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In the autumn of 1926, the Glacier Park Hotel Company received permission—reluctantly granted after some debate by NPS officials—to place locomotive bells on three passes in Glacier National Park: Swiftcurrent, Piegan and Siyeh. In 1929, a fourth bell was placed on Mt. Henry, where the Glacier Park-Two Medicine Trail crosses Scenic Point.
According to Donald H. Robinson's administrative history of Glacier National Park, the idea behind the bells "was based upon an old Swiss custom of having bells on the mountain tops and passes, and the desire to give the visitors hiking or riding through the park the unusual experience of ringing these loud, clear bells high in the mountains."
These four bells remained in place until the fall of 1943, when they were removed by the Hotel Company and turned in during a World War II scrap metal drive.
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According to Donald H. Robinson's administrative history of Glacier National Park, the idea behind the bells "was based upon an old Swiss custom of having bells on the mountain tops and passes, and the desire to give the visitors hiking or riding through the park the unusual experience of ringing these loud, clear bells high in the mountains."
These four bells remained in place until the fall of 1943, when they were removed by the Hotel Company and turned in during a World War II scrap metal drive.
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