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Show Horseback Trek To Follow Trails Into Adventure BELLE FOURCHE, S. D. Unsurpassed Un-surpassed mountain scenery, western west-ern companionship and a well-stocked well-stocked chuck wagon combine to make the horseback caravan from Belle Fourche to Devils Towet, offered for the first time this summer sum-mer as a tourist attraction, an interesting in-teresting diversion from the run-of-the-mill vacation. Nine trips are planned during the months of June, July and August, departure dates being the 1st, 11th and 21st. Each caravan, it is expected, ex-pected, will be comprised of 25 to 30 riders. The rides are sponsored by Western Trails, Inc., an organization organi-zation of Belle Fourche businessmen. business-men. Traversing Black Hills National forest, the trail passes through mile after mile of virgin Ponderosa pine, up and over the Bear Lodge mountains, moun-tains, along sparkling creeks and through grassy lowland meadows. Western terminus of the eight-day trip is the unique and awesome up-thrust up-thrust of rock known as Devils Tower in eastern Wyoming. The first monument to be incorporated in the national park system. Devils Tower is a majestic sheaf of rock columns that rises 875 feet above its base. For the benefit of "dude" guests on the adventuresome ride, cowboys cow-boys wrangle and saddle the string of range-wise western ponies, a trail boss guides the caravan and a crew travels ahead in chuck and duffel wagons to set up each night's camp. |