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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/HM1NP7_a-once-vibrant-community_Moose-WY.html
Homesteaders, who settled here near the turn of the 19-century, clustered their farms to share labor and community.As you walk imagine 33 homesteads surrounding a church and school. Structures from six homesteads remain here.SettlementLeaders of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NOM_capturing-nature-in-a-box_Moose-WY.html
Ansel Adams stood here in 1942 and took this photograph of the vast unspoiled beauty of the Snake River and jagged Teton Range. The National Park Service hired Adams in 1941 to capture nature as exemplified by national parks. At the time local ran…
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Thomas Moran found the Tetons awe-inspiring even though he, unlike you, was facing the range's western slope. Moran created a series of watercolor field sketches in 1879 and later used them with William H. Jackson's photographs to compose large id…
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The Snake River twists and turns as it flows over 1,000 miles from Yellowstone National Park through Grand Teton National Park and ultimately to the Pacific Ocean. From Jackson Hole the Snake turns west into Idaho and eventually joins the Columbia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NMM_potholes_Moose-WY.html
Curious depressions known as "Potholes," dimple the glacial outwash plain here. Some 15,000 years ago, sediment carried by glacial meltwater buried huge blocks of ice that calved off retreating glaciers. As the ice melted, the ground san…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NME_teton-fault_Moose-WY.html
Looking west toward Mount St. John, notice the steep slope or fault scarp near the base of the peak. This steep slope formed as several massive earthquakes broke the ground by more than 75 feet since the ice-aged glaciers last retreated 14,000 yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NLS_fire-and-ice_Moose-WY.html
Two of the most powerful forces in nature created these unique boulders. Millions of years ago, lava filled with gas bubbles erupted, cooled, and crystallized. Later Ice-Age glaciers carried rocks south from the Yellowstone plateau into today's Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NLR_walk-to-the-murie-ranch_Moose-WY.html
Enjoy a meandering footpath to the Murie Ranch, a National Historic Landmark. Pick up a trail guide to learn how the Muries changed American history.Walk one mile roundtrip and connect with the forest, meadow and sagebrush communities that influen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NLK_mount-moran_Moose-WY.html
Mt. Moran reflects all the geologic forces shaping the Teton Range. Formed of a massive block of metamorphic gneiss; cut by dikes of igneous granite and diabase; capped by sedimentary sandstone; and flanked by glaciers, this formidable peak domina…