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