Playgrounds for Pleasure 



The Vacationist Can Find in the Beautiful Mountains and 



Streams or in the Primeval Forests of Montana, All 



That Nature Can Supply for Scenic Beauty 



or Restful Retreat 



lACATIONISTS who are looking for an ideal spot in which to 

 spend their holidays need try no further than Montana. For 

 scenic beauty the state is not to be surpassed. Mountains, 

 forests, lakes and streams in endless variety afford the tourist, 

 camper, hunter or fisherman, all that his heart can desire. 

 Good roads for the automobilist, traversing the mountains at 

 various places, treat the traveler to a constant change of diversi- 

 fied and delightful scenery. Other states may afford a limited 



amount of scenery to compare with any section in Montana, but no state contains 



so much of scenic beauty of a diversified character. 



The tourists of the eastern states are beginning to realize the wonderful attrac- 

 tions that Montana possesses for the traveler and vacationist. Increased numbers of 

 these tourists are coming to the state each year to enjoy its scenic wonders or to 

 spend a vacation camping and fishing in the mountains. More and more these 

 tourists are coming by automobile so as to enjoy the scenic wonders along the 

 highways, or to enjoy camping for a few days in some secluded spot, thus making 

 the trip at their own pleasure and convenience. 



Vacations to Order. 



A vacation may be arranged in this state to suit any taste, ranging from the 

 affluent citizen who desires to remain at a mountain hotel while enjoying tramps 

 through the forests and along the trout streams or hunting of big game, to the 

 person who favors wandering through the country, carrying by pack horse his 

 blankets, frying pan, gun, fishing rod, bacon and flour and depending upon his 

 prowess with rifle, shotgun and fishing tackle to keep him and his fellow vacationists 

 in fresh meat. 



While the lakes and mountains and forests would of themselves, put Montana 

 at the head of the list of recreation places, it is to the two greatest and largest 

 national parks that Montana owes its best known summer attractions. These two 

 great national playgrounds— the Yellowstone and Glacier national parks — are 

 primarily Montana institutions. Even before the nation was awakened to the 

 importance of reserving these great national wonders for the benefit and enjoyment 

 of all the people, these parks were vacation and sight-seeing places for the people 

 of Montana. 



Glacier Park is wholly in Montana, while the Yellowstone National Park, the 

 oldest and best known of all the national reservations, is reached through this state. 

 The official entrance to this park, an imposing rock arch, dedicated by President 

 Roosevelt in 1903, is at Gardiner, Montana, five miles from Mammoth Hot Springs, 

 the administrative headquarters of the great reserve. The western entrance to 

 the park is at Yellowstone, Montana. 



