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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ6_mean-and-menor_Moose-WY.html
Store owner Bill Menor, prone to swearing and a surly attitude, ran this general store in the early 1900s. Menor and is brother, Holiday, painted this building with whitewash from Holiday's lime-kiln. Referring to Bill, Holiday was known to say: &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ4_menors-ferry_Moose-WY.html
Bill Menor recognized this single channel of the Snake River offered an ideal crossing point. This "reaction ferry" design dates back to ancient times, using the river current to propel the boat. The ferry you see here is a replica.< Sid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ3_water-filter_Moose-WY.html
Around 1895 Bill Menor dug a well here next to the Snake River to filter muddy water during spring runoff.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ1_staying-cool_Moose-WY.html
Bill Menor safeguarded food here from animals and the elements. Under this storehouse Menor preserved root crops cooled by ice he cut during the winter.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJ0_making-it-last_Moose-WY.html
Bill Menor cured game and livestock in this smokehouse to keep the meat from spoiling. Before smoking, he salted the meat to preserve it.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIU_the-parks-first-visitor-area_Alta-WY.html
Jenny Lake was the first area developed for recreation in this national park. Enjoy the same splendid scenery and outdoor activities here that first drew visitors to this rugged landscape in the early 20th-century. Since the early 1900s, Jenny Lak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIN_walk-back-in-time_Moose-WY.html
View Bill Menor's original 1892 homestead along the Snake River. Follow the loop trail and learn about the early days of Jackson Hole.In 1969, the National Register of Historic Places designated this place an historic district.< Sidebar : >Shop at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIM_a-national-park-takes-root_Moose-WY.html
On July 26, 1923, Maud Noble hosted a landmark meeting in this cabin. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Horace Albright joined a small group of locals here. They launched a plan that planted the seed for the creation of Grand Teton National…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6T_11-000-summers-in-the-tetons_Moran-WY.html
This slow-moving channel of the Snake River at Oxbow Bend sustains many different animals. Every year thousands of visitors come here to see them.Like you, Indian tribes such as Shoshone, Bannock, Blackfoot, Crow, Nez Perce and Gros Ventre have be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N55_the-maud-noble-cabin_Moose-WY.html
      This cabin, erected on its present site in 1917 by Miss Maud Noble, has been preserved and renovated to commemorate a meeting held here on the evening of July 26, 1923, at which Mr. Struthers Burt, Dr. Horace Carncross, Mr. John L. Eynon,…
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