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March 1, 1957
The People's Voice
Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana
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Yellowstone National Park accelerates construction under Mission 66 to handle growing visitor numbers, from 1.5 million in 1956 to projected 2 million soon. Superintendent Lon Garrison oversees $2.2M appropriations for roads, utilities, campgrounds, and facilities in 1957 fiscal year.
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Many Improvements Being Made In Yellowstone Park
Under the impetus of Mission 66 Yellowstone National Park, as well as all national parks and monuments, has accelerated construction activities to provide improved facilities, access and opportunity to enjoy and appreciate Yellowstone, which last year was visited by nearly 1,500,000 people.
But, the travel will increase from year to year and it will not be too long before the number of visitors will exceed the 2,000,000 mark.
Superintendent Lon Garrison, who on November 1 succeeded Edmund B. Rogers, was chairman of the NPS Mission 66 committee, which made the surveys, checked the immediate and long range needs in Yellowstone and all the parks, presented the program to President Eisenhower and the cabinet, to senators and congressmen, and the general public. Never, in recent years, has such a program for any phase of government branch been presented in such a manner and won such universal endorsement. While at the NPS headquarters office in Washington, Garrison was chief of protection and conservation.
Mission 66 plans by 1966 to bring park facilities to a basis where they can provide accommodations for the anticipated travel increase. However, presently the park facilities, designed for caring for 25 millions in the U. S., have to care for double that number. 50 millions. The increase will be up to 80 million by 1966, but this estimated increase is a conservative one.
Following is an outline of the scope and extent of present Yellowstone Park construction activities outlined in a letter from Joe Joffe, administrative assistant to Superintendent Garrison:
For our 1957 fiscal year, which includes the period from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, we received a total appropriation of $2,232,856.22 of which $560,179 was for Management and Protection, $739,260 for Maintenance and Rehabilitation, $53,900 for Blister Rust Control, $1,146,049.22 for Construction, $705,593 for Liquidation of Construction Contract Authorizations, and $27,875 for Educational Expenses for the Children of Employees. The Management and Protection allotment of $560,179 included $31,324 for the past summers' fires. There was also a carry-over of appropriations made in previous fiscal years so that the actual amount available for expenditure during the 1957 fiscal year was $4,268,433.66.
Our revenues so far this fiscal year, which includes the period from July 1, 1956, to the present, has amounted to $765,022.85, of which $749,209.75 was taken in from entrance fees. Before the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1957, our revenues should exceed a million dollars, all of which is turned in to the Treasury of the United States as Miscellaneous Receipts. Last year (1956 fiscal year) our total entrance station revenues amounted to $995,080.
Work underway in the park during the 1956 season, most of which was by contract but some under day labor, included:
1. Guardrail construction amounting to $116,750.
2. Roads, campsites and barriers in the Fishing Bridge campground amounting to $136,000.
3. Lake Lodge area roads, $76,480.
4. Grading and drainage of roads, parking areas and walks in the Canyon cabin area, $176,320.
5. Trail from the Canyon Village to the Hotel and Canyon rim, $25,920.
6. Walks in the thermal areas, $10,000.
7. Trail to the Lower Falls from the North Rim, $20,000.
8. Grading and drainage of roads in the employees trailer court and Government area at Canyon, $11,638.
9. Ten comfort stations at the Fishing Bridge campground, $122,411.
10. Main electric system at Canyon, $30,000.
11. Utilities, main sewer system at Canyon and water supply system to the Canyon Hotel, $362,026.
12. Water, sewer and power in the employees trailer court at Lake, $8,500.
13. Water extension in the Government area at Lake, $17,000.
14. Cabin area water and sewer systems in the lodge area at Lake, $79,872.
15. Reservoir No. 2 at Canyon, $112,870.
16. Campground facilities, tables, fireplaces, etc., at Fishing Bridge, $29,436.83.
17. Campground facilities, tables, fireplaces, etc., at Canyon, $23,615.
18. Grading and planting in the campground at Fishing Bridge, $8,500.
19. Campfire circles at Mammoth and West Thumb, $17,000.
By the end of October when most of the work in the park had closed down, McNeil Construction Company had completed 67% of the Canyon cabin office building in the new Canyon Village area for the Yellowstone Park Company, 81% of the Canyon Village cabins (500 cabin rooms), 65% of the Canyon Lodge, and 76% of the Canyon dormitories. McNeil Construction Company continued work on the Lodge building in the new Canyon Village area until December 11 when they closed down for the winter.
The Yellowstone Park Company also completed during the summer their new tourist cabin office and dormitory which includes public baths and laundry at Old Faithful, which facilities will be available at the beginning of the 1957 season.
By the end of October, McNeil Construction Company had completed 76% of the dormitory at Canyon for Hamilton Stores, Inc. and 80% of the new Hamilton Canyon Store.
By the end of October, the Yellowstone Park Service Stations had completed its new service station at Canyon which will be ready for operation at the beginning of the 1957 season.
-- PARK COUNTY NEWS. Livingston.
Under the impetus of Mission 66 Yellowstone National Park, as well as all national parks and monuments, has accelerated construction activities to provide improved facilities, access and opportunity to enjoy and appreciate Yellowstone, which last year was visited by nearly 1,500,000 people.
But, the travel will increase from year to year and it will not be too long before the number of visitors will exceed the 2,000,000 mark.
Superintendent Lon Garrison, who on November 1 succeeded Edmund B. Rogers, was chairman of the NPS Mission 66 committee, which made the surveys, checked the immediate and long range needs in Yellowstone and all the parks, presented the program to President Eisenhower and the cabinet, to senators and congressmen, and the general public. Never, in recent years, has such a program for any phase of government branch been presented in such a manner and won such universal endorsement. While at the NPS headquarters office in Washington, Garrison was chief of protection and conservation.
Mission 66 plans by 1966 to bring park facilities to a basis where they can provide accommodations for the anticipated travel increase. However, presently the park facilities, designed for caring for 25 millions in the U. S., have to care for double that number. 50 millions. The increase will be up to 80 million by 1966, but this estimated increase is a conservative one.
Following is an outline of the scope and extent of present Yellowstone Park construction activities outlined in a letter from Joe Joffe, administrative assistant to Superintendent Garrison:
For our 1957 fiscal year, which includes the period from July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, we received a total appropriation of $2,232,856.22 of which $560,179 was for Management and Protection, $739,260 for Maintenance and Rehabilitation, $53,900 for Blister Rust Control, $1,146,049.22 for Construction, $705,593 for Liquidation of Construction Contract Authorizations, and $27,875 for Educational Expenses for the Children of Employees. The Management and Protection allotment of $560,179 included $31,324 for the past summers' fires. There was also a carry-over of appropriations made in previous fiscal years so that the actual amount available for expenditure during the 1957 fiscal year was $4,268,433.66.
Our revenues so far this fiscal year, which includes the period from July 1, 1956, to the present, has amounted to $765,022.85, of which $749,209.75 was taken in from entrance fees. Before the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1957, our revenues should exceed a million dollars, all of which is turned in to the Treasury of the United States as Miscellaneous Receipts. Last year (1956 fiscal year) our total entrance station revenues amounted to $995,080.
Work underway in the park during the 1956 season, most of which was by contract but some under day labor, included:
1. Guardrail construction amounting to $116,750.
2. Roads, campsites and barriers in the Fishing Bridge campground amounting to $136,000.
3. Lake Lodge area roads, $76,480.
4. Grading and drainage of roads, parking areas and walks in the Canyon cabin area, $176,320.
5. Trail from the Canyon Village to the Hotel and Canyon rim, $25,920.
6. Walks in the thermal areas, $10,000.
7. Trail to the Lower Falls from the North Rim, $20,000.
8. Grading and drainage of roads in the employees trailer court and Government area at Canyon, $11,638.
9. Ten comfort stations at the Fishing Bridge campground, $122,411.
10. Main electric system at Canyon, $30,000.
11. Utilities, main sewer system at Canyon and water supply system to the Canyon Hotel, $362,026.
12. Water, sewer and power in the employees trailer court at Lake, $8,500.
13. Water extension in the Government area at Lake, $17,000.
14. Cabin area water and sewer systems in the lodge area at Lake, $79,872.
15. Reservoir No. 2 at Canyon, $112,870.
16. Campground facilities, tables, fireplaces, etc., at Fishing Bridge, $29,436.83.
17. Campground facilities, tables, fireplaces, etc., at Canyon, $23,615.
18. Grading and planting in the campground at Fishing Bridge, $8,500.
19. Campfire circles at Mammoth and West Thumb, $17,000.
By the end of October when most of the work in the park had closed down, McNeil Construction Company had completed 67% of the Canyon cabin office building in the new Canyon Village area for the Yellowstone Park Company, 81% of the Canyon Village cabins (500 cabin rooms), 65% of the Canyon Lodge, and 76% of the Canyon dormitories. McNeil Construction Company continued work on the Lodge building in the new Canyon Village area until December 11 when they closed down for the winter.
The Yellowstone Park Company also completed during the summer their new tourist cabin office and dormitory which includes public baths and laundry at Old Faithful, which facilities will be available at the beginning of the 1957 season.
By the end of October, McNeil Construction Company had completed 76% of the dormitory at Canyon for Hamilton Stores, Inc. and 80% of the new Hamilton Canyon Store.
By the end of October, the Yellowstone Park Service Stations had completed its new service station at Canyon which will be ready for operation at the beginning of the 1957 season.
-- PARK COUNTY NEWS. Livingston.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Yellowstone Park
Mission 66
Construction
Improvements
Visitors
National Parks
Superintendent Garrison
What entities or persons were involved?
Lon Garrison
Edmund B. Rogers
Joe Joffe
President Eisenhower
Where did it happen?
Yellowstone National Park
Story Details
Key Persons
Lon Garrison
Edmund B. Rogers
Joe Joffe
President Eisenhower
Location
Yellowstone National Park
Event Date
1956 1957
Story Details
Under Mission 66, Yellowstone Park receives appropriations for extensive construction including roads, trails, utilities, campgrounds, and buildings to accommodate increasing visitors from 1.5 million to over 2 million, with projects like Canyon Village developments and Fishing Bridge facilities.