EARTHSC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Gros Ventre River, National Elk Refuge, Teton Range
28 Nov 2017
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11,000 years ago earliest evidence of humans around jackson hole. 1800s when europeans came into the area, native american tribes that included the. Shoshone, bannock, blackfoot, crow, flathead, gros ventre, and nez perce hunted game, gathered plants, and collected rocks and minerals in the area. 1807-1808 john colter may have been the first white man to explore the yellowstone and. Grand teton area after he split off from the lewis and clark expedition. 1829 jackson hole was named for fur trapper david jackson. 1872 - during the hayden survey, geologists conducted the first scientific survey of the area. The expedition was assisted by two early settlers richard beaver dick leigh and his wife. They named jenny lake and leigh lake after them. 1877-1878 expeditions mapped most of wyoming, idaho and montana. Late 1920s-1942 - john d. rockefeller jr. buys up land in jackson hole to preserve it from development. He plans on donating the land to the park.
