A Trip West in Photographs, 1935 Including Yellowstone National Park, the Badlands, Custer State Park, Zion National Park, the city of Los Angeles, Petrified Forest, and New Mexico |
IN AUGUST 1935, Rev. Franklin G. Markley and his wife Gertrude, along with their 9-year-old son Franklin G. Markley, Jr. took a trip west, starting from Marion, Ohio, and traveling to Los Angeles and back. With them were their friends Fred and Jessie Ellery and the Ellerys' son Charles. Along the way, they drove through the Black Hills of South Dakota, Custer State Park, saw Mount Rushmore under construction (the head of Washington was the only figure nearing completion), then drove through Cody and along the Cody Road into Yellowstone National Park. As planned, after Yellowstone the two families parted for several days. The Ellerys traveled to the Boulder Dam construction site, where Fred took photographs for the Marion Steam Shovel Co. Meanwhile, the Markleys traveled on to Salt Lake City, Zion National Park, and to the city of Los Angeles, where they would again meet up with the Ellerys. From there, they followed old Route 66 through the southwest on their return. The photos on these pages are all from that 1935 trip. A few years ago, several of these photos relating to Yellowstone were donated to the Yellowstone National Park photo archives. Except where noted, all photos on these pages © F.G. Markley Click Images for Larger Views |