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Show II in Jackion Role. Mr. Rockefeller and his sons ultimately spent nearly $2:-500,000 dollars in buying and main- - ay - taining private property in Jackson - - Ho How did an eastern financier be- come involved in the tangled affairs of Jackson Holet r-Well, in 1228, Mr. Rockefelle7. visited Yellowstone Park to combine a western vacation with a personal loss of tax checkup on bow funds he had donated , had been used to clear up the downed timber along highways lathe park. ole,reim-andC:tedenEs Park Supt. Horace Albrighcl. a perdthingrediulfsiritti;ubn nal biend, took the financier to Jackson Hole for a visit, and descrified euc: the local, movement for a southward extension Of Yellowstone,' and knock-dow- n the interest of the National tight And thit's exactly what the battle over Jackson Hole Parks Service in preservation of the Jackson Hole country. Mr. has been. -- - feller-wa- s ear impressed - that on- his I Parkstatus forthe Jackson-Ho- le area was first advocated in 1898, return he wrote Albright that he v when Dr. Charles D. Walcott of the would provide the funds required to U. S. Geological Sulvey recompurchase the needed private lands and bold them for transfer to the mended a vast southward extension -- federal government for motion of ,a of Yellowstone Park. A bill proposJackson Hole national park or mounwas introduced such extension an ing in the House of Representatives in meat. The Snake River Land 1919, and defeated in the Senate over pany was formed in 1927 to take title to the property and a new controverboundary disputes. In 1923, a grout of Jackson Hole sial aspect was injected into the de-- i citizens, including nearly 100 ranchers velophig controversy. In addition to who owned land in the area, got toUncle framed and that a Sam, 121r. Moneybags,,. in petition gether essential private lands in northern person of Philanthropist Rockefeller, Jackson Hole be acquired and the became a convenient target of many t area perpetuated for national recreapersons opposed to a federal park tion. Nothing came of this local status' for Jackson Hole. In return but in 1929, for endeavoring to make a hromMion rho:anent Immediately, dollar gift to the people of the United Grand Teton National ark 06,000 States, the Rockefeller family and acres of rugged mountain land on the their local representatives found west side of Jackson Hole. themselves figuratively wiping off a And in the late 0's, the newlylot of good western mud, slung by formed Snake River LandIkCompany people who questioned their motives I itarted buying up land in Jackson . and their actions. Hole at attractive prices. Soon ru AU of these conflicting interests mars filtered 'into the town of Jackadded up to tough sledding for n proson that a miMonabeilliilanthropist posal to add Jackson Hole to Teton was beck of the land purchases. The Park, which evolved following visits to the area by Secretary of Interior. minors Were Were& Money was lag supplied by John D.' Rockefeller - Ray Lyman Wilbur and the U. S. Jr, who between 112$ and 1231 IMO: - Senate Special Wildlife Committee in ;11 vested over one million dollars In 1229 and 1.230. Specific bills with this more than 32,060 acres of private land , Cosolossed mud pogo N m -- - - - , ,o'- p.41 41tjjr i P , , Jackson Hole In the area demanded of rights-of-wfor their holders of Forest Service which' out for and other - Jong-tersecurity of on & Wyoming sporbmen -, in the ,counsupervision vpice elk winters herd, try's greatest - In Jackson Hole. In addition Teton s should that 1 ' ftr ' li liry - ",': . It kAt;'' 1 1;ttA lit. A 141,.t( ?),' 9.ti A 7.s, o: , 441111' ...,,, ,,,... I 4., 11- ) -- t,,,,-,ty i ,..,... 4, - thPeerP71:11:1101 ed ','1.1111.0111:1 ., . b -- 'land-grabbin- g" the. - - , . ;mr. ' s 0 , 4 q -- : - - . . -. ' , - moon . plicymi ' ' ' , paaric cows ' - - -- visitors to kictsori Hole crossed the Snake River at Moose on )ris Ferry, now restored and in use , Buildings house pioneer relics. , LY-D- AY - ' ' I I -- , " - , ' . . (2 41. egt.' I , 1711..) .1... dpot I - I 1 :,,,,,:, I .11 I .e Ar 0 .p,, 11 I ,2) I , ,,,,' ndow , .1 I ,d110.. or LI,: s' 1 fr,7 4' II. I I I I t4 I ' '" L I I , n 1 P . ,o, -li.-- -- r - I T-.-- vista ;a.mtek''' OP, ,mk .111111 NEWS ONSAZINE, SAO IASI CITI4 - .. ,;,. - ..,.; .. akak",momp.spobs.dga..7.aft.imis - 1:. , 4.hdia DUDES at one of Jackson Holes fine dude ranches prepare fora western adventure. Many ranches, carps, lodges, operate in or near the pork area. - , ., , ArA- ITA11411111,1 .. IS. , Ilk,. , ' - - .. ... : 'r. ::, '. , - .'' '": . - . , .' ,... . ; , , , ; - ..41. . ; . ..... - - ' , . ... -- ' , l , |
