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100 Years at Lake Voice of the Glacier Park Foundation ☐ Spring 2016 ☐ Volume XXXI, No. 1 A Close Call at Rising Sun 100The Years Reynolds at Creek Fire just misses Lake McDthe Motor Inn (Photo Chris Peterson, Hungry Horse News) In this issue: • Evacuating Rising Sun • Letters Home from Lake McDonald Lodge • Tales of McD in 1976 and 1978 • Bushwacking on Heaven’s Peak • Many Glacier Memories • Fleeing a Grizzly • Hootenanies in the 1960’s • Louis Hill and Glacier’s Roads and Trails • The Hummel Era • Remembering Alice Edwards • Alumni Reunions at Rising Sun and Lake McDonald Glacier Park Foundation Pursues New History Projects For 36 years, the Glacier Park Foun- Park Service is investing $13.5 mil- Inc. have graciously agreed to these dation has worked to preserve the lion there this year. Te Circular arrangements. In June 2016, GPF history of Glacier’s lodges and its his- Staircase, which was Many Gla- director and historian Ray Djuf will toric red buses. Te past fve years cier’s original iconic feature, will be give talks on lodge history to the have provided extraordinary forums reinstalled in the lobby. Much other stafs at Glacier Park Lodge and at for those eforts, in the centenni- preservation work will be done in the Prince of Wales Hotel. In 2017, als of Glacier Park (2010), Glacier the lobby and the Annex. additional orientation programs are Park Lodge (2013), Lake McDonald planned for Many Glacier and Lake Glacier’s concessioner Xanterra Lodge, Granite Park and Sperry McDonald Lodge. In future years, we wishes to replicate historic furnish- Chalets (2014), and Many Glacier hope to add programs for Rising Sun, ings in the rooms at Many as closely Hotel (2015). We also cohosted a Swiftcurrent and St. Mary Lodge. as possible. We invite members of massive gearjammer reunion (2010), GPF who worked at Many before GPF will supplement these talks and led a successful public campaign 1957 to share any photos or memo- with historical handbooks for the to preserve the red bus feet (2013). ries that you may have of the décor employees. Handbooks for Glacier As Glacier continues its second in the rooms. Park Lodge and the Prince of Wales century, we enjoy more opportuni- already have been compiled. Te GPF also has made arrangements to ties to share the Park’s history. One books are about 20 pages long. Tey give historical orientations to em- is the extraordinary restoration work include a brief history, a timeline of ployees at lodges in and around the at Many Glacier Hotel. Te National events at the hotel, a half dozen good Park. Xanterra and Glacier Park, stories, and sections on Architecture We invite members of GPF who worked at Many and Art and on Personalities. before 1957 to share any photos or memories Te handbooks and orientation talks are meant to enhance the employ- that you may have of the décor in the rooms. ees’ experience and to help them interpret the lodges for Park visi- Glacier Park Foundation Offcers: tors. GPF is pleased to share its P.O. Box 15641 John Hagen, President resources and the experience of its Minneapolis, MN 55415 Carol Dahle, Vice President members to promote these worthy www.glacierparkfoundation.org Mac Willemssen, Secretary [email protected] Tessie Bundick, Historian goals. Board of Directors: Jim Lees, Treasurer Joe Blair Laura Chihara, Webmaster The Inside Trail takes its name Mike Buck Rolf Larson, Inside Trail Editor from the famous old trail Tessie Bundick Laura Chihara which connected Glacier Janet Eisner Cornish Park Lodge with the vanished Brian Cross The Glacier Park Foundation was chalets at Two Medicine, Carol Repulski Dahle formed by Glacier Park employees Joyce Daugaard and visitors who have a deep love for Cut Bank, and St. Mary. The Ray Djuff this special place. The Foundation is name thus emphasizes the commited both to the importance Emily Trapp Hackethorn publication’s focus on the John Hagen of wilderness preservation and to the importance of places like Glacier Einar Hanson lore and history of Glacier as classrooms where people can Paul Hoff experience wilderness in intense National Park. We invite Mark Hufstetler meaningful ways, learning not only a submission of historical, Jeff Kuhn love for the land, but also a respect scientifc, or anecdotal ar- Linda Young Kuhn that nurtures the skills necessary to Rolf Larson preserve that land. The Foundation ticles, commentary, poetry, Greg Notess has a special interest in Glacier Park’s or artwork for publication in history, traditions and visitor facilities. John Sauer future issues. Rick Taylor Mac Willemssen 2 ☐ Spring 2016 ☐ The Inside Trail Evacuating Rising Sun (Diane Sine Photo.) July 21, 2015 was a typical midsummer day for me at our company offces in Columbia Falls. By Marc Ducharme (General Man- plan and done tabletop planning. Around approximately 5:00 PM, ager, Glacier National Park Lodges) Each of the members of our Incident we were called by our Rising Sun Command Group had a role. location manager, Hallie Brown. July 21, 2015 was a typical midsum- She told us that the Park Service mer day for me at our company My role was to relay communication had ordered the staf and guests out. ofces in Columbia Falls. Ten, between the National Park Service It was a no-nonsense, leave-your- around 4:00 PM, I got a call that and our team. For about an hour, toothbrush evacuation, which was a fre had been reported in Glacier they deliberated whether to evacu- completed in half an hour. Hallie Park around the head of St. Mary ate Rising Sun. Tat time was very and her managers closed the com- Lake. It was being blown rapidly valuable to us as we waited in our pound, locked the doors, took a roll in the direction of the compound company board room. call of employees, and got them into at Rising Sun. We assembled our Dave Eglssaer, our Transportation vehicles. Tere was no time to pack Incident Command Group. Manager, is responsible to have up anything from the campstore or We’d trained for this sort of a situa- of-duty vehicles ready to assist with anybody’s personal gear. tion. It was a below-average mois- an evacuation. During the hour of Tere were about 65 employees at ture year, and we knew that fre waiting, Dave assembled red buses Rising Sun. Many American em- danger would be high. Te previous and shuttle vans at Rising Sun. ployees had cars. Te international winter, we had developed a master It was a no-nonsense, leave-your-toothbrush evacuation, which was completed in half an hour. The Inside Trail ☐ Spring 2016 ☐ 3 We visited the kitchen to be sure We’d trained for this sort of a situation. It was that the equipment was turned of. a below-average moisture year, and we knew (Te kitchen crew had dropped their spatulas and left as soon as the that fre danger would be high. The previous evacuation was ordered.) We took winter, we had developed a master plan and perishable items out of the refrigera- done tabletop planning. Each of the members tors. It was quick and efcient work. of our Incident Command Group had a role. About three weeks into the event, with the fre under control but still smoldering, we were authorized to employees joined them or boarded We chose to pay the employees for reopen daytime operations. Tere the red buses and the vans, along 40 hours a week of standby time. was too much smoke settling into with those guests who had no private We didn’t know whether we could the valley at night for us to ofer vehicles. reopen Rising Sun, but we hoped to lodging. We opened the campstore have the staf intact if that proved and provided breakfast and lunch in Te evacuees drove around the south possible. the restaurant. side of Glacier on U.S. Highway 2. Tey assembled at our company’s Day by day, we were briefed by the After a couple of days, we decided recreational vehicle park in Coram, Park Service about the state of the that this plan wasn’t going to work. near West Glacier. (Te recreational fre. Our Food and Beverage De- Te smoke was too thick for em- vehicle park houses employees who partment, Jim Chapman and Jer- ployees to stay in the compound work at Lake McDonald Lodge or emiah Hook, had the duty to feed overnight, and anyone with any sort the Village Inn and prefer not to live the evacuees. Te employee dining of a breathing problem was impacted in the dormitories there.) room staf at Lake McDonald Lodge severely. It didn’t make sense logisti- prepared the extra meals, which then cally to bring employees back and While the Rising Sun staf was tak- were transported to Coram. forth from Coram (a four hours’ ing the long drive around the Park, daily commute). We were able to other members of our Incident About a week after the evacuation, place nearly all the Rising Sun em- Command Group were in action. the Park Service let us make a quick ployees who wanted to stay at other Our Human Relations director, foray to Rising Sun. We took a large locations. Lynette Franks, was in charge of get- warehouse truck and about a dozen ting camping gear. She drove to the employees to the site. Te Park Ser- Great credit goes to our Safety nearest Walmart and bought up all vice granted us two hours there. Manager, Terry Bailey. Terry has the tents she could fnd, along with more than twenty years of experi- We systematically ransacked the sleeping bags and toiletries.
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