[Geysers] a historical question

[Whittlesey, Lee]

For information on the UGB walkways, see the Geyser Gazer pages on
Facebook. M.A. Bellingham and I both made some comments there. The first
formal walkways that I know of at UGB were the asphalt ones, built in (as I
recall) 1934. Rocco Paperiello has posted some photos of this construction
from the park's black scrapbooks on his Facebook page.

The park's actual move to wooden boardwalks (what the 1946 Report of the
Superintendent called "duckwalks") began that year, and continued being
built during the period 1946-1950 in various places.

Lee Whittlesey
Historian


On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 6:17 AM, robert haker <roberthaker at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Meg,
>   I'm sure you will be inundated with sources to check on the board walk Q.
>    I was up there geyser gazing in 1959,but only being 10 years old I
> don't remember for sure. I would have to guess not. My parents and I camped
> at the Hebgen Lake area one week before the earthquake,but that is another
> story.
>      Happy trails to you.
>      Best wishes,   Rob Haker    roberthaker at yahoo.com
>
>   *From:* "mmjustus at mmjustus.com" <mmjustus at mmjustus.com>
> *To:* Geysers <geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2014 2:19 PM
> *Subject:* [Geysers] a historical question
>
>   Can anyone tell me if there were boardwalks in the Upper Geyser Basin
> in 1959?  Or, better yet, when were boardwalks first built in the geyser
> basins?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Meg Justus
> adventures in time travel and the old west
> http://mmjustus.com
>
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