Rancho Trailer Park

RANCHO TRAILER PARK

1563 So. Palm Canyon Drive

Palm Springs, Calif.

On Hwy. 111, 3 minutes from center of town on main Bus line – 18 Overnight drive through spaces – 300 Well landscaped spaces to accommodate all size trailers – Adults Only. Terrazzo Shuffleboard Courts – Heated Pool – Card Room – Also 45 by 72 ft. recreation hall with planned events including square dancing, round dancing, pot lucks etc. Grocery, Grill, Barber Shop, Beauty Shop.

 

Roadside Black Bear

ONE OF THE BIG BLACK BEARS in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

postmarked 1957 

Balanced Rock

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK

ARIZONA

BALANCED ROCK

On Kaibab Trail under edge of Tonto Plateau. Kaibab Trail is the last word in Grand Canyon Trail construction. It is the most scenic way into the abyss with easy grades.

 

Blue Ridge Parkway Entrance

The Ridge Parkway is an exclusively tourist highway spanning over 500 miles of scenic North Carolina and Virginia mountains between the Great Smoky and Shenandoah National Parks.

Smokey Bear at Catoctin Mountain Park

ENTRANCE

Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland

Catoctin Mountain Park, a recreation area of the National Park System, ofers picnicking, camping, hiking and a variety of Ranger-led walks and tours.

 

Picnic on Skyline Drive

Shenandoah Na;tional Park embraces one of the highest and most scenic portions of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Skyline Drive, one of the most spectacular highways of the East, extends over 100 miles from Front Royal at the North to Rock Fish Gap at the South, where it connects with the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Manning Park Entrance

The Manning Park sign is indicative of the plentiful widl life in this southern British Columbia park.

Photo by J. H. Bell 

 

Choctaw Boundary

NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY, CHOCTAW BOUNDARY . . . One of the many markers along the Parkway calling attention to and describing points of interest. Located between Jackson and Kosciusko, Miss. Administered by the National Park Service, U. S. Department of Interior.

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

Alabama

The Battle of Horseshoe Bend catapulted Gen. Andrew Jackson ("Old Hickory") into national prominence and led to his being put in charge of American forces at New Orleans in the War of 1812. Friendly Creeks and Cherokees helped Jackson defeat Menawa, the Red-Stick Creek Chieftain.

U. S. Dept. of the Interior

National Park Service

The Creek Indian in the picture is Chief McGhee of the Eastern Band of the Creek Indian Nation, Atmore, Ala. 

 

Cook Forest State Park

BICYCLING and HORSEBACK RIDING are very popular with visitors at Cook Forest State Park on State Route 36 between Brookville and Tionesta, Pa. All roads in the park are available for bicycling while 5 miles of bridal trail as well as several forest roads provide enjoyable horseback riding.

postmarked 1954 

 

Map: Greetings from Yosemite National Park

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

Yellowstone Park Stagecoach

TWENTY-SIX PASSENGER YELLOWSTONE NATIONA PARK

STAGECOACH NEAR ROOSEVELT LODGE

Several of these were used until 1917 to transport guests from Gardiner to Mammoth but were too large to make the complete park trip.

Map: Hello from Itasca State Park

ITASCA STATE PARK

Lake Itasca, Minnesota

 

Yellowstone Bears

BEARS
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Among the abundant wildlife in Yellowstone National Park, many visitors find the bears most interesting. Playful and comparatively fearless, they are often seen and photographed along the scenic roads in the park.

Map: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area

Leaving Glacier National Park

A few yards beyond this marker some of the world's most spectacular mountain scenery is seen.

 

Florida's Silver Springs

SAFE, ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED,

GLASS-BOTTOM BOATS

Florida's Silver Springs

ENTRANCE TO WORLD FAMOUS SILVER SPRINGS

BEAUTIFUL FLOWER-BORDERED PATHWAYS

AND STATELY TREES MAKE THIS AN IDEAL SPOT

FOR SNAPSHOTS

NO ENTRANCE FEE — NO PARKING FEE

FREE PICNIC TABLES

THROUGHOUT THE BEAUTIFUL PARK

NEAR FRIENDLY OCALA

postmarked 1959

 

Bighorn National Forest

Bighorn National Forest Sign on highway over the Big Horn Mountains

postmarked 1966

 

Map: Allegheny National Forest

Traveling east and west or north and south, the beautiful rolling hills of Pennsylvania are unsurpassed. Excellent facilities for swimming, camping, hiking and picnicking are found in many areas. Sportsmen are attracted by good hunting and fishing in season.

 

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

THE U. S. WILDLIFE REFUGE NEAR CRATERVILLE PARK, OKLA.

Visitors to the 64,000-acre U. S. Wildlife Refuge near Craterville Park are greeted by this sign at each entrance. The refuge has buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, turkeys, longhorns, and many kinds of trees, wild flowers and birds. Free to everybody.