CHAPTER V: ENDNOTES 194. J.F. Haynes, "Transportation in the Yellowstone National Park," Proceedings of the National Park Conference held at the Yellowstone National Park September 11 and 12, 1911 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912). 195. New Roads in Yellowstone National Park, Acting Secretary of War transmitting information in response to Senate Resolution of April 2, 1912, relative to the cost of construction of new roads in the Yellowstone National Park, Sixty-second Congress, Twenty-fourth Session Senate Document No. 871 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912), 3, 14, 15, and 16. 196. Lt. Col. L. M. Brett to Secretary of the Interior 14 May 1912 and 20 May 1912. In addition to the problems caused by the natural conditions, the Yellowstone Transportation Company wagons hauling coal "shook the road at the dangerous and narrow part that a section of it fell into the river, leaving a roadway of only about 3 feet in width for a distance of 12 feet." Lt. Col. L. M. Brett to Mr. H. W. Child May 2, 1912. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 197. Brett to Secretary of Interior, 22 June 1912. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 198. Capt. C. H. Knight, Maj. J. B. Cavanaugh, and Maj. Jerry J. Morrow, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park; Report Upon the Road Into Mount Rainier National Park; and Report Upon Crater Lake National Park, Appendices EEE and FFF (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913), 3,268-3,270. 199. E.H. Schumacher, County Clerk of the Board of Commissioners, Gallatin County, Montana, to Maj. E. S. Wright, 12 March 1913. The District Engineers Office, Yellowstone National Park to Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, 16 February 1914. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 200. Charles Waterman, Commissioners of Gallatin County, Montana, to Honorable John K. Evans. Schumacher to Lt. Col. L.M. Brett, 6 February 1914. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 201. District Engineer Officer, Yellowstone National Park to Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 16 February 1914. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 202. Special Orders No. 181, War Department, June 5, 1914. 203. Maj. Amos A. Fries and Maj. Jay J. Morrow, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park; and Report Upon Crater Lake National Park, Appendices EEE and FFF (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914), 3,393-3,395. 204. Acting Superintendent to Secretary of the Interior, 5 August 1914. Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Acting Superintendent, 6 August 1914. (telegram) Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 205. Fries, Yellowstone Park Road Work, August 11, 1914. 206. Fries, Yellowstone Park Road Work. See Appendix for the "Rules and Regulations for the Work of the Engineering Department in Yellowstone National Park," May 4, 1915. 207. Fries to Secretary of the Interior, 10 May 1915. Stephen T. Mather, Assistant Secretary of the Interior to Col. L. M. Brett, 26 May 1915. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 208. Maj. Amos A. Fries, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1915) 3,753-3,765. 209. Maj. Amos A. Fries, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park, and Report Upon Crater Lake National Park (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1916), 3,626-3,627. 210. Henry Breckenridge, Acting Secretary of War to Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, 15 January 1916. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 211. Fries and Williams, Report Upon . . . . Yellowstone National Park 1916, 3631. 213. Maj. Amos A. Fries and George Zimn, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park for 1917 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1917), 3,633. 214. Horace Albright, Acting Director of the National Park Service to Major Fries, 7 May 1917. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 215. Fries to Albright, 14 July 1917. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 216. Chester Lindsley, Office of the Supervisor, Yellowstone National Park to Captain John Schulz, 9 October 1917. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 217. Road Improvements; July 1917:
This list provides a very good overview of the conditions of the road system in 1917. Capt. John Schulz to Chester Lindsley, 11 October 1917. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 218. Horace Albright, Acting Director, National Park Service to Franklin Lane, Secretary of the Interior, 17 October 1917. Yellowstone National Park Archives, Yellowstone National Park. 219. Maj. G.E. Verrill and Col. George Zuin, Report Upon the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in the Yellowstone National Park; Report Upon the Road Into Mount Rainier National Park; and Report Upon Crater Lake National Park Appendices EEE and FFF (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1918), 1977-80. 220. Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1918 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1918), 39-40.
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