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English: This map shows how the Jackson Hole National Monument, established in 1943 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, related to the original park boundaries. The Jackson Hole National Monument included Jackson Lake and shared the northern and eastern border of Grand Teton National Park.
Grand Teton National Park is a national park of the United States in northwestern Wyoming.At approximately 310,000 acres (1,300 km 2), the park includes the major peaks of the 40-mile-long (64 km) Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.
This map shows the boundaries of the Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943 and how it related to the existing Grand Teton National Park. On March 15, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Presidential Proclamation 2578 establishing a large swath of land east of the Teton National Park as a national monument. [1]
The Hermitage Point Trail is a hiking trail in Grand Teton National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [1] The trailhead is at the Colter Bay Village parking area and provides a loop totalling 9.7 miles (15.6 km) to Hermitage Point and back along the shores of Jackson Lake. [2]
John Colter - First person of European descent to enter Jackson Hole and see the Teton Range [2] Warren Angus Ferris - Early Yellowstone and Teton region trapper; Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - U.S. Geological Surveys 1871-1875 of Yellowstone and Teton region; David Edward Jackson - Known as "Davey" Jackson and namesake for Jackson Hole [3]
The district consists of a line of homestead complexes along the Jackson-Moran Road near the southeast corner of Grand Teton National Park, in the valley called Jackson Hole. The rural historic landscape's period of significance includes the construction of the Andy Chambers, T.A. Moulton and John Moulton farms from 1908 to the 1950s.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States. There are 36 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the park, two of which are National Historic Landmarks .
Map of the historical structures of Grand Teton National Park The first dude ranch in Jackson Hole was the JY Ranch, which was converted from a working ranch. It became the property of the Rockefeller family when the Rockefellers started acquiring land in Jackson Hole, remaining an inholding as the family gradually donated portions to the Park ...