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The Huckleberry Mountain Fire Overlook is a fire lookout station in northern Bridger–Teton National Forest. The rustic two-story log structure was built in 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to a standard U.S. Forest Service design. The lookout was used for fire surveillance until 1957. [2]
The visitor experience is prompted via the 7,573 ft 2 (704 m 2) visitor center situated at the lowest elevation of the Preserve. The visitor center building was designed by Carney Architects of Jackson, Wyoming with the Rocky Mountain Institute consulting on energy and daylighting analysis. Hershberger Design prepared the landscape design plan ...
The homestead's well-preserved remains were burned in a 1994 brush fire, but were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1979 and 1992. [15] [16] Geraldine Lucas arrived in Jackson Hole following her 1912 retirement from teaching in New York at the age of 47.
The highest peak in the group is Grand Teton, which rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole valley, and is the second tallest mountain in Wyoming, after Gannett Peak. The Cathedral Group is separated from other tall peaks of the range by the Cascade Canyon to the north and Avalanche Canyon to the south.
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]
Date(s) September 15, 2018 12:00 AM: Location: Bridger-Teton National Forest, Lincoln and Sublette County, Wyoming United States: Coordinates: 1]: Statistics; Burned area: 61,511 acres (24,893 ha): Land use: National Forest and private property: Impacts; Deaths: 0: Non-fatal injuries: 3: Structures destroyed: 55 [2]: Ignition; Cause: Human caused: The Roosevelt Fire was a wildfire in Bridger ...
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Last standing fire lookout tower in the northern Teton National Forest, built in 1938, symbolizing the U.S. Forest Service's early wildfire management practices and use of rustic architecture by the Civilian Conservation Corps. [27] 21: Huff Memorial Library: Huff Memorial Library: December 5, 2003 : 320 S. King St.