Yellowstone National Park

St. Paul, MN: Allied Printing, 1949. 31pp. Square Octavo [23 cm x 20 cm] Red illustrated wrappers. Very good. Vertical fold as issued. Promotional piece from the Northern Pacific for service to Yellowstone with descriptions of the area, lodgings, scenic features, tours, etc. Illustrated throughout with black and white views and a double-page map at the center. Opens with an essay by Emerson Hough 'Yellowstone National Park - A Tribute.'

"Only Burlington-Northern Pacific serves three of Yellowstone's famous gateways, Gardiner, Cody, and Red Lodge, and only Burlington - Northern Pacific offers a choice of three scenic routes to or from the Park. The most direct service to Yellowstone is via the Route of the North Coast Limited, through St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota wooded farmlands, the Bad Lands of North Dakota and the ranch country of Montana." - p.5.

The Northern Pacific Railway was not only the first railroad to build a branch line to the park boundary to the North Entrance at Gardiner, but it also provided service to the last entrance which was opened to the park, the Northeast Entrance, In addition, the Northern Pacific was heavily involved in the development of the hotel facilities in the park. The involvement of the Northern Pacific with the park dates back to 1870, with the exploration of the park by the Washburn Expedition. According to legend, the party concluded that the natural wonders should be preserved as a national park. Nathaniel Pitt Langsford, who was on the expedition, publicized the wonders he had seen in the park on his return to the East Coast, and Jay Cooke, financier for the Northern Pacific Railroad, hired him as a publicist to obtain financial support for his railroad and to promote the park.