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Title: The Cody road into Yellowstone Park
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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Publisher: (Chicago) : Burlington Route
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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is about 10,000 feet above sea level. Yellowstone Park is enteredfrom the Reserve soon after leaving Pahaska. From Sylvan Pass to Lake Hotel—20 miles. Government road, well graded and sprinkled daily most of the way.Always in fine condition. Lake Hotel is the starting point for practically all tours of Yellowstone Park entering by the Cody gateway-After reaching this hotel the tourist who wishes to tour the Park mav usethe regular Park stage service or rent such equipage as his needs makedesirable. It should be borne in mind that the distances given above do notrepresent any arbitrarj^ arrangement for transportation. The stagefare, has these divisions as a basis, but the visitor stops where hepleases, as long as he pleases, if he arranges to provide himself withblankets and food before starting. There are so many ways of doing thisat Cody that it is impracticable to attempt to enumerate and describethem in this folder. Every visitor can be the commanding general ofhis own campaien.
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For Sportsmen In Yellowstone Park no shooting is allowed. Aresult of this is that the game when it crosses the Hneinto the adjoining Forest Reserve is bolder and moreeasily approached. Of this feature a Chicago sports-man writes: Great herds of elk, sometimes numbering up to1,500 head, numerous deer, the wary mountainsheep, the unfriendly grizzly, cinnamon and silver-tip bear, the greedy but harmless black bear, thebristling porcupine and other quarry roam over theborder. Instinct has not yet taught them the divi- animals is from January 1 to December 31. Par-tridges, prairie chickens and grouse may be shot Sep-tember 1 to November 30. Sage chickens, August 1to October 15. Snipe or other wader or plover,September 1 to May 1. Moose not until 1912.Deer, elk, antelope and mountain sheep, September15 to November 15. The individual kill of gamebirds must not exceed twelve per day; cf gameit must not exceed two elk, two deer, two antelopeand one mountain sheep per season. Non-residents secu

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