Events OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
United States. Department of the Interior
1807-8
Discovery of the Tetons by John Colter.
1811
The Astorians crossed Teton Pass.
1810-45
"The Fur Era" in the Rocky Mountains, which reached its height between 1825 and 1840.
1829
Capt. William Sublette named Jackson Hole after his partner in the fur trade, David Jackson.
1832
Rendezvous of the fur trappers in Pierres Hole; the Battle of Pierres Hole.
1835
Rev. Samuel Parker conducted the first Protestant service in the Rocky Mountains a few miles south of the Tetons.
1843
Michaud attempted an ascent of the Grand Teton.
1860
Jim Bridger guided Capt. W. F. Reynolds' expedition through the Teton country.
1872
William H. Jackson, with a geological party of the Hayden survey in the Tetons, secured the first photographs of these famous landmarks.
1877
The Hayden survey party of Orestes St. John made geological studies in the Tetons.
1879
Thomas Moran painted the Teton Range.
1884
The first settlers entered Jackson Hole.
1897
Teton Forest Reserve created.
1898
The first major Teton peaks scaled (Buck Mountain and Grand Teton).
1909
The Upper Gros Ventre landslide.
1925
The Lower Gros Ventre landslide.
1927
The Gros Ventre flood.
1929
Grand Teton National Park created and dedicated.
1930
The last major Teton peaks scaled (Nez Perce and Mount Owen).
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