Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . Henrys Hunting Ground6 miles from the Government road. A trail3 miles in length was constructed during theseason of 1910 to the open parks near thesummit of Eagle Peak. In the Carbon andWhite River districts there are three trunktrails with their several branches. During the season of 1911, 10,006 visitorsentered the park by way of the Governmentroad. Of this number 4,600 were transientvisitors and 5,406 remained three days ormore. Three hundred visitors entered thepark by way of Fairfax, 200 being camperswho remained three days or m
Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . Henrys Hunting Ground6 miles from the Government road. A trail3 miles in length was constructed during theseason of 1910 to the open parks near thesummit of Eagle Peak. In the Carbon andWhite River districts there are three trunktrails with their several branches. During the season of 1911, 10,006 visitorsentered the park by way of the Governmentroad. Of this number 4,600 were transientvisitors and 5,406 remained three days ormore. Three hundred visitors entered thepark by way of Fairfax, 200 being camperswho remained three days or more. Thetotal number of visitors known to have en-tered the park during the season is 10,350Of the number 4,169 traveled by stage, 5,110by automobile, 410 by wagon, 115 by motor-cycle, 455 on foot, 20 by bicycle, and 27 onhorseback. The summit of Mount Rainierwas reached by 20S persons in 1911. Theregister, which is kept in a steel box on thesummit, at the end of the season of 1911showed the names of 1,012 persons who Paget Sound and Western Washington 51. GROUP OF TOURISTS AT NISQUALLY GLACIER. MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK NisQually Cilacier is a wall of ice nearly 150 feet high and 200 feet wide, its source beinj; nearly live miles distant atthe base of Gibraltar Rock, its extreme breadth being nearly one mile. Its movement on warm days is abouteighteen inches each twenty-four hours. have been successful in making the ascent. Wihl animals are becoming more numer-ous in the park each year. In the water-sheds of Puyallup, Mowich, and CarbonRivers deer, bear, grouse, and ptarmiganare found in abundance, and on the higherridges a great many mountain goat havebeen seen. The Longmire mineral springs are wellknown and are noted for their curative pow-ers. Bathhouses have been built and at-tendants are employed during the touristseason. The National Park Inn is a three-storv building located at Longmire Springs, is long by 32 feet wide, contains 30 rooms,and by using 86 tents i
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