Here’s an earlier version of a 1935 booklet that was presented here two years ago. Though the two booklets follow the same outline, the text and photos are completely different. Click image to download a 7.2-MB PDF of this 8-page … Continue reading
What this booklet calls the Red Lodge Highroad, but which is known today as the Beartooth Highway–opened in 1937, and from the text the NP issued this booklet the following year. In addition to the cover, six pages of this … Continue reading
This booklet has the same out dimensions as yesterday’s (about 8-1/2″x11″), but is 16 pages long. Nine pages describe what dude ranches are like; two list well over 100 dude ranches, their locations, and typical daily rates, while a two-page … Continue reading
Half of this eight-page booklet shows full-page or nearly-full-page photos of sights along the NP, including Mt. Rainier, the Columbia River Highway, and Yellowstone. Two pages very briefly describe some typical tours people can take in the West, such as … Continue reading
The title of this 36-page booklet reminds us of the name of the railroad at the same time as it identifies the geographic focus of the booklet: the north Pacific coastal states, which is to say Washington and Oregon. The … Continue reading
The Spokane Public Library says that this version of The Storied Northwest is from 1929. Although just 20 pages, instead of the 28 in previous editions, the pages are roughly twice as large as the earlier versions, allowing for much … Continue reading
Unlike the previous two versions of this booklet shown here, this one is not dated. However, the Spokane Public Library says that it was from 1927. Unlike the previous two editions, this one has many line drawings (highlighted in red) … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s 1922 booklet, this 1923 edition is from the Spokane Public Library. Inside, some of the photographs are new and the text has been slightly updated. Click image to download a 6.4-MB PDF of this 28-page booklet. Outside the … Continue reading
This appears to be a condensed version of the booklet titled, Eastward Through the Storied Northwest, which NP published from about 1903 through at least the mid-1910s. While that older booklet attempted to entice Californians to make their journeys to … Continue reading
When I first saw the title of this 1915 booklet in the Spokane Public Library, I assumed it was one of those advertisements for settlers to buy farmland along the Northern Pacific. But, as the subtitle–“Over the Scenic Highway”–suggests, this … Continue reading
