The Boone and Crockett Club 

 VII. 



GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



In the early days of the Club's history, one of 

 its members was a frequent visitor to a section in 

 Montana, now well known. This is the St. Mary's 

 country, whose great landmark, Chief Mountain, 

 is so impressive. The region possessed peculiar 

 interest for the hunting it offered, for mountain 

 climbing, or for the study of the Indians, whose 

 country it was. In all America there is probably 

 no such beautiful land, which is at the same time 

 easily accessible, and which has been so great a 

 game country. In the last years of the last century 

 Mr. Grinnell described this section in an article 

 entitled the "Crown of the Continent," and 

 recommended that it be set apart as a national 

 park. Later, Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Mon- 

 tana, a member of the Club, introduced in Con- 

 gress a bill to establish the Glacier National Park. 

 The citizens of Montana were heartily in favor of 

 this measure, as were the scientific men, travelers 

 and hunters, who had visited the region. The bill 

 more than once passed the Senate, and early in 

 1910 passed both Houses of Congress, and on 

 May 1 2 was approved by the President and became 



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