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If you're an experienced dude, you're already familiar shoes and colorful kerchiefs are all the outer wear you with such details as what to wear on a dude ranch vaca- need. The big "dress-up" occasion in any ranch commu- tion. You'll want to know more about individual ranches, nity is the increasingly popular square dance. For this, the where they are, and what each one has to offer that appropriate feminine costume is a full-skirted cotton print. appeals to your particular liking. You'll find all this in- Dude ranches throughout the area served by the formation in this book, for the Great Northern Railway Great Northern have one thing in common. That's the has taken special care to gather all the facts about each abundance of excellent food, comfortable accommoda- ranch. tions and wonderful hospitality which makes any ranch But suppose you've never been on a ranch before, and vacation an unforgettable experience. Don't confuse want to know what it's like—and if you'll like it. For ranch life with "roughing it." You can expect all the one thing, dude ranching is the most completely casual, conveniences and comforts of home, including good beds, carefree and informal kind of living you've ever known. plenty of hot water, and snug, cozy, attractive quarters Everything on the ranch and surrounding the ranch in either the ranch house or in individual cabins. combine to make it so. As you page through this book, you'll find descriptions There's that clean, clear western air, sparkling as of various ranches to help you make your choice. All of champagne; the bluest blue skies by day: a new and these ranches, and their owners, are personally known brilliant sunset picture every twilight ; midnight stars like to representatives of the Great Northern Railway who 5-carat diamonds. There's the view—miles of gracefully visit them from time to time. Many are located in rolling prairie, friendly, inviting foothills, and majestic Montana, and still others in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, mountains. There's the way you live—that's really liv- Alberta, and British Columbia. People from the ranch ing! Far from the complex, hurried hubbub of crowded meet you by car or station wagon at the nearest Great cities, close to the soothing magic that erases worry and Northern Station. Come any time. Spring, summer, tension, and makes you feel like a million. fall—each season has its own special beauty and unique If you like activity, you'll find plenty of it on a ranch. interest and activity on a ranch. The time you spend in the saddle, around the corral, at The best way to decide on your choice of a ranch is to neighboring rodeos, is filled with fun and thrills. If you correspond with one or more of the ranch operators listed don't know how to ride, you'll learn fast and easy, the in this book. From them you can secure more detailed way these patient cowboys teach you. Perhaps you prefer information, and exchange references. After you have the more leisurely life, with the accent on relaxation. made your choice, just get in touch with the Great Your answer once more is a dude ranch vacation, for Northern representative nearest you and he will make you can do what you please, when you please. both ranch and train reservations for you. What to wear is no problem, either. You can bring This year—right now—plan this greatest of all vaca- riding clothes if you wish, but shirt and blue jeans are tions on a real dude ranch. There's nothing like it, standard ranch garb for men, women and children. A nothing to surpass it, for all the pleasure you expect a warm sweater or two, wool jacket, comfortable sports perfect vacation to give you.

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t.. 1111,111 ALLAN RANCH (K Bar L) CM QUARTER CIRCLE RANCH Augusta, Montana Kalispell, Montana Beyond all roads. Eighty Fifteen miles from Kalispell, Montana, on boundary of miles from Great Falls, Mon- Blackfoot National Forest. Accommodations for up to tana, to camp at end of road, 30 guests. A real dude and horse ranch. Specializes in by auto; 7 miles from camp raising of American Golden Saddlers of the Golden to ranch by boat or saddle and Cavalier type. Rates, which include meals, lodging, pack horses. Guests are met saddle horse, general guide service, participation in all at Great Falls. Altitude, 4,862 ranch activities and transportation from Kalispell or feet. Accommodations for 24 Whitefish to ranch, $70.00 to $80.00 per week per person. guests. Rates: $75.00 to Special rates for stay of two weeks or longer. Further $85.00 per person per week, which includes cabin, meals, detailed information can be obtained by writing to saddle horse, transportation, general guide service, use W. C. March, CM Quarter Circle Ranch, Kalispell, of natural warm water swimming pool. Season: May 1 to Montana. December 1. Pack trips for camping, fishing and big game hunting, through Sun River country and into South Fork of Flathead; rates on request. For further detailed information and literature write to Mrs. Ralph Allan, P. O. Augusta, Montana.

BISON CREEK RANCH Glacier Park, Montana One mile from Glacier Park station, eastern railway entrance to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Meets guests at Glacier Park station and transports them to ranch without charge. One and two bedroom modern cabins. Accommodations for 30 guests. Well stocked trout stream. Excellent food served family style. Rates: $55.00 and $60.00 per person per week, which includes cabin, meals, saddle horse, general guide service, transportation to and from ranch to Glacier Park station. Special rates for children under 12. Sum- mer season: June 1 to September 15. Hunting season: September 15 to Decem- ber 15. For further detailed information and rates write to Mr. and Mrs. Gus J. Nelson, Bison Creek Ranch, Glacier Park, Montana.

BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN GUEST RANCH Chilliwack, British Columbia Situated on the Cariboo Highway at the head of the Fraser Valley below Cheam Peak of the Cascade Moun- tains on the banks of the Fraser River. 75 miles east of Vancouver, B. C.; 60 miles northeast of Bellingham, Wash.; 160 miles northeast of Seattle; 12 miles east of CHIEF MOUNTAIN RANCH (Bar M R) Chilliwack. Reached from Vancouver via Canadian Babb, Montana National Railways or electric trams. All cabins are Forty-four miles from Glacier Park station on Great equipped with electric lights, private bathroom; cabins Northern Railway; 6 miles south of the Canadian border; for two with bed and sitting room combined; cabins for 6 miles from St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park. four with two bedrooms and separate sitting room. Altitude, 4,500 feet. Meets guests at Glacier Park station Cheam Creek, running past the Lodge, provides swim- or Browning, Montana. Transportation charge of $5.00 ming as well as trout and salmon fishing in season. The is made from railway station to ranch for guests stopping Fraser River yields trout, salmon, steelhead and stur- at ranch for less than two weeks. Summer season: May 1 geon. Other rivers and lakes nearby provide excellent to October 31. Hunting season: September 15 to Decem- fishing. Rates: single, $7.50 per day; $50.00 per week; ber 15. Accommodations for 24 guests. Rates: $50.00 to double, $15.00 per day; $100.00 per week; 4 persons to $90.00 per week per person. A fully equipped horse is (2) bedroom cabins: $30.00 per day; $200.00 per week. provided each guest. Guides are furnished for regular Children under 12 years of age, one-half rate. For further ranch trips: special guides at extra cost. Complete equip- detailed information write to Blue Ridge Mountain ment and perEonnel available for pack trips. For further Guest Ranch, Ltd., P. O. Box 1870, Chilliwack, British detailed information write to Ray H. Siers, P. O. Columbia. Babb, Montana.

3 CIRCLE 8 RANCH Choteau, Montana Twenty-six miles from Choteau, 60 miles south of Glacier Park. Altitude, 5,100 feet. Season, June 1 to Septem- ber 15. Big game hunting season, September 15 to November 15. Accommodations for 15 guests. Ranch may be reached from Great Falls (84 miles), Shelby (90 miles), Glacier Park (114 miles). No charge for transportation from Choteau to ranch. From other points charge is $20.00 for round trip. Rate: $60.00 per week per person: half rate for children under 6 years of age. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to K. H. Gleason, P. O. Box 455, Choteau, Mont.

DEEP CANYON RANCH from Glacier Park station on the Great Northern Rail- Choteau, Montana way by Waterton Lakes-Banff motorbus. Guests will be Twenty-six miles northwest of Choteau, Montana. met, upon request, and transported to ranch, without Accommodations for 12 guests. Pack trips into the heart charge, from Seebe. Accommodations in log sleeping of the Lewis and Clark and Flathead National Forests a cabins: $70 per week, single, $112 per week, double, or. in family log house with large living room and three bedrooms, at $60.00 per week per person; minimum $240.00 per week. All guest accommodations have complete and fully modern bathrooms. Rates include meals, saddle horse, guide, use of canoe and usual dude ranch activities. Large and comfortable ranch house; 110v A. C. electricity in all buildings; ample riding country over mountains and open grassland. Accommodations are limited and guests ride in small parties. For further information write to Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Starkey, Diamond Cross Ranch, Seebe, Alberta, Canada.

DIAMOND S RANCHOTEL Boulder, Montana Located half way between Butte and Helena. Montana. Altitude, 5,000 feet. Open year around and operating on the American plan. A 1,800-acre ranch with a 125-room inn. Single, double or suite accommodations. Rates vary according to accommodations desired. Natural hot springs baths. Has its own dairy herd and raises all its poultry and eggs. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to C. L. Smith, proprietor, Diamond S Ranchotel, Boulder, Montana.

E BAR L RANCH Greenough, Montana Located in the Blackfoot Valley, 150 miles from Belton, Montana. Altitude, 3,900 feet. A 14,000-acre operating ranch raising cattle and horses. Log cabins of one, two or three double rooms; each cabin equipped with bath and hot and cold running water. Capacity 40 guests. Dining and living rooms in main ranch house. Open for the accommodation of guests the year around. No specialty. Guests will be met at Great Falls or Glacier transient business is accepted. Reservations must be Park station and transported to ranch at nominal charge. made in advance and for a definite period. Horseback No charge for transportation from Choteau to ranch. riding, swimming, fishing, boating, camping trips; duck For rates and folder write to J. W. White, Deep Canyon shooting and big game hunting for elk, deer and bear in Ranch, P. O. Box 728, Choteau, Montana season. Skiing, snowshoeing, skating and sleigh-riding in winter. Basic rate: $85.00 per week per person, which is based on double occupancy of double rooms in cabins, DIAMOND CROSS RANCH which have only one bath. Rates include saddle horse Seebe, Alberta, Canada and all necessary expenses while on ranch with exception Five miles from Seebe, Alberta, Canada, at the foot of of personal laundry. Rates for pack trips, on application, the Canadian Rockies, thirty miles east of Banff: reached depend upon the number in party and duration of trip.

4 Transportation charge from Belton to ranch, $20.00. trips from ranch into the 175,000-acre Pintlar wilderness For further information write to a W. Potter, E Bar L area in the Rocky Mountains at $12.50 to $15.00 per day Ranch, P. a Greenough, Montana. per person. Pack trip season: July 15 to September 15; FISH LAKE HATCHERIES 4 to 10 persons to each pack trip ranging from 8, 10 to Stryker, Montana 14 days. Further information can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. L. Beal, 109 E. Commercial Ave., Anaconda, Four miles from Stryker, Montana. Not a dude Mont. ranch but an exceptional fishing camp. Meals served. Sleeping accommodations for 20 guests. Rates: $15.00 per week for single cabin; $25.00 to $50.00 for double cabin, completely furnished. Quick freezer for fish and game. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Mr. and

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.E11. Park; one mile south of Bigfork ; eighteen ••• miles south of Kalispell; located on the shores of Flathead Lake overlooking the Swan and •11ME•MEE. .1.... Mission Ranges of the Montana Rockies. • Accommodations for from 50 to 60 guests in two hand-hewn log lodges or in modern 3-room cottages, from May 1 to October 31. Rates: $55.00 to $85.00 per week per pT.rson, depending upon type of accommodations desired and number in party. Includes lodging, meals and complete ranch recreational program, sailing, swimming, canoe trips, tennis, horseback riding, fishing; pack trips and hunting parties by arrangement. Ranch car will meet guests at Great Northern depot at Columbia Falls. Ranch caters to conventions, lodge and university groups up to 100 persons during May, June and early fall hunting months, at special rates. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Les Averill, owner and manager, Flathead Lake Lodges, Bigfork, Montana. HAGGIN RANCH (Y Bar P) Anaconda, Montana Fifty miles southwest of Butte, Montana. Estab- lished in 1928 as a guest ranch. Accommodations for 30 guests. Will meet guests arriving via Great Northern Railway at Butte. Ranch has 45 head of well- broken saddle horses. Summer season: June 15 to Sep- tember 15. Winter sports season: January 1 to April 1. Summer rates: $75.00 to $85.00 per week per person: winter rates: $60.00 to $75.00 per week per person. Pack

HARD TRIGGER RANCH Glacier Park, Montana Six miles south of Glacier Park station by saddle trail; 15 miles by automobile. Altitude, over 5,000 feet. Accommoda- tions are available for 20 guests. Rates: $65.00 per person per week. Special rates for families of four or more and for guests staying three weeks or longer. No charge is made for transportation from Glacier Park station to ranch and return. The ranch is fully equipped for outfitting and conducting pack trips, hunting and fishing parties. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Tex Hughes, Hard Trigger Ranch, P. a Glacier Park, Montana.

5 HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH KNL SPOTTED BEAR RESORT Cle Elum, Washington Coram, Montana Forty-five miles from Wenatchee, Washington, on High- Located at the northwest entrance to the Bob Marshall way 97. A working ranch with cattle and horses-900 Wilderness, one of the largest primitive areas left in the acres in the heart of the Cascade Mountains. Accommo- U. S., at the end of the forest service road 48 miles from dations for 20 guests in the ranch house and in comfort- Martin City, Montana, adjacent to the Hungry Horse able cabins. Activities include riding, fishing, swimming, etc. Rates: $65.00 to $75.00 per week per person, all inclusive. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to the owners and operators, Tom and Nita Whited, Hidden Valley Ranch, Route 2, Cle Elum, 041111- - Washington.

•m•••_. Dam project. Not a sophisticated dude ranch, but offer- ing unlimited and unexcelled fishing and hunting oppor- K BAR RANCH tunities. Comfortable, completely furnished cabins, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho meals, pack and saddle horses, boats and guide services Five miles east of Coeur d'Alene; 38 miles from Spokane. available. Accommodations for lake, river or brook fish- Guests will be met at Coeur d'Alene and transported to ing, hunting and trail riding trips, from June 1 to and from ranch without charge. Rates: $50.00 per person November 15. Black, brown and grizzly bear, deer, elk per week. Special rates for groups staying longer than and goat hunting in season. Great Northern Railway two weeks. Trail riding and fishing. Hunting in season. guests will be met at Whitefish. For rates and detailed For further detailed information write to Mrs. John information, write W. T. Kennel, KNL Spotted Bear Kelly, Route 3, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Resort, Coram, Montana.

KINTLA RANCH (Lazy MP) LAIRDS' LODGE Trail Creek, Montana Seeley Lake, Montana Adjoins Glacier National Park on the west. Forty-three Located between the Swan and Mission Mountain miles from Belton; 53 miles from Columbia Falls, ranges in the Montana Rockies and reached from Montana. Altitude, 3,835 feet. Ranch bus meets guests Kalispell, Montana, where guests will be met and trans- at Belton or Columbia Falls. Transportation charge ported to ranch at $20.00 per car, round trip, which from railway station to ranch, $5.00 per person each includes baggage. way. Accommodations for 36 guests. Pack trips to dis- Altitude, 4,360 feet. tant lakes, up streams and mountain peaks. An outpost Accommodations for tent camp is maintained at Mountain Lake, where sev- 35 guests at any one I eral trails lead to good fishing streams. Rates: daily, time. Rates: $75.00 $10.00: weekly, $50.00 per person, which includes meals, per week per person: individual sleeping cabin and shower bath. Monthly $12.00 per day per rates upon request. Horses can be rented at $3.00 per person for stays of day. On camp trips the charge for a guide is $8.00 per less than a week, which day, including a horse; cook $5.00 per day and helper, includes lodging, if needed, at $5.00 per day. Housekeeping cabins at meals, private horse, $5.00 per day, including equipment, except bedding, the boats, canoes, fishing, charge for which is 50 cents per bed. For further detailed swimming and participation in all ranch activities. Fish- information write to Kintla Ranch, P. O. Trail Creek, ing and hunting pack trips of four days to a month. Montana. Rates for pack trips depend upon number of persons in

6 party, length of stay and personal requirements. Season: MAD RIVER STEPPING C RANCHES June 1 to November 15. For further detailed informa- Entiat, Washington tion write to Richard K. Hickey, Lairds' Lodge, P. O. Thirty-five miles from Wenatchee, Washington, on the Seeley Lake, Montana. Great Northern Railway. Principal all-year activities center around the operating home ranch, the Stepping LAZY F DUDE RANCH C summer activities at Mad River Ranch, 35 miles back Ellensburg, Washington in the rugged Cascade Mountains and reached only by Forty-five miles from Wenatchee, Washington. Altitude, 2,700 feet. Accommodations for 60 guests. Sixty head of excellent saddle horses. Pack trips arranged, charge for which is based on number of persons in party and equipment required. Excellent fishing. Deer and elk hunting in October and November. Rates: $70.00 to $85.00 per week per person, which include all expenses at the ranch such as cabin, meals, saddle horse, daily horseback trips and all ranch entertainment. Special rates for families. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Martin and Helen Sweeney, Lazy F Dude Ranch, Route 1, Ellensburg, Washington.

LAZY T RANCH Joseph, Oregon One of Oregon's pioneer dude ranches. Situated on Wallowa Lake bordering the Eagle Cap Wilderness area embodying 60 lakes, glaciers, snowcapped peaks and 500 miles of trout streams. One hundred and twenty miles from Pasco, Washington, on the Spokane, Portland 8r, Seattle Railway. Guests will be met at Pasco and transported to ranch at charge of $25.00 for the trip for guests staying less than one month. Accommodations for 30 guests. Rates: $65.00 to $80.00 per week per person. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Chuck Oswald, Lazy T Ranch, Joseph, Oregon.

LOST CABIN RANCH Avon, Montana Located on the western slope of the Montana Rockies at an elevation trail. Horseback riding, swimming and fishing are of 5,600 feet, bounded on three routine. Extended pack trips a specialty. Rates start at sides by a vast wilderness area, and on $65.00 per person per week. Reservations must be made the other by the home ranch of 6,000 in advance. Further detailed information can be obtained acres; 43 miles from Helena, Montana. by writing to Alfred H. Constans, Mad River Stepping Activities include wrangling horses, all- C Ranches, Entiat, Washington. day picnics, riding, hiking, mountain climbing, dancing at country gatherings, METHOW VALLEY RANCH rodeos, and participation, if desired, in Winthrop, Washington regular ranch work. Hunting in season. Trips to Glacier National Park by Reached from Wenatchee or Pateros, Washington, on arrangement. Rates for log cabin with the Great Northern Railway. Accommodations for 30 bathroom, meals, horse and guide serv- guests. Operating ranch. Forty-five head of horses; ce, $85.00 per week per person; $300.00 competent guides; excellent fishing. Pack trips and for a month's stay. Rooms in Main hunting parties in season. Swimming. Accommodations Lodge, with adjoining bath, $65.00 per person per week. in main ranch house and in cabins of various sizes. John R. Quigley, Jr., managing owner. For further Modern and completely electrified. Recreation hall. detailed information write to Lost Cabin Ranch, 19 Rates: $70.00 to $85.00 per week per person. Rates for Shiland St., Helena, Montana, or Avon, Montana. families depending upon length of stay. Direct bus serv-

7 ice from Wenatchee or Pateros to Winthrop. Upon of the Continental Divide and Glacier National Park, arrangement in advance ranch station wagon will meet adjoining Flathead National Forest. Accommodations guests at Wenatchee or Spokane. Further detailed infor 20 guests in rustic lodge and two-bedroom log cottage. formation can be obtained by writing to Paul E. Spaeth, Ranch activities include horseback riding, camping, steak Methow Valley Ranch, Winthrop, Washington. fries, trout fishing in the south fork of Two Medicine River, hiking, pack trips, ranch rodeo and barn dances. MOOSE CITY CABIN CAMP AND GUEST RANCH Elk, deer, goat and bear hunting in season. A clear mountain stream encircles the ranch house and is part Trail Creek, Montana of the ranch property. Rates: $65.00 per week per person, Fifty-seven miles north of Belton and 60 miles north of which includes lodging, meals, private saddle horse, Columbia Falls. Located near the northwest corner of guide service and all ranch activities. Pack trips for Glacier National Park. Accommodations for 25 to 30 camping, fishing and hunting by special arrangement. guests. Rates on request. Will meet guests at Belton or Special rates for family groups and guests staying two Columbia Falls. Ranch maintains about 50 head of weeks or longer. Guests arriving at Glacier Park station cattle and horses the year around. Further detailed in- are transported to and from ranch without charge. For formation and rates can be obtained by writing to M. further information write to Rising Wolf Dude Ranch, H. Cooper, Trail Creek, Montana. Glacier Park, Montana.

PANORAMA RANCH ROCKY BAR O'RANCH Polebridge, Montana Bigfork, Montana Located 35 miles north of Belton. Montana, in the scenic Thirty miles south of Kalispell, and 40 miles from valley of the North Fork of the Flathead River, adjacent to Glacier National Park. The ranch is the headquarters Belton, Montana, western gateway to Glacier National Park. Altitude, 3,000 feet. Will meet guests at Columbia and outfitting point for Wilderness Trail Trips, hiking trips into the wilderness of Glacier Park. The hiking Falls and Whitefish, Montana. Hunting and fishing parties are accompanied by a full staff including nurse, parties in season. Rates: $65.00 per week per person, which includes room, board, horse, boats and all regular naturalist, cook and packers; pack train transports all ranch activities. Further detailed information can be equipment and supplies. Hiking is moderate over excel- obtained by writing to Rocky Bar O'Ranch, Bigfork, lent trails. Parties are limited in size and reservations Montana. must be made in advance. Trips also include a thrilling float trip down the North Fork of the Flathead. All equipment is furnished and rates are $13.50 per day for THE S HALF DIAMOND RANCH the 10-day trips scheduled in July and August. No more Skookumchuck, British Columbia, Canada appealing trip is possible, and the country is unexcelled in its spectacular beauty. Maps and descriptive folders Located on Premier Lake in Kootenay Valley. Reached are available. Address: H. Frank Evans, The Trail from Spokane, Washington, by motor bus to Cranbrook, Merchant, Polebridge, Montana. Before mid-May British Columbia, where ranch car will meet guests and address: 817 Indiana Avenue, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. transport them to ranch without charge. Season: June 15 to September 15. An operating ranch with fine horses. Swimming. Hunting parties in season. All modern equip- QUARTER CIRCLE M C RANCH ped buildings; home-grown foods and vegetables. Rates: Polebridge, Montana $70.00 to $87.50 per week per person which includes Located in Glacier National Park on the North Fork of meals, horse, guides, use of tennis courts, boats, etc. the Flathead River. Elevation, 3,600 feet. Limited num- Special rates for children three years of age and under, ber of guests. Log cabins equipped with modern bath- and for family groups staying six weeks or longer. Ranch altitude, 2,400 feet. For further detailed information room facilities, comfortable beds, roomy porches. Ranch write to Elmore Staples, The S Half Diamond Ranch, cooked meals, family style, in the lodge. Impromptu Skookumchuck, P. O., B. C., Canada. western dances. Gentle horses and scenic trails to ride. Miles of river, streams and mountain lakes in which to fish, swim and boat. Weekly rates $80.00 per person SEVEN BAR 9 RANCH includes meals, lodging, saddle horse, friendly guide service and all regular ranch activities. Guests arriving Cascade, Montana on Great Northern's Oriental Limited will be met at Nine miles from Craig, 42 miles south of Great Falls and Belton or Whitefish. No transportation charge to and 57 miles north of Helena, Montana. Altitude, 3,400 feet. from ranch. Pack horse fishing trips by special arrange- Accommodations for 30 guests. Will meet guests at ment. Big game hunting in the fall. For further informa- Gary, Montana, on Great Northern Railway and trans- tion write J. S. McFarland, Quarter Circle M C Ranch, port them to ranch without charge. Hunting in season. Polebridge, Montana. Rates: $60.00 to $70.00 per week per person, which includes horses, riding equipment and guides. Special RISING WOLF RANCH (Bar Lazy DN) rates for groups of three or four persons and for five or Glacier Park, Montana more persons. $40.00 per week per person for guests not requiring saddle horses. Extra charge for pack trips. Located in the Lewis and Clark National Forest on the Season: June 1 to September 15. Further detailed infor- south fork of Two Medicine River; eight miles west of mation can be obtained by writing to A. H. Kelley, Glacier Park station; bordered by snowcapped Rockies or Manager, Seven Bar 9 Ranch, Cascade, Montana.

8 7 LAZY P GUEST RANCH This ranch was the setting for technicolor motion picture Choteau, Montana film "Northwest Stampede" made during the summer of 1947. The Stampede Ranch, Ltd., P. O. Box 33, Long- Located on the Teton River, 30 miles west of Choteau view P. O., Alberta, Canada. Long distance telephone: and 50 miles south of Glacier National Park. Elevation: High River R 2303. Telegraph address: The Stampede 5,300 feet. Accommodations for 20 guests. Special scenic, Ranch, High River, Alberta, Canada. fishing and hunting trips into the Marshall Wilderness area by arrangement. Good fishing, starting June 1. SUNNY M GUEST RANCH Hunting: September 15 to November 15. Rates include cabin, meals, saddle horse, guide and transportation to Winthrop, Washington and from ranch to Choteau. For further information and A year 'round modern ranch located at the head of the rates write to W. A. Titus or James L. Harris, Box 650, Methow Valley in Washington state. Ranch car will meet Choteau, Montana. guests, by arrangement, arriving on Great Northern trains at Wenatchee, Spokane or Seattle. A 10,000-acre SHINING MOUNTAIN RANCH CAMP FOR GIRLS ranch with an imposing array of ranch buildings and Marion, Montana casitas, specializing in the breeding and raising of thoroughbred horses, a hobby of the ranch owner. The pioneer riding camp of the West, inaugurating its Buildings consist of a spacious main lodge, with comfort- twenty-fifth season. Located near Kalispell, Montana. able bedrooms, and private cabins, called casitas, each on the Great Northern Railway. A riding camp for girls. with an individual fireplace, living room, bedroom and Each girl is provided with her own horse and camp pro- private bath, with shower. Ranch activities include gram follows largely the daily routine of an operating tennis, badminton, shuffleboard, archery, trapshooting, stock ranch. Swimming, crafts, pack trips, rodeos, trips swimming in ranch pool, riding in open range country, to Glacier National Park and other ranch activities. moonlight and hay rides, barbecues and barn dances. The camp program covers two vacation periods. The Deer, cougar, grouse, quail, pheasant and duck hunting first period is from June 30 to July 27, and the fee per in season. Skiing, skating and other winter sports in girl is $240.00. The second period is from July 27 to season. Pack trips into the adjoining virgin wilderness August 24, and the fee per girl is $240.00. Enrollment is and high country, which is one of the largest primitive limited to 50 girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years. areas in the U. S., by special arrangement. Rates: Traveling chaperons are provided from the East and lodge, single, $60 to $70 per week per person; lodge, West to the camp. Further detailed information can be double, $56 to $65 per week per person; cottages obtained by writing to Florence Rogers Cassill, director, for two, $75 to $90 per week per person; cottages 2906 Harvard North, Seattle 2, Washington. for three, $69 to $79 per week per person; cottages for four, $66 to $73 per week per person. Children SPOTTED BEAR LODGE under 6 years, $45 per week without horses. Rates for Coram, Montana conventions upon request. Rates for cottages vary according to furnishings. Rates include meals at lodge, Eighty miles from Kalispell; 60 miles from Columbia use of horses, riding, and wranglers for regularly sched- Falls. Altitude, 4,000 feet. Will meet guests at Columbia uled trips. For further information write to Dr. O. J. Falls. Hunting and fishing parties in season. A boys' Blende, Sunny M Guest Ranch, Winthrop, Washington. camp is operated in connection with lodge. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to Sam SUNSET RANCH (Z S) Wicker, P. O. Coram, Montana. Belton, Montana

THE STAMPEDE RANCH A new dude ranch, located four miles from Belton, Montana, western rail entrance to Glacier National Longview, Alberta, Canada Park. Altitude, 3,200 feet. Guests will be met by ranch One hundred twenty-five miles from Prince of Wales car at Belton or Whitefish, Montana. Main ranch build- Hotel, Waterton Lakes Park; 180 miles from Sweet ing consists of a spacious lodge room, dining room, Grass, Montana: 35 miles west of Aldersyde or High kitchen, six bedrooms, with private baths, and a large River, Alberta, Canada. Highwood River flows through dormitory room accommodating eight persons. Also four ranch. Excellent trout fishing. Altitude, 4,600 feet. new cabins, each with a large fireplace, baths and four Guests coming on Great Northern Railway can detrain beds. Electricity in all buildings. Meals are served family at Glacier Park, take bus to Prince of Wales Hotel and style in main dining room. There is also a snack bar in bus from there to High River, Alberta. Ranch cars main office building. Ranch activities include fishing, meet guests by appointment at High River and make swimming, riding and motor trips to various points of no charge for transportation to ranch. Real cattle out- interest. Guests are invited to participate in ranch fit, equipped to accommodate 35 guests in main ranch chores such as rounding up horses, etc. Pack trips for house, log cabins and genuine Indian tepees. Rates: fishing, hunting or just sightseeing into Glacier National $50.00 per week per person. Special monthly rates and Park and surrounding mountain country by special to parties. Main ranch house of logs with guest lounge arrangement. Big and small game hunting October and reading room, recreation and dancing. Spacious through March. Guides are furnished for all activities kitchen and dining room in separate building. Fine scenic in or near the ranch. Rates: $70.00 to $80.00 per week riding country on real cattle range, foothills and moun- per person: monthly rates: $250.00 to $280.00; children tains. Gentle saddle horses for persons of all ages. Ex- up to 12 years of age, half rates, which include all ranch perienced cowboy guides. Trips with the chuck wagon. activities and accommodations. For further information Big game hunting in season. Season : May 15 to October 1. write to D. P. Evans, Sunset Ranch, Belton, Montana.

9 THE TAMARACKS (Lazy H T) Seeley Lake, Montana Ninety miles from Columbia Falls, Montana. Altitude, GLACIER 4,010 feet. Will meet guests at Columbia Falls or Glacier Park station. Charge for transportation to ranch, $15.00. Accommodations for 42 guests. Rates include horses and NATIONAL PARK use of aquatic equipment. Pack, fishing, and hunting üi Maniaota trips in season. Rates: $80.00 to $95.00 per week per person. Special rates after first month's stay. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing to elotteaicai g/tectledl Sismoneit The Tamaracks, Seeley Lake, Montana. Vacatiofrt Zaptl

TAMARACK LODGE Lakeside, Montana Twenty-five miles from Kalispell, Montana, and thirty- eight miles from Whitefish. Not a dude ranch but a Flathead Lake shore resort. Fishing, aqua sports, woods trails, tennis, skeet archery, etc. Accommodations for 20 guests. Rates: $60.00 to $75.00 per week per person. Meets guests at Kalispell and a charge of $5.00 per person will be made for those staying less than two weeks. Special rates for parties. Further detailed information can be obtained by writing Tamarack Lodge, Lakeside. Montana. General Information

There are undoubtedly many other dude ranches in the territory served by Great Northern Railway, information concerning which has not been made available for publication in this booklet. While every possible effort is made to publish accurate information about each ranch in Great Northern territory, particularly with reference to rates, the data contained in each ranch description is necessarily limited and incomplete. All of the ranch operators or managers will promptly and honestly answer any questions about themselves and the accommodations they offer. Many of the ranches publish their own descriptive folders which they are glad to furnish to prospective guests upon request. Heaven's Peak from skyline trail north of Granite Park chalets in The information contained in this folder is compiled Glacier National Park from data furnished by ranch owners and operators and to the best of our knowledge is correct. However, the information is subject to change and rates are not While you're out in the Dude Ranch Country, take a guaranteed by Great Northern Railway. few days for a thrilling adventure in Glacier National Park in the Montana Rockies. On the main line of Great Northern Railway, this 1,000,000 acre park is the home All-Expense Dude Ranch Vacations of towering mountain peaks, cloud-scraping trails and Great Northern Railway offers all-expense dude ranch passes, ancient glaciers, jewel-colored lakes, and fine, vacations in its territory for two weeks or more during comfortable hotels and mountain chalets with "eats" the summer vacation season. out of this world. The cost of such vacations includes round trip rail and Pullman sleeping car fare, transportation from the near- Reservations for complete vacations and all-expense est Great Northern Railway station to ranch and return, stop-over motor tours in Glacier-Waterton Lakes meals, lodging and all other recreational features on a ranch of your choice in the railway's territory. National Parks may be made by writing the Glacier Park Company, Glacier Park, Montana, P. G. Holmes, Detailed information concerning all-expense dude ranch vacations can be obtained from any Great Northern Passenger Traffic Manager, Great Northern Railway, Railway passenger representative, your local railroad St. Paul 1, Minnesota, or your nearest railroad ticket ticket agent or tour and travel bureau. agent, tour and travel bureau.

10 "lee See GLACIER PARK STOP-OVER TOURS

TOURS MAY BEGIN AT EITHER EAST OR WEST RAILWAY ENTRANCES

Regardless of the amount of time you have to spend in Glacier National Park, there is a regularly scheduled low-cost all-expense motor-coach tour available that will take you through the best scenery in the Park. The tours are one, two, three days or longer. They include big, comfortable sightseeing buses. lake launches, and park hotels for meals and lodging. The three-day tour includes Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Lakes National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Train passengers having but one or a few days to spare for a Glacier Park visit should not miss the opportunities offered by these tours. Westbound passengers detrain at Glacier Park Station and retrain at Belton. Eastbound passengers leave the train at Belton and continue their rail journey from Glacier Park Station.

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ONE-DAY TOUR TWO.DAY TOUR THREE-DAY TOUR Daily June 15 to Sept. 14 Daily June 15 to Sept. 13 Daily June 15 to Sept. 12 All Expense $24.01 All Expense $37.22 All Expense $55.56 including Tex Including Tax Including Tax

TOUR INCLUDES motor-coach TOUR INCLUDES motor-coach TOUR INCLUDES motor-coach transportation, launch fare (Two Med- transportation, launch fare (Two Med- transportation, launch fare (Two Med- icine Lake only), hotel accommodations icine Lake), hotel accommodations icine Lake only), hotel accommodations (ten meals and three nights' lodging) (four meals and one night's lodging) in (seven meals and two nights' lodging) in rooms without bath in Glacier Park, rooms without bath. Rooms with bath • in rooms without bath. Rooms with • Lake McDonald, Many Glacier Hotel; may be obtained if reserved in ad- with bath in Prince of Wales Hotel, bath may be obtained if reserved in Canada. Rooms with bath on entire vance, or if available after arrival, advance, or if available after arrival, tour may be obtained if reserved in upon payment of the difference in upon payment of the difference in advance, or if available after arrival, rates. upon payment of the difference in rates. rates. YOU GO GREAT WHEN YOU GO GREAT NORTHERN

GREAT NORTHERN'S route across the top of the nation passes winds into northern Idaho, across the Panhandle, and then into through some of the most glorious scenic areas of the United States. Spokane, center of the great Inland Empire. Its transcontinental trains leave Chicago's huge Union Station At Spokane trains are divided—with one part proceeding straight on the Burlington line. The first few hours of the trip lie in the roll- west to Seattle, the other turning south and west along the Columbia ing farmlands of northern Illinois. At Savanna the route reaches River to Portland, City of Roses, over the Spokane, Portland, the Mississippi River and winds northward through Wisconsin and Seattle Railway. between tall bluffs. Ahead lie the Twin Cities of St. Paul, capital of The northern route proceeds through the Wenatchee apple coun- Minnesota, and Minneapolis, flour milling center and site of the try. Shortly afterwards the climb into the stirring beauties of the University of Minnesota. Through Minnesota, Great Northern's Cascade Mountains is begun, culminating in the 7.79-mile passage route weaves through lake-studded regions. through the Cascade Tunnel. This tunnel is the longest in the Then the broad, flat state of North Dakota is traversed—and as Western Hemisphere. far as the eye can see is an expanse of golden grain. Emerging from the Cascade Tunnel the route descends in wind- ing fashion to Everett, Washington, on Puget Sound. The trip down Later, when Montana is reached, the gradual ascent towards the Sound is one of varied interest, passing lumber, shipping and the Rocky Mountains is begun through ranch and live stock country. fishing activity. Far ahead are the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains. These are The western terminus is reached at Seattle, thriving industrial the soaring crags of Glacier National Park, only national playground and commercial center, and a community of beautiful homes and on the main line of a transcontinental railway. gardens. From Seattle can be seen the snow-clad grandeur of Mount As Great Northern trains pass around the southern border of Rainier, third highest peak on the North American continent. Glacier Park the Continental Divide is crossed at 5,213 feet eleva- Here Great Northern throws open the gateway to the Orient, tion in Marias Pass. On every side are thrilling views. The route to Alaska, to California and to the scenic thrills of the Pacific North- descends into the Flathead and Kootenai River valleys. Soon it west including old-world Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia.

-20ig4e1-Patoe4ed ORIENTAL LIMITED

Famous for air-conditioned comfort, the ORIENTAL LIMITED takes you to the glorious scenery of Montana's Glacier National Park and the superbly scenic Pacific Northwest. Smooth Diesel locomotives make the Oriental Limited more enjoyable. This fine dependable train provides economical, comfortable coaches and tourist sleeping cars. Standard Pullmans, bedrooms, compartments, drawing rooms, observation-lounge car and dining car. Stops are made daily at Glacier Park station, eastern rail entrance, and Belton, western rail entrance, to Glacier-Waterton Lakes National Parks, during the Park season, June 15 through September 15. Between CHICAGO and SEATTLE-PORTLAND, via ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS and SPOKANE

For travel information write or call in person on the nearest Great Northern representative or travel agent.

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