Show These ar are a f few w highlights in th the Rocky Mountain West S Send nd the coupon on the back cover for free fre materials on each ach state Including detailed highway maps Tour the Big Sky Country Montana Montana is high wide and handsome as you'll youl discover if you make a border border to border to-border tour In a state rich in superlative scenery one prime target should be Glacier National Notional Park Parle 11 1 t. t Two-hundred Two sparkling lakes fifty finy glistening glaciers countless waterfalls massive forested peaks and flower dotted meadows make this beauty spot a true vacation haven the Sun Highway winds across the million- million acre park links up p with smooth equally spectacular routes leading to fine fishing and boating at Whitefish and Flathead Lakes or famed Hungry Horse Reservoir Reservoir Reser Reser- voir all near Kalispell 2 A few score miles south make Missoula 3 your headquarters as you explore the Bitterroot Lolo and Deer Lodge country where cool green forests and fine fishing streams lie just off the pavement Select a campsite stay awhile then move on to the photogenic modern mines of Anaconda and Butte Bull 4 with the richest hill on earth or journey to once wooly wild Virginia Cl City y 5 second territorial capitol of a cherished era Today's capitol is at Helena 6 equally rich equally rich in Advertisement history and almost atop the Continental Divide Just north are Gates of the Mountains and Great Groa Falls fall 7 17 where Lewis and Clark paused in their historic journey Down the wide Missouri stop awhile at Fort Fed Pock Peck R. R Rotor vol voir III I formed by the nations nation's largest earthen dam enjoy top top notch notch fishing boating and water skiing on the largest fourth-largest reservoir in the world Circle south and east to Glendive and State Park Badlands and swing down to Ekalaka with Its display of prehistoric reptiles and on In to Miles Mil City Oty 9 for a visit to the famed Range Riders Museum Then spend an hour or two two two-or or a day day day-at at Cutter Custo Battlefield National Monument 10 1101 where cavalrymen and Indians wrote a heroic chapter in western history From modern bustling Billings Billing 11 1111 take the Bear Tooth Highway to Yellowstone National Park and its thermal wonders or swing up to Livingston Bosemon BOIman and Lewis and Clark Clock Cavern Cavorn State Park Pork 12 1121 before entering the oldest of national parks by way of Gardiner or West Welt Yellowstone 13 1131 Wherever you roam in Montana you'll find superlative scenery scenery a hearty welcome good roads and a fine choice of Explore Montana Big wig Sky Country Striking toadstool formations In Montana's badlands State Stale Park Sightseers and photographers find the scenery h here especially intriguing when the sun is low in lox in early morning and late oJe afternoon u r l i I R. R r- r rT T diwa b. b 1 T ill was was- M IiiI It Its Iti Centennial time in the Big Sky country Montana which is celebrating the anniversary of its establishment establishment establishment as a territory Its It's the perfect setting for a vacation in the outdoors Everywhere you roam by auto or bus by train or plane on horseback or on foot you'll find secluded forest lands or well developed resorts famous national parks and monuments quiet state park campgrounds Of course a visit to spectacularly scenic Glacier National Park is a must Park lakes and streams afford prime fishing there are are fine hotels and modest cabins campgrounds boat excursions wilderness rides nature trails campfire talks glacier climbs all suited for family vacationing Yellowstone Notional National Park reached by three Montana routes including the Bear Tooth Highway offers scenery as spectacular as Glacier plus those famed geysers thermal wonders and thundering waterfalls Just up the road from Yellowstone all Montana awaits you Custer Battlefield and Big Hole Battlefield National Monuments the Bears Bear's Paw Battlefield the reservations of the Crow Sioux and other major tribes serve to bring the history of the first Americans home to every thoughtful visitor The Charles Russell Gallery and Studio at Great Falls the State Historical Museum at Helena the Range Riders Museum at Miles City M Museum seum of the Plains Indian at Browning and the National Bison range at Moiese recall the era of th the cowpuncher the railroad builders and vanishing buffalo buffal herds Modern mining como comes to life as you tour mines at Butte and smelters at Anaconda and Great Falls while a bygone era is recalled through the Last Chancer Tour at Helena visits to Virginia City and Nevada City or almost one hundred ghost towns Boat trips through the Gates of the Mount Mountain n Gorge on the Missouri near Helena remind you of the wilderness journey of Lewis and Clark A visit to the Forest Service Smoke Jumpers' Jumpers Center at Missoula spotlights the problems of protecting forested mountain country in which you can still observe moose and deer antelope elk elk bighorn and even the majestic Rocky Mountain goat footed Fleet-footed Antelope roam the high plateau country of central and eastern Montana and the upland game birds are arc plentiful From State Park in the badlands of the east to Whitefish Lake in the west Montana is dotted World famed Sun Going Highway in Montana's Glacier National Park is one of the scenic wonders of the world Fifty miles long it winds through the most rugged section of the Montana and crosses the Continental Divide with state parks all worth a visit Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park is a wonderland of underground stalactites and stalagmites Medicine Rocks shows its striking formations above ground For the outdoor vacationer Montana has camping and fishing galore Yellow Bay State Stale Park and West WestShore WestShore WestShore Shore State Park on on Flathead Lake with a beach and water skiing facilities Bitterroot Lake State Park near Kalispell Canyon Ferry near Helena James Kipp Park on the Missouri near Lewiston The very names of Montana's streams and lakes will make the knowing angler smile with anticipation Wet a line in the Big Hole the Big Blackfoot the Gallatin the Jefferson Ruby Missouri Musselshell Sun or Yellowstone and youre you're almost certain to take a limit of cutthroat rainbow brook or brown trout the Flathead offers salmon and Dolly Varden as well as trout salmon are also found in northwest lakes And as sportsmen know the Madison River with nearby Hebgen Quake and Meadow lakes rates among the finest trout waters in the nation Fishing camping rock hunting taking picture golfing boating trail riding trail riding come try them all Motels dude ranches hotels resorts are plentiful people are friendly in Montana the Big Sky country u r. r 1 f. f 11 r IU S l irm w J l r l l li j IJ J 1 ii lay J J INDIANS INDIAN lit Big NOUN HOIK SHIH IOU ALDER GUlCH NATIONAL rm PARK |