Southern good roads . vorld. In 1 ST_ a hill setting a|iart llie regidii asa imlilic liar!; ??fur the henetif and id the|i(>ople was i)nssed liy e uigiess. The first apiirnpria-tiiin til liuild roads passed emgress in 1S77 and amount-od to i|^ Previous to this time the \r\\ iwsfoneregion was a howling wilderness. During the years1878-18S2 eongress appiiprialeil i^ for parkroads, and from ISSM to i;Hr2 the aminal apiimpna-turn amounted tn .^ The first appio|iriat iduswere iised largidy to Imdd h irseluKdv trails and crndewagon roads. in IlOl! cone-i-ess pi
Southern good roads . vorld. In 1 ST_ a hill setting a|iart llie regidii asa imlilic liar!; ??fur the henetif and id the|i(>ople was i)nssed liy e uigiess. The first apiirnpria-tiiin til liuild roads passed emgress in 1S77 and amount-od to i|^ Previous to this time the \r\\ iwsfoneregion was a howling wilderness. During the years1878-18S2 eongress appiiprialeil i^ for parkroads, and from ISSM to i;Hr2 the aminal apiimpna-turn amounted tn .^ The first appio|iriat iduswere iised largidy to Imdd h irseluKdv trails and crndewagon roads. in IlOl! cone-i-ess pie Ige 1 the sum of forthe three years following with wdiicii to huild first-class roads and liridges. Ip fii dime :!(), l!Hi;i. ;|;1 ..(), had Iieen expended foi this ])iirp ise, and df this$1,077,( A\as the eosi of iiermanenl work. TheBlount AVasldmrn road, including the road around]M(iunt AVaslihnrn through Dunraven from theCanon Hotel to Tower Falls, cost .$,, or ,$5,-. HON. MAURICE O. ELDRIDGE The Ioad system of the jiark is designed to prdxidejntranee-fS/rti })oil4ts: Mortlt, eAstj-sovith a;ul Ave,st, an per mile, a very reasonable rate for that class to makeLdltMe primhpal Uibjecto ^i/l iutert:5st,,ei^iiJy a(of work. eessihle to Tisitor^. > «i b -:$ «t 4, P\ SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS January, 191I The ^Mammoth Hot Si^rings, Firehole, Geyser Basinand the Upper Geyser Basin are about twenty milesapart and are located in the western portion of thepark. The lake, the canon and Tower Falls are simi-larly situated about twenty miles east of these natural line of travel, therefore, for those enteringthe park from tlie north at Gardiner, ^Montana, is topass along the tirst line to the Upper Basin, across tothe second line at the lako. ami back to Gardiner byway of the canon and Tower Falls. The road con-necting these various points of interest is usually re-ferred t.) as the Belt Line System. The northern approach extend
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