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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OIJ_a-changing-landscape_Moran-WY.html
Alterations to a natural lakeJackson Lake is the largest of the park's many lakes formed by glaciers. The lake expanded when the Bureau of Reclamation built a dam in 1907, creating a reservoir on top of a natural lake. The water behind the dam pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OI9_the-art-of-making-mountains_Moran-WY.html
A landscape built up by earthquakesThe spectacular Teton Range began to rise around ten million years ago when movement on the Teton fault generated a series of massive earthquakes. The block of bedrock west of the fault rotated skyward to form th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NP1_valley-view_Moran-WY.html
From this vantage point, notice how the landscape spreads before you. Geology controls the park's natural communities from valley wetlands to the mountain alpine. Ice-age glaciers periodically blanketed this landscape last retreating 14,000 years …