Show Camping and Indian Lore make One's tour of High most EDITOR'S This Is one In a series of articles on Tours Through the Different World of These have been planned by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council to show you Utah's most outstanding attractions with the least a-mount of in the shortest and over the best roads By taking each one of these a person could conceivably see the entire on weekends within a Mountain high valleys and lakes north of the Uintah Basin offer exciting vacation opportunities for seeking camping and touring close to It's just miles from Salt Lake City to Duchesne along US but once the pavement is left you can discover country unchanged since the days of the fur You can travel 25 to 40 miles from US 40 to forest campgrounds in Lake Yellowstone and Uintah or can take sedan-passable back-country routes across the Uintah-Ouray Reservation totalling as much as There are campgrounds at Wolf Creek Duchesne Rock Creek Lake Fork Yellowstone Uintah and Whiterocks Canyon There is a resort at Moon and good motels at and Or you may want to make a pack-trip to the High fishing In some ways this is still the Old for much of it remains wild and The are still in their primeval mainly because the federal government has set aside a vast area in the High as a perpetual Wilderness Area and most of the remainder of the Uintah highlands is included in Wasatch and Ashley National Forests There are a number of tour possibilities In the Uintah many of them on but sedan-passable Roads north of Duchesne and Roosevelt wind through ranching and farming country where hardy pioneers of the early century homesteaded the land have been working ever since to make it yield a A day or a few hours spent touring the rustic region will be FOLLOW THE MAP Transcontinental Highway 40 swings south of the High Unpaved roads to the lake country are passable by and station Another tour climbs northwest from along the Duchesne River and up to Wolf Creek then down to Woodland on the Provo This road passes through wild mountain-canyon country that is popular with fishermen and deer Other roads lead north from Duchesne and Roosevelt into deep canyons of the forested giving access to excellent fishing streams and lakes such as Moon Lake Fork Yellowstone and Uintah There are fine campgrounds in these which are popular with sportsmen Pack trips into the high peaks can be Religious dances of the Utes attract many visitors each year Though dates change from year to Bear Dances are held in the spring and Sun Dances in the and Visitors are picture taking is not permitted at some Those wishing to obtain an illustrated copy of all 21 Tours In the series can do so by sending to the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council State Salt Lake City FISHERMAN'S PARADISE Hundreds of lakes in the High afford fine fishing in a primitive region beneath Utah's highest |