| Show A aa alil jq WESTERN HISTORY Js r Alon montana tana was the american wonderland de of the railroad folders nick back ln 79 7 but the land seekers and fortune hunters lured by the win g pain phleta hieta were routed through utah zion even to that day salt lake city was rec as aa the hub ot of tho the in west and the fold lers ftp voted to exploitations ot of tile the won wait dors of bf montana Alon tana had many good things k I 1 to say gay about utah the auniol pa pai was ten years yara old in that 10 no lo which followed the hammering ai of th golden spike the utah centra 41 aten ing along alone thet the utah southern its tex mintia rt at v atia utah k northern with rail endt endl at ac eagle rock nock idaho had become important feeders ot of the arterial line at ogden from frain york south along what 1 la 3 now the zion park highway to st george and north from eagle rack to helena dally daily stage and lines hues were operated in conjunction with tho the local railroads tion was by horse barge or mule drawn vehicle stage coach or freight wagon over these last logs legs of the journeyer journ jour neye to either the montana wonderland where wages andl produce were high or to the cotton lands of cal utah where the potential wealth of natural resources was the prime a t traction tract lon ono duft keep these facts lit in mind to properly visualize in this day of paved highways motor cars anti and transcontinental the rigors of travel less than one on ehalt half controy back the founders of the union macly and their immediate successors to have been possessed of an abiding optimism as ai to the future of the west and bey question this was a vl vi tal factor actor in tho the fulfillment by ox confidence they inculcated others with tho the belief essential to action induced them to come wea g nud and built up tho the continent asking only that they travel U P to montana and the american wonderland where there are royal I 1 i opportunities tor for the capitalist an am I 1 prospector alike and the importance of scenic offering as an inducement to tn travel was as not overlooked j some of the grandest scenic ati tr actions in the known world I 1 the lovely fruitful vales along I 1 the rugged wasatch range in northern I 1 aern utah the wonderful lava fis fissures suree in eastern idaho sometimes of unfathomable depth and through which the great snake river pours poura its waters to tho the western sea the hundred snowy peaks of the beautiful salmon driver river range the glaciers of the three tetona the most anique and prod hitous landmark in the rocky mountains andl and the glorious pine clan swells to fo the main range at the ho southern montana boundary are among features fea turea of at this now new out west panorama ded from palace and parlor car windows on the utah end and northern railway such stich mastery of sustained effort I 1 must be the decair of modern press agents already the superlative had bad been used to emphasize unique and ana the avord artist employed by the railroad hail had made the roost most of what wa was a rheu him and tile the yellowstone Yellows tono was given kill an entire page to itsell this particular none ino of old jim Brid gorn iles had already become yellowstone Yellows gatono tono nation al park and the railroads publicity men were forced to admit lit at tso ts start nn an to properly describe tills this locked goiri galut of all tilt thy world our nat follo pleasure gratin ground 1 I which was about abndt to receive tho the tri tn butali 0 it nd miring thousands thouis anda through I 1 ho he gin bin ot of the utah you could savo gave monay time anti miles or of distance to nil all points in montana all yellowstone part and avoid the perils all and delays 0 oi river ny by going via tile tho only direct and desirable route tile the union pacino pacific and the utah north ern railroads and their flosell ron rail necking and well antiro lines so tile tho older said and tho the traveler was admonished to practice economy nomy by rail travel so as to avoid delays at river towns where hotal bills soon boon cost emigrants more than their passage it if the inducement of speed econ am giuy and scenic attraction failed pl thu propagandist still had access to a fi argument nit an ace in the holo at fair intended to clinch tho the business beware the folder warned 0 o Miss burl river navigation and atno benton stage road and guch us road flooded arid alit r r st aks on off one Bottom bottomless leis Mii Mil dhole nn ang in a most deplorable condition 1 it if tendered quotations from such reliable sources as tho the helena Indo In depend pend ent june 1878 helena herald july 1873 and address before the helena hoard board of trade september 6 1878 tind and the port fort benton record september 1878 1879 evidence that they hail had boards ot of trade lit in the new territory torri tory ghost members assembled at intervals to hear reports an afi depass resolutions on matters of public moment also that the newspapers of that lay day recognized transportation fig is tile function vital to community welfare and effective april 1 1870 gnu tares fares from omaha to lavelle Lov ells virgin ta la city butte acor lodge He helona loll and other central points wre were established at 75 and 45 tor for first and third class passage run rem tile the first class passenger it t rail end proceeded by fruit fast stage ge sec orld ond class clasa passengers geri went by covered mall mail wagon while tile the third thard class clasa had access to a seat on a freight wagon and the privilege of liuying meals at roc it a day so they edme to montana where vl lere cooks could demand per month and board us its against 60 being paid tn in the mist east and where chambermaids paid as high as their school teaching sisters back home to aion tana where farming stock raising and dairying aers carried on oil under farani bright skies und and where on nit a farm that cost coat practically nothing so tho 1 folder says the following showing could bo be made in comparison with the eastern land coating citing from 40 to 75 per aero acre the folder lists the various kinds of produce o 3 and nd lit in adjoining column v the eastern prices followed by mon alon tana prices for each commodity bacon per pound 5 cents and 1 15 6 cents cheese cheepo 8 cents and 60 50 cents onions 1 cent field 6 cents and wheat 1 I 12 1 2 cents centa and 2 cents to cite but a few of at the long listings ane entire side of the twenty pare pane folder was devoted to a map designed much after the fashion ot at 4 modern railroad folder per haps sime somewhat what more lit in detail as ad tt u the wealth of the various territories orlee served by the union pacific colorado wyoming idaho and utah were aar ait out and marked to indi indicate cite just what wa was the chief inducement of an any section thus if the prospect was not induced d 11 cad to visit the west something on oil the gnp might start him west tor for some om 0 intermediate point and so they brought brough t them west on the rail home in tile late ll 11 to an un undeveloped developed re region glon to grow develop prosper and ba bo como come great territorial I 1 amt III can ve march ing forward to fulfill every prom tae ot of the folden |
