Going-to-the-Sun Road

by Bill Yenne

Overview

The Going-to-the-Sun Road is rightfully recognized as one of the most spectacular alpine highways in the world and certainly among those in the United States. The landscape is one of peerless beauty, but the road itself is an engineering masterpiece. In 1910, Glacier National Park was created in that million-acre swath of mountains, lakes, and glaciers that the great naturalist George Bird Grinnell called the Crown of the Continent. Soon, plans were being made for a road that would take visitors into the heart of this amazing place. The result was the Going-to-the-Sun Road, which has been the centerpiece of the visitor experience in Glacier since it was formally dedicated in 1933.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738596983
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/03/2013
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.84(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Author Bill Yenne grew up within Glacier National Park, where his father was supervisor of back-country trails for nearly two decades, and for most of a decade he was supervisor of roads, including the Going-to-the-Sun. Yenne has written more than three dozen historical works, including many on the American West, such as a narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and a biography of the great Lakota leader Sitting Bull.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Planning the Road 13

2 Building the Road 17

3 The Blackfeet 21

4 The West Entrance 25

5 The McDonald Valley 39

6 The West Side to Logan Pass 51

7 Across Logan Pass to the East Side 97

8 Milestones 122