Tourist Movement To National Parks: Being Visited by Unprecedented Number of Sightseers, Some of Them Traveling
From Coast to Coast
Lincoln State Journal
July 11, 1924
Washington, July 1 (AP)
The national parks throughout the country are being visited by unprecedented
numbers of sightseers, some of whom travel from coast to coast by automobile to
get a glimpse of the natural scenic wonders of the great open spaces of the west
Reports to the national park service of the interior department say there
were 4,611 visitors to Yellowstone for the month ended June 15, a 125 per cent
increase for the same period last year when a record of 138,252 for the season
was established.
A big increase in the automobile travel to Yosemite in California is shown,
8,550 of the 11,745 persons visiting the park during May traveling in 2,600
cars, an increase of 50 per cent over May of last year, and a total increase of
20 per cent, considering all means of travel. To June 7 the total had reached
23,109, more than half of whom went in 4,200 automobiles. The 1923 season mark
was 130,046 for Yosemite.
The reports state that Crater Lake, Oregon, has experienced a banker
preseason period, due principally to the attractions afforded campers of the
west. On June 16 a total of 1,443 automobiles carrying 4,226 visitors from 32
states, including Maine, Vermont, New York, Washington, D. C., and Texas, had
toured the park. At this time last year, due to a later opening, not a single
visitor had entered the park. The 1923 season mark was $52,017.
The spectacle of a native Marquesan from the South Sea Isles, rhapsodizing
while floundering about in the snow, the first he had ever seen, is mentioned in
the Crater Lake reports.
