is Tl also 1110 n o Included 1 In n the wonder group roup of or federal playground play play- I ground Director Director Mather In the dedicatory Clr mon mont ji held at nt Denver at lt the outset outset out out- out out-I set lei of or the tle official tour gild to the theand tourists and visitors representing practically er e every state te In the Union More than ever b before rort there exists a real Inclination amon among our people to tn see America first Where era for years us u's I the lure JurI of or Europe has caught their ranc fancy the eyes ey of or all those countries I are lre now directed to the most ular world a aggregation of scenic won won- der- der set t apart for the enjoyment and recreation ton of ot a a. free tree people Tho The great bulk of or travel to our parks park Is In private automobiles and nd to these are nrc now heln being offered still further fUrther further fur fUr- ther opportunities to see ace these thee won wonderlands h by the National to Park rk I a connecting twelve o major majorI narks In our national parks s system tem I like a n thread or of gold connecting jewels of ot the rarest beauty I The official to park-to-park tour dedicating ded- ded this remarkable route rout to the nark traveler r Is ad ari event cent of ot Inspiring Interest for he can In on one complete tour lour experience nc variations in r from rom the frigid rl I to the tropical i f anti ami in one park There will be a convention at Denver Den w- w I ver er in November at which time the National to Park-to-Park Highway highway High high- I way 39 association will wIlt begin actively the I consideration of or a a. read program that l will eventually C bring permanent Improvement improvement Im im- im provement pro of the park highway high high- hl highway hwa h- h way wa which encircles an a. a area a equal t I to that of twenty European countries I All Vc Western tern states will wm be represented In this gathering which will witt appeal appo to congress for Cor aid in hard surfacing hard the hl highway hwa Tho The motor vehicle has firmly established established its position as part of or the country's country's coun coun- try's trY transportation system the moa mo- mo a tor production schedule increasing h g from cars In 1310 InO to In 1950 1920 This growth la Is responsible In part to tho the country country's a newest bUBIn business busi busi- n ness an ness an enterprise which deals In economy in travel through a definitely outlined d conn connecting park highway ay and greater accessibility In reaching tho the national parks for the thousands of or travelers who have been made joint tenants b by a R seeing far congress |