Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
Works Progress Administration (WPA) circa 1939
Artist C Don Powell
Between 1935 and 1945 the WPA Federal Art Project printed over two million posters in 35,000 different designs to stir the public’s imagination for education, theater, health, safety, and travel. Due to their fragile nature only two thousand posters have survived. The National Park image shown here is also available in the original poster format from many National Park Bookstores.
Lake McDonald Lodge, Glacier National park
Located on the western side of the park, the lodge opened in June 1914. It rests on the shores of Lake McDonald, the deepest lake within the park.
Hello. I have had a wonderful vacation. The mountains are breath taking. Yesterday we took a gondola to the top of Sulfer Mt. We were almost 8,000 feet up. Quite a view! From there we walked up many stairs to the peak of another mt. where an old weather station is located. It was in operation in the early 1900’s. The man that worked there would climb up the mt. once a week to check his equipment! No gondola! Not a job for me.
Love, Kelly
Clements Mountain, (8,760 ft), as viewed from the east side of Logan Pass, towers over a beautiful field of Aster and Arnica glowers. Clements Mountain’s peak exhibits a rugged sculpture characteristic of frost erosion.
July 2018
Still lots of snow up in the park but the younger ones still did the big hikes. Today is a Whitefish shopping day – heading back tomorrow.
Tim
Glacier National Park – Logan Pass
May 1998
Went to the Museum of the Rockies – a nice place that reminded me of the museum in Rapid City. The mountains that ring the city are gorgeous but the traffic is bad. Lots of trailer living here. See you next week.
Love, Tim
Montana State University offers academic excellence in an architecturally eclectic environment. Center: the new campus sign and the Madison Range. Clockwise from upper left: Historic Montana Hall, the Garnder “P.” Waite Gate, the octagonal high-rise dorms, and the new Engineering andPhysical Sciences building.
Built more than a century ago, Glacier Park Lodge is located on the east side, just inside the boundary of the park. Sixty immense timbers which were probably 500 to 800 years old when cut, were used in the construction of this imposing lodge. the huge 40-foot long timbers supporting the lobby are Douglas Fir, while those used to support the verandas are cedar. At the time these enormous timbers were set in place with their original bark still intact, the Indians dubbed Glacier Park Lodge, ‘Oom-Coo-La-Mush-Taw” The big Tree Lodge.
Artwprl bu Barbara Mitchell
June 1991
We are at the Swiftcurrent campsite near the world famous Many Glacier Hotel on Lake Swiftcurrent (where we were canoeing this very afternoon). We are dutifully following all admonitions about bears and so far have only seen one from a distance. The weather is wet but so far we are coping, though it is also cold at night!
Love, Tim
Jackson Glacier. Visible from “Going to the Sun Highway” – the glacier was once part of the ice area of famous Blackfoot Glacier. It lies between Blackfoot Mountain and Mt. Jackson (10,023 ft). Sixty such glaciers still exist in the park.
1999
Actually raining at the moment but the mornings have been beautiful. Took a boat ride on St Mary with a naturalist who was very informative. Took a long high walk yesterday – about 8 or 9 miles. Lots of spectacular views with sheer drops! See you soon.
Love, Tim
St Mary Lake and Goose Island with Fusillade Mountain in the background makes of the many spectacular views found in Glacier national Park. Photographer James Blank
May 2005
Went to a graduation in Montana and walked in some of the places that Lewis and Clark explored 200 years ago!
See you on the 5th of July.
Love, Tim and Kar.
Lewis and Clark Trails in Montana. In 1805-06, Lewis and Clark’s ‘Corp of Discovery’ went through present day Montana with the primary objective of finding a waterway from the East to the Pacific, and along the way documenting flora and fauna, and meeting area inhabitants.
Glacier National Park, Montana
Horseback trip near Many Glacier
Postcard Buzz 