A DIRECT, GOOD ROAD BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS

Inspiring Mountains and Rugged Scenery of Glacier National Park The Montana Link of the Old Faithful-Never to Be Forgotten by Visitors to· Yellowstone Park National Park--to--Park Highway BELT is next reached, soon after passing through the vil- age of ARMINGTON. BELT has 1200 population, with THE Y~G -BEE LINE a good hotel, banks, garages and many business concerns. It is in the heart of Montana's coal mines. Here is located good c~mping grounds with free fuel and water. ROUTE GREAT FAL,LS with a population of 28,311 is the second ARDINER, the southern terminus of the Y-G Bee Line largest city in Montana; here are located the largest G Highway, is the northern entrance of the Yellowstone copper and zinc refineries in the world and three hydro­ National Park. The highway leads through the Gardiner electric power plants. The famous Giant Springs and a canyon northward along the Yellowstone River, past the vil­ stiate fish hatchery attract many visitors. The city is nicely lage of EMIGRANT to LIVINGSTON. On the way is COR­ laid out, modern and .up-to-date in every particular. Excel­ WIN, where is located the Corwin Hot Springs, and two miles lent hotels are here and municipal auto camp grounds are from EMIGRANT are the Chico Hot Springs, with a hotel, available. The traveler will find interesting side trips to hospital, a covered plunge and camping facilities. mountain and recreation places. A gravel road leads west­ erly from GREAT FALLS, for a distance of seventy-four IVINGSTON is a city of seven thousand people, with good miles through the village of VAUGHN to FAIRFIELD L hotels, garages and other business facilities. The Cham­ through the Sun River Irrigation project and in view of ber of Commerce conducts an information bureau. A tourist the Rocky Mountains. Through the village of BOLE, the camp is available. The road leads north from LIVINGSTON road leads to CHOTEAU, a prosperous town of 1500, and one to the Shields River Valley, where it passes through CLYDE of the romantic old cow towns of the State, which has now PARK and WILSALL, both towns having hotel and garage become the thriving center of an agricultural and stock rais­ facilities and camping places. Northward from WILSALL it ing district. Here are located good hotels and garages. passes over the divide between the heads of the Shields River and the Sn1ith River, into Meagher County and reaches BYNUM, to the north, is in the midst of an .interesting RINGLING, an active agricultural town. In the Shields River agricultural a,nd stock raising country. Through DU­ Valley the Crazy Mountains can be seen to the east, with the PUYER the road leads to Birch Creek and the Blackfoot In­ towering; Bridgers to the south and the Little Belts on the dian Reservation. Across the reservation, one may be for­ west. On the entrance to the Smith River Valley, the Castle tunate in meeting members of the Blackfeet Tribe, whose Mountains come into view to the north and beyond them the headquarters are at BROWNING: which is the next settle­ Little Belts. n1ent reached. BROWNING is the location of the Blackfeet Indian Agency, and the last town before reaching Glacier HITE SULPHUR SPRINGS is the next city reached and National Park. Hotel and garage facilities at BROWNING W is one of the oldest and most historic settlements of are good. GLACIER PARK entrance is next reached. Roa·ds Montana, the location of hot springs, which were known even are being constructed through the Glacier Park in extension in Indian days for the fine medicinal properties of their wa­ of this highway, to join the road at Lake McDonald, the ters. Hotels, garages and n1any business houses make this western entrance to the Glacier Park, from which KALIS­ town an interesting place for general resting purposes. From PELL can be reached. At present cars must be shipped WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS you travel north into the from GLACIER PARK STATION to BELTON. Wonderful Little Belt Mountains through which the highway has been mountain scenery, with unexcelled fishing streams and the constructed by federal aid and over King's Hill Pass, at all beautiful Flathead Lake awe the first-time visitor. altitude of 7280 feet, which is reached by an easy grade, amid the most attractive mountain scenery. KALISPELL is one of the most pleasant towns in western Montana and from here radiate many side trips to beau­ EIHART, one of the oldest n1ining camps of the west, is Si2"hts Such as This Are Numerous A!ong- the Y-G Bee Line tiful lakes and wonderful n10untains. With a population of N an interesting town located in a deep canyon and with 6,500, every kind of accommodation and service can be found. For all road and route information, write or inquire of all desired facilities for travelers. MONARCH is another The three principal assets to the traveler are here-good typical mining community with the usual array of stores, ga­ hotels, garages and a tourist park. S Secretary, Commercial Club, Hotel Rainbow rages .'and tourists' facilities. - Building, Great Falls, Montana. -.------_.. _------~_ ..~_..---._-

THE MILEAGE GARDINER TO LI,TINGST'ON-56 Miles Dirt road except twelve miles gravel into Livingston. LIVINGSTON TO RINGLING-55 Miles Good dirt highway. RINGLING TO WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS-24 Miles Excellent granite sand roadway. OF THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS TO GREAT FALLS-I04 Miles Good government-built highway practically entire NATIONAL distance through rugged mountain scenery. PARI(-TC)-PARK GREAT FALLS TO BYNUM-71 Miles 7 Modern gravelled road the entire distance. HIGH"W AY BYNUM 'TO BIRCH CREEK-34 Miles Ordina·ry good dirt road. BIRCH CREE,K'T'O BROWNING-29 Miles First 12 miles gravelled and balance being gravelled. BROWNING TO GL,ACIER PARK-21 Miles First half ordinary road and last half a fine main­ B tained highway. The distance between Gardiner, the entrance of Yellowstone Park, to Glacier National Park is 394 miles; of this distance, liNE 300 miles is of goverpment construction, the big percentage gravelled. The other 94 miles is a good dirt highway.,