Yellowstone - July 1941 |
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(All photos on these pages from the collection of F.Markley, and may not be reproduced without consent.) |
According to a 1941 Yellowstone visitor's brochure, standard 2-1/2 day tours of the park, including bus transportation and hotel accommodations, were offered at all Northern Pacific or Union Pacific railroad ticket offices for $36 (or $33.50 if lodge accommodations were preferred). |
The old Union Pacific Railroad Station at West Yellowstone now serves as a museum devoted to the history of Yellowstone tourism. |
Madison Museum was completed in the early 1930s as one of several interpretive museums in Yellowstone. These museums were staffed with naturalists who also led such visitor activities as campfire talks, lantern slide shows, and nature walks. Today this structure is a National Historic Landmark--an example of rustic, stone-log architecture. |
In the background at left is the Geyser Water Swimming Pool, which opened in the spring of 1934. Inside were two pools--one of which was shallower for children. Water for the pools was piped in from Solitary Geyser. The building also housed employee dormatories, showers, and a public laundry. Overhead was a vaulted roof complete with log beams and skylights. 100 people could easily occupy the pools. The building was razed in 1951. |