A Trip West, 1935    (Page 3 of 7)

In 1935 there were a total of 317,998 visitors to Yellowstone National Park, about a tenth of today's current annual attendance.  In July 1999 alone 317,337 visitors entered just the West Entrance of Yellowstone.

This photograph is labeled "Tunnel near Shoshone Dam on Cody Road". The concrete dam, located 6 miles west of Cody, Wyoming, was constructed in 1905-1910, and was at the time the tallest dam in the world. In 1946 its name was changed to the Buffalo Bill Dam. A massive 7-year project, begun in the mid-1980s, raised the height of the dam by 25 feet.

(Closeup from photo below.)

Written on the back of this photo: "Moose along Cody Road before entering Yellowstone National Park".

Though difficult to see in the original photograph, a large black bear stands atop a fenced-in garbage container, while a smaller cub is at the bottom right of the fenced area. The Ellerys and Markleys lodged in Fishing Bridge "canvas and frame cabins" during their stay at Yellowstone.

Shown here are Franklin G. Markley, Jr. as a youngster of nine (facing camera) and Charles Ellery (to his right, also facing camera) at Fishing Bridge. All of the other people are unidentified. Both of the boys bought fishing poles for the occasion in Cody. Unfortunately, Charles accidentally dropped his pole off the bridge into the river and never was able to recover it.   The wooden structure shown, built in 1919, was replaced in 1936-1937 by the two-lane bridge that is still in use today.

On the back of this photo is the description: "Yellowstone Canyon from Artist's Point in Yellowstone National Park,--1935"

Yellowstone photos on these pages are from the Markley Collection, Yellowstone National Park

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