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Author: Larry W Jones Publisher: ISBN: 9781716159831 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Jackson Hole is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho. The term "hole" was used by early trappers, or mountain men, as a term for a large mountain valley. These low-lying valleys, surrounded by mountains and containing rivers and streams, are good habitat for beavers and other fur-bearing animals. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s. Approximately 3,000 mountain men ranged the mountains between 1820 and 1840, the peak beaver-harvesting period.
Author: Larry W Jones Publisher: ISBN: 9781716159831 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Jackson Hole is a valley between the Gros Ventre and Teton mountain ranges in the U.S. state of Wyoming, near the border with Idaho. The term "hole" was used by early trappers, or mountain men, as a term for a large mountain valley. These low-lying valleys, surrounded by mountains and containing rivers and streams, are good habitat for beavers and other fur-bearing animals. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s. Approximately 3,000 mountain men ranged the mountains between 1820 and 1840, the peak beaver-harvesting period.
Author: Federal Writers' Federal Writers' Project Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803267916 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
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In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the country to collect and document local lore. This book reveals the remarkable results of the FWP in Wyoming at a time when it was still possible to interview Civil War veterans and former slaves, homesteaders and Oregon Trail migrants, soldiers of the Great War and Native Americans who remembered Little Big Horn. The work of the FWP in Wyoming, collected and edited here for the first time, comprises a rich repository of folklore and history and a firsthand look at the Old West in the process of becoming the new American frontier. Wyoming Folklore presents the legends, local and oral histories, and pioneer stories that defined the state in the early twentieth century.
Author: Federal Writers' Project Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803234171 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
In 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP). Out-of-work teachers, writers, and scholars fanned out across the country to collect and document local lore. This book reveals the remarkable results of the FWP in Wyoming at a time when it was still possible to interview Civil War veterans and former slaves, homesteaders and Oregon Trail migrants, soldiers of the Great War and Native Americans who remembered Little Big Horn. The work of the FWP in Wyoming, collected and edited here for the first time, comprises a rich repository of folklore and history and a firsthand look at the Old West in the process of becoming the new American frontier. Wyoming Folklore presents the legends, local and oral histories, and pioneer stories that defined the state in the early twentieth century.
Author: Fern K. Nelson Publisher: ISBN: 9780931271250 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 383
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Rugged Men and women dared to brave the weather, mountain soil, and the isolation to settle the magnificent valley under the Tetons. Mavericks, homesteaders, trappers, merchants, cowboys, hunters, dudes, and Easterners -- it was a blend that created a vigorous, exciting community. A community with many stories to tell.There are stories that will make you laugh like the one of Joe Nethercott who came home to find his neighbors had turned his cabin logs into a church. There are stories that will make you cringe like the one of fourteen-year-old Mark Anderson who wouldn't give up and die, so was carried on a stretcher from Jackson to Victor, Idaho, by four men on foot.
Author: Merlin K. Potts Publisher: ISBN: 9781479427055 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 60
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Man's search for wealth has taken him to many out-of-the-way places. What is now Jackson's Hole was a way of life to the Native Americans who summered here and wintered in the lower and warmer regions to the east of Togwotee Pass. A summer in this secluded valley meant plenty of fish and other wildlife for food, skins for clothing and teepees, as well as a cool, well-watered environment. Snowmelt-fed streams bordered by vegetation supported many beaver and other fur-bearers that attracted men of European descent in their never-ending quest for commercial wealth. Mountain men and trappers considered the natural resources of the area as there to be taken for their own personal gain, By 1840 beaver became scarce and fell from fashion. The land that supported bison was thought good for domestic cattle, so ranchers settled in Jackson Hole from one end to the other. Dry years and the Great Depression forced many of them to sell out. Now millions of visitors come each year to recapture the thrill of wandering in a land still much as the Native Americans left it. This is a new wealth that depreciates little under protection as a National Park. An increasing number of people look for ways to identify themselves with those who led the way into this new land. "Campfire Tales of Jackson Hole" give you this opportunity in an easy to read text that takes you back to the people and evens that transpired in the valley.
Author: Sierra Adare Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing ISBN: 1461709032 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 322
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This ruggedly beautiful area is a haven for hikers, horsepackers, rock climbers, and Western history enthusiasts. Outdoor sports for every season are found here, from snow skiing to river running, fishing to ice climbing. With this book as your guide, explore the legends and lives of the Hole's most illustrious and notorious characters. Stroll the historic streets fo the old town. Stop by the famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar and the Viginian Saloon. Tour the Grizzly Discovery Center and the Nationals Wildlife Art Museum. First-time visitors and old-timers alike will be entertained and elightened as they discover and rediscover this unique part of America.
Author: Bonnie Kreps Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 268
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"Explores the lives, hardships, and successes of ten families that homesteaded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawn from primary source material for local history including oral histories, family histories, and other local records"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Larry W Jones
Author: Larry W Jones
Author: John S. Huyler
Author: Federal Writers' Federal Writers' Project
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Author: Fern K. Nelson
Author: Merlin K. Potts
Author: Sierra Adare
Author: Candy Moulton
Author: Bonnie Kreps
Author: Frank Calkins