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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BDA_a-lake-named-jenny_Alta-WY.html
Jenny Leigh, a Shoshone Indian, assisted the 1872 Hayden Survey. The expedition named this lake in her honor. Jenny and her husband Richard were expert guides who knew Jackson Hole well from summers spent hunting, trapping, and gathering native pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z79_the-gros-ventre-slide_Kelly-WY.html
Before you lie the remnants of one of the largest earth movements in the world. On June 23, 1925, earth, rock and debris moved rapidly from an altitude of 9000 feet, across the valley bottom and up the slope of the red bluffs behind you. The ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U9F_a-spiritual-heart-in-the-park-historical_Moose-WY.html
This rustic Episcopal chapel, constructed in 1925, held the first services on July 26 of that year. Prior to its construction, worshippers traveled 12 miles over rough roads to the town of Jackson. Today, that is just a short car ride away, but in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U9B_dick-turpin-historical_Moran-WY.html
In Memory of Dick Turpin Soldier, Scout and Pioneer Settled here 1887 Erected by the Trustees Robert E. Miller F. Buchernroth C.R. Van Vleck Wm. L. Simpson
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFG_leading-the-way-historical_Moran-WY.html
Togwotee (pronounced "TOE-go-tee") Pass lies at the head of the Wind River, astride the Great Divide. This 9,658-foot pass was an ancient travel route for the Tukudika people, who lived among these high, rugged peaks and migrated on foot for thous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFD_the-great-divide-historical_Moran-WY.html
You are perched on one of the most geographically significant lines in North America — the Great Divide, sometimes called the Continental Divide. This line of high terrain at the crest of the continent forms the boundary between two great co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T84_cattlemans-bridge-historical_Moran-WY.html
A long, narrow bridge made of wood planks once stretched across the Snake River at this point, and that bridge connected the present with the past. Before modern Grand Teton National Park was created in 1950, many local people had fought propos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLL_the-bold-trappers_Moran-WY.html
In memory of The Bold Trappers who passed this way to win and hold the West
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLK_john-colter_Moran-WY.html
This bay is named for John Colter discoverer of the Teton mountains and scenic wonders of the upper Yellowstone. Experienced as a hunter for the 1804-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, he explored this region in Winter of 1807-1808 in the empl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLJ_stephen-leeks-camera-conservation_Moran-WY.html
Stephen Leek pioneered the first conservation movement in Jackson Hole. Starting out as a fishing and hunting guide, he later became a passionate campaigner for the Jackson elk herd. Leek's glass plate photographs of starving and dead elk national…
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