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Title: Summer tours
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Union Pacific Railroad Company Chicago and North Western Railway Company
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Dept. of Tours, Chicago Union Pacific & Northwestern Line
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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capita wealth high indeed. Weeks, as delightful as profitable, may be spent in exploring the environs. The trip down the lower Columbia(six hours by Umon Pacific steamers) brings one to historic Astoria, founded in 1811 by John Jacob Astor as atrading post, and on the opposite shore are the gay and populous North Beach resorts. The National Education Association of the United States has selected Portland for its meeting July 7-14,1917 and the Department of Tours announces a carefully planned itinerary for the journey to Portland, steppingon the way at Rocky Mountain (Estes) National Park, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Yellowstone National Park1 he N. E. A. Special Train will leave Chicago at 10:45 AM Monday, June 25th, and will arrive at Portland. 11:30AM Saturday, July 7th. Complete information, itinerary and reservations may be secured upon application toHoward H. Hays, Manager, 148 South Clark Street, Telephone Randolph 7800. Chicago, Illinois.Twenty-one Ext ensions an d Side Tri P s
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Jackson Lake and the Tetons, new southern entrance toYellowstone Park. Supreme in scenic splendor Jackson Hole Region Yellowstone is going to have a new entrance — one from the south. Hon. Stephen T. Mather, AssistantSecretary of the Interior, who directs the administration of National Parks, says, It is my hope that the newsouthern entrance will be open for regular tourist travel by next season. This gateway will afford an unsurpassedopportunity to view the Teton Mountains, Jackson Lake and other distinguished features of Jackson Hole.This new gateway will be reached in connection with train service via the Oregon Short Line (Union PacificSystem) to Victor, Idaho, the rail terminus of the new way to the Park. (See map.) From Victor the route isvia automobile east through Teton Pass and thence north through Jackson Hole to the southern boundary ofYellowstone. The distance from Victor to the south Park entrance is about 80 miles. Jackson Hole lies south of Yellov/stone. It will some

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