| Show Gia ieE t a a a ai r. r Y h fE II i 14 1 a T rya yr T r r fi lA lAu u 4 z s sy y at w R S Sti ti This Is one of a series of Articles to appear In this newspaper sponsored by the Salt Lake Advertising Club associated civic clubs of southern and central Utah and chambers of commerce part of n a program to point out Utah's resources BO so that local people will Know Utah Better By Dy P P. P J. J MULLIN No traveler to the European Alps ever beheld more riotous scenery than Is Js experienced by the thousands who every year pour through the fascinating mountain of ot Glacier National Park In Americas Americas America's Ameri Amen cas ca's back door Glacier extends Into Canada and since sinco 1932 has been connected with the Canadian portion of the park as the Waterton Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park It Is Js seldom that romance such as Glaciers Glacier's Is attached to any national national na park For Chief Mountain in the tho park was the Kings Mountain Moun Moun- taro tain Indicated by Lewis and Clarke Clarko on their expedition map of ot 1804 In 1810 1510 the tho first white men were taken across Marias Marlas pass In 1855 the tho area now in tho the park east of or tho the park east of ot the Continental divide was allotted to tho Indians as hunting grounds Late In tho the century this section was the center of ot a fevered but unsuccessful mining min miu- ing rush First wide attention to tho the park as a scenic center was drawn In about 1900 and In 1910 President Taft signed the bill adding It to tho the nations nation's storo of ot natural beauty as a permanent park Here Is Americas America's glacier country Nestled among the higher peaks are more than GO CO glaciers and more than cirque lakes lal During tho the summer Bummer it Is possible to visit most of or the glaciers and many of tho the lakes with very little difficulty Horseback and foot trails penetrate almost every overy section of the park Nowhere aro are the named points of scenic Interest so apt in description description description tion as In Glacier But very few of ot tho the names were the product of or the tho whito white man mann From their earliest wanderings the Indians applied their own picturesque designations terms desIgnations terms which still exist Of ot these Two Medicine Valley VaHey is perhaps the best st known section of at the park Tho The road which leads into tho the valley vaHey ends at the tho chalets near the tho foot toot of Two Medicine l lake Across tho mountain is Mount Rockwell lockwell an and in the tho distance the Continental divide At Glacier too thero Is a point from which waters flow Jow In three directions to tho the Gulf of Me Mexico ico by Cut Bank Banle Creek and the Missouri river to Hudson Bay BaJ by St. St Mary River and to the tho Pacific Ocean by Flathead river In Re Red Eagle valley vaHey was once a glacier 2000 feet thick and tho the present glacier thero there can be bo seen from any point in the tho valley Uey Other picturesque points aro are Dog Almost Mountain 1 St St. Mary Valley VaHey which Is tho the largest and most and most celebrated Gunsight Pass Little Chief Mountain Moun tats tain Swiftcurrent valley Belly River valley scores valley scores of ot others I The spectacular the GoIng Sun highway already well weH known as asono asI one ono of ot tho the outstanding scenic roadways In the world connects the tho East and West sides of DC the park crossing the tho Continental divido divide through Logan pass at an altitude of ot approximately feet This road makes available to thousands of travelers who would not have time funds and perhaps the tho strength for tor pack trips rips some somo of at the tho finest alpine scenery in the world Reached through highways drawing from all aU parts of ot tho the country and by rail the park Is rapidly becoming an increasing attraction not only for American tourists but for people from all aU portions of ot the world |
