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Legacy of the Tetons: Homesteading in Jackson Hole
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October 31, 2020
I love the Tetons and I love learning about the early homesteaders who settled the West so this book was absolutely fascinating to me. It’s full of interesting stories and information about the families who lived on Mormon Row. It was well-written and I felt like I’d gone back in time and experienced the harsh winters and other challenges they faced right along with these tough men and women.
November 5, 2018
History of European settlers in Jackson Hole Wyoming focusing on the Mormon Row settlement near the Gros Ventre river.
October 13, 2019
I loved this quick read of a book of the history of Jackson Hole in general and Mormon Row in particular, written by somebody who married into the Moulton family.
June 9, 2020
Having just returned from a two-day stay in the Tetons, I enjoyed the background info in this book, but now I need to return so I can see some of the things I missed.
Moulton starts with the mandatory chapter about Native Americans' presence in the area, and she briefly addresses the trappers and earliest settlers. Then she jumps into the heart of the story, the people who came to claim homesteads and the challenges they faced as they struggled to survive in this harsh but stunning land. Vyvey married a Moulton, who was a descendant of one of the original homestead families, so she has personal buy-in to the place, but I quickly bogged down in all of the names. I trudged through quite a few pages before I decided that I didn't need to keep track of all these people, so I read past the names and gained insight into their lives. As is to be expected, their stories are similar to those of other people who settled in the Rocky Mtns, however the Teton geology presented some disastrous situations that were unique to the area.
A convenient map is included in the introduction, and the Moulton and May families are outlined in genealogies in the Appendix.
Moulton starts with the mandatory chapter about Native Americans' presence in the area, and she briefly addresses the trappers and earliest settlers. Then she jumps into the heart of the story, the people who came to claim homesteads and the challenges they faced as they struggled to survive in this harsh but stunning land. Vyvey married a Moulton, who was a descendant of one of the original homestead families, so she has personal buy-in to the place, but I quickly bogged down in all of the names. I trudged through quite a few pages before I decided that I didn't need to keep track of all these people, so I read past the names and gained insight into their lives. As is to be expected, their stories are similar to those of other people who settled in the Rocky Mtns, however the Teton geology presented some disastrous situations that were unique to the area.
A convenient map is included in the introduction, and the Moulton and May families are outlined in genealogies in the Appendix.
February 26, 2011
It was a great book. I loved the history of the area.
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