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Menor's Ferry was a river ferry that crossed the Snake River near the present-day Moose, Wyoming, United States. The site was homesteaded by Bill Menor in 1892-94, choosing a location where the river flowed in a single channel, rather than the braided stream that characterizes its course in most of Jackson Hole. During the 1890s it was the only ...
Coming from Wyoming, the Oregon Trail reached the Snake River at Fort Hall, Idaho, and stayed south of the river until Three Island Crossing near modern-day Glenns Ferry. [116] Here the trail diverged, with the northern route fording the river to reach the HBC trading post at Fort Boise while the southern route continued into what is now the ...
Superlative example of two later stages of rustic architecture as developed for 20th-century vacation homes, with 14 contributing properties built in 1927 and 1936–1937. [6] Became the University of Wyoming/National Park Service Research Center in 1977. [7] 4: Bar B C Dude Ranch: Bar B C Dude Ranch
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 155 of those are found in Jackson County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 31, 2025.
It was established in the 1840s by Andrew Jackson Doak, and sold in 1860 to Jesse Walling, who platted Lincoln, Oregon. [1] Doaks Ferry Road is named for it. Spongs Ferry operated at Spong's Landing , now a Marion County park, on the opposite side of the river from Doaks. [ 5 ]
Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff — it was one of the key checkpoint landmarks for parties heading west along the Platte River valley west of Fort John, Wyoming which allowed ...
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In 1929 Stanley and Helen's twelve-year-old son Stanley Rogers Resor spent part of the summer in Jackson Hole with the Huyler family, who had bought a ranch on the Snake River. The younger Stanley's enthusiasm about his experience led his father to buy 400 acres (160 ha) of land, sight unseen.