Money Talks, History Walks

Historic Register.

see PRESERVATION.?

Jedediah’s

Original

House of

Sourdough

only is

one

of the few

places in The Jackson board that will is consist listed on mostly the of National residents wit

meeting on April 30.

bylaws and appoint nine-member the board at ne its

proposed bylaws. The commission will vote on tl

County Attorney Paul Vaughn’s review of the board

resolution Tuesday establishing the board pendin

The county commission unanimously adopted

about three years.

won’t begin until a survey of the county is complete i

The

Teton County Historic Preservation

Board

—.

all got different focuses.”

“It all depends on the groups,” Weidel said. “They’v

downtown areas.

soon

Casper that will focus on empty buildings ii

Weidel said there will a be conference coming uj

an archeological study of its Chinatown.”

signs tive along the road and Evanston has sponsore

“There’s been a whole variety of projects like intérpre

“Some them of are very, very effective,” she said

efforts, Weidel said.

Wyoming working on a wide range preservatioi of

There are 18 such local preservation boards ir

Historic Preservation Office.

torian and local preservation coordinator for the Stat

local

preservation

commission,

said

Nancy

Weidel,

preservation

his.

their

property.”

and

helped

Hofley

and

others

initiate

task

force.

The

Certified

Local

Government

essentially board.

“It’s

more to

encourage

and assist

people with

the

sion

meeting

last

summer.

The

commission

liked the

idea

she

said.

created

task

force

that

wrote

the

bylaws

the for

new

The

pairpresentedtheirproposal

a county at

commis

preservation

a site

or structure

our community,’

Hofley, a

member

the

Teton

County

Commission-

preserve

historic

sites like

the

Mormon

Row

Barns.

“We agreed

that

it was

better

way

what enabk

they

can

with

their

property,”

said

Carole

from

Texas

who

wanted

help

the

National

Park

Service

gram

Commissioner

Sandy

Shuptrine

said.

“This

is not an

attempt

regulate

and

tell

people

Righter

and Sheri

Smith,

warm-weather two

residents

program

called

the

Certified

Local

Government

toric

Pro Preservation

Board

save

what

can

saved.

The

idea

sprang

from

the

minds

of historians

Bob

The

county

is in

the

process

of creating

official son Hole

residents to help establish the county’s His

The

little

And

it’s Jewel

building that

attitude

stands

vacant that a prompted in at lot the corner several Gregory of Jack Lane and

High School

Road.

land

use

are more conservative out

here.”

BONNIE

JO MOUNT

GUIDE

Ithink

the attitudes toward historical preservation and

with

what you can and can’t do with your property. And

“A lot of it has do to

years old.

Director

of the TCHC

standing at to 200 300

things Larry that are Kummer still

East where you ye got

conservative

out here.” said, “Thisisn’tlikeback

eral, isn’t and very

old,” land use he are more

“‘I’he West

gen- in

historical preservation

Teton t County t-irj Histori-

Kummer,Directorofthe propty. And

I think

they own, said Larry

can’t do with

your astheypleasewithwhat

thatpropertyownersdo with what you can and

attitude

in the West is

“A

of lot

it to do has

The predominant

new—usuallyformoney.

are either decaying being or remodeled into something

Yet many important historical sites in Jackson Hole

tory and to its cultural identity.

these J properties Teton to County and Wyoming’s his

Many people don’t realize the significance of

The Lucas and Walton ranches.

Sweetwater Restaurant.

ackson Drug Store.

By Peter B. Brace

the National Historic Register listing.

Wort The Hotel is one site that could on be

Residents

establishing Preservation Board so JH won’t be like any Western other town

Money talks,

walks history ______-

16B - JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wednesday, June 5, 1996 11. Consideration of Certified______PRESERVATION: History Local Government for Historic walks Preservation Bylaws and LEGAL continued from Board Appointments. Paul A6 to have to see a cooperative effort.” Vaughn gave an u-date on historicalpreservation, architecturaland Kummer, retiring director ofthe His the required doc1r&iLs. building experience Bob with one or two citi torical Center, said the creation of his made a motion, setnded zen at-large members. by Sandy, to direct the Chair torical preservation board is just to sign County what a clean copy of the Commissioner Ann Teton County needs to retain its indi Resolution when presented. Stephenson Motion carried. stressed the importance of viduality and uniqueness among other the board There was a discussion on and the line ofcommunication Westerntowns being transformed Board appointments. Joan it by de will open between the park and the velopers and people with little • Grever was present to discuss county. regard for this with the Board. the history of a place. Sandy moved, “I can see seconded by a real value in this group Some buildings, like the Little Jewel Ann, to approve the following and this means ten people: ofcommunicating to the andtheJackson Hole Courier, have been park and I can • Robert W. Righter also see removedfrom their origi 700 Mississippi Ave. th’at the means of diplo El Paso, TX 79902 L £ nal sites and left to dete macy and i. iOi I 915-545-1306 (home) atotal coopera Ci people riorate on vacant 915-747-7064 tion lots. (work) is necessary,” have been concerned Still others like the • Joan Grover Stephenson, said. 200 St. Andrews Blvd.,Unit about preservation 308 Mike Johnson, Grand in Winter Park, FL 32792 Teton National 700 Ponderosa Park cul the park (and taurant, Dirty Jacks and Dr. turalresources specialist, Jackson, WY 83001 the Wax Museum have 307-733-3080 is hoping that Jackson Hole). I think (home) Righter’s aireadyhad severalother • James R. Schoen and Smith’s efforts there will Box 1888 will be a good uses in them or soon will translate into Jackson, WY 83001 along-last partnership, have, all in the 208-787-2315 (home) ing, local/federal but it name of partner money, Kimuner said. 3)7-739-5523 (work) ship to preserve sites won’t save every • Kurt Dubbe of “Manybuildingshave Box 20269 lessernational value, but building.” been modified so much I Jackson, WY 83001 of great regional impor don’tknowhowmuchhis 307-739-2447 (home) tance. 307-739-2275 (work) Carole Hafley torical significance • Georgia Ligori “These they are notnation would have,” he said. Box 3950 allysignificantstructures Jackson, WY 83001 “PartofitisJacksonHole 307-733-5051 and soin terms (home) ofgetting federal money is looked upon as place to invest your • 307-733-5929 (work) for • •CaroleHofley maintenance, it’s not possible,” money to tap into the tourist industry Johnson said. “It’s Box 767 pretty low on the to and people who come here to do that are Wilson, WY 83014 tem pole.” 307-733-7727 notinterestedinpreservinghistoricchar (home) Currently, the • Silver L. Jacobson park has about 125 acter,they’reinterestedininvestingtheir Box 272 propertieslistedontheNationalHistoric money.” Teton Village, WY 83025 Register, but in Jackson Hole, only a Hofley agreeswithKummertbatalot 307-739-1721 (home) handful of 307-733-1770 (work) properties arelistedinclucling of buildings have been torn • Robert Rudd Jedediah’s down and Original House ofSourdough replaced, or reused and not preserved, Box 400 and St. John’s Episcopal Church. Wilson, WY 83014 but she has high hopes for the Historic 307-733-3385 (home) “There’s alotofsites thatthe commu Preservation Board. • Robin LA Hartnett nity Box 3780 would like to see preserved and • “A lot ofpeople have been concerned primarily, the one Jackson, WY 83001 the community has aboutpreservationinthepark(andJack 307-733-5902 (home) contacted me about is the barns at Mor sonHole),” she said. “I think 307-733-5233 (work) therewillbe • Lorna Miller mon Row,” Johnson said. “Ifwe’re going a good partnership, but to it won’t save Box 261 see those sites preserved, we’re going every building.” Wilson, WY 83014 307-733-7574 (home) Metion carried. The meeting was recessed and an Executive Session was tak

JWf i4/qq Lytjen is new director of the historical society • Director was working periods; while teaching at Greens boro College in North Carolina, she at NMWA previously. also worked at a Moravian historical site near Winston-Salem. Lytjen By Mark Huffman later worked at the Elizabeth II State Historic Site in North Caro The Jackson Hole Historical lina. The museum there was dedi Society and Museum went just up cated to the early English settlement the road to find its new executive of the area by colonists led by Sir director, finding the person at the Walter Raleigh. National Museum ofWildlife Art. Before coming to Jackson in 1993, Lokey Lytjen has been working at Lytjen was assistant director of the NMWA as its director of public pro Art Gallery at the University of New grams, overseeing adult and chil Hampshire. dren’s education activities and coor Lytjen serves as a member of the dinating with other groups in related Wyoming Council for the Human fields for programs of use to both. ities. She also is associated with the “It’s a wonderful organization,” Partners, a Jackson Hole Cultural Lytjen said of the historical society Council program that promotes coop and museum. “I’m pleased to be cho eration beteen Jackson Hole sen to be part of it.” schools and cultural organizations. Lytjen replaces Larry Kummer, Lytjen will be on hand to meet the who is retiring. Lytjen will work public during an open house set to half days at her new job next week mark the reopening of the Jackson and begins full-time after that. Hole Museum for the summer. Lytjen described herself as having The museum, at the corner of “a history fetish” that was fueled by Glenwood and Deloney, will reopen her childhood in Savannah, Ga. She Friday, May 24. The museum will studied history in college, concen be open that day from 10 a.m. to 6 tratin on Elizabethan and Tudor n.m.

nrocess

to decide how much we’re into neighboring towns.

historic

past.

start a

Mormon

Row

site planning

of Mormon Row,

several and

moved

learn

some about

of Jackson

Hole’s

MORMON

ROW

DESCENDANT

“Later this summer,

we’re going

to As years passed,

moved people

off bag, memories, food,

chance and to

Judy Crandall

Sloane

Sloane said.

—

originally the Mormon church there.

ested

will people up show danc

for

know to what’s to going happen,”

of part

the Calico building Pizza was

family

members,

friends and

inter

“The is coming time media when we have image.”

posed

of Mormon

families. The oldest

Mormon Row.

July From

14, 11

expense

will pay off.

and

mostly, not

but entirely,

com

The

celebration

will

place take

history wondering if all of their with public time a and Mormon Row

was

relatively small

steader, who

homesteaded

1896. in

and this has the restoration workers The community

settled that

along

sary

of the Mormon first Row home

type

of commitment being to reinvented preservation, ship under the Homestead Act.

dants

to plan centennial the anniver

park

The has not agreed to permanent any

settlement and owner

with other

Mormon

Row descen

destroyed, people can

get ends from

this.” up an effort to up “prove the land” for

in Jackson.

Today

are they

working

The critical

value

is the education

restored was built in about as 1916

homesteaders,

are married and

live

has “Once changed

throughout something

years. the is

The Chambers’ home being

parents

were

original

Mormon Row

could ple get an idea of how ranching

ry,”

said Scott

Graves, a volunteer.

Bonnie and

Orin Budge,

whose

was done in the mid-1900s, and peo “I’m just here out to restore histo

an accurate

record of how

ranching

Santa Fe.

rotten a

jamb. door

ranch

museum,”

Sloane said.

“It is

said

Mills Stovall,

a volunteer from

Helping

restoration with

efforts on

the porch, back Howard Sloane

pries

“The Chambers an home ideal is “I’m just out to here have fun,”

their heritage destroyed. weren’t attached by heritage.

Row homesteaders want don’t to see to preserve history even if they

Descendants of original Mormon for Humanity were at Mormon

Row

tures. Some of the volunteers Habitat for

removal of the degenerating struc media image.”

al he state, said. This could entail being reinvented history public a with

usually tries to return its it natur to something is destroyed, it up ends

When the park acquires land, it with the people from Jackson; once

should a ring bell

junk one from the Chambers’ of outbuildings. she said.

“This

Carl

Hanson

of Fe, Santa N.M., removes some collected never comes back,”

environment, it

object or historic

stroyed a historic

once you de have

understands that

tant the that public

is “It very impor

once they’re gone.

can’t be recreated

structures toric

Sloane said his

said.

ing it, Johnson

sibility preserv of

there is pos also a

farmstead house,

a first generation

intact oldest house,

summer.” Since the Chambers home is the

good place to keep stock trail in the up clean and away haul debris.

have multiple

uses it will be a

the Habitat workers — helping them

cialist the for park. “This area can ings. In fact, Johnson was out with

Mike Johnson, cultural resource spe the groups two share no hard feel

limited historical preservation,” said Despite the difference in goals,

“I think we’re going to at look very of the Tetons.

each

has one different goals. stead. The sits barn directly in

front

cation

between the two parties, and Moulton, one of the first to home

There has been limited communi he said. The barn was by built

TA.

for storage.” barn everyone photographs takes of,”

being destroyed, moved or off, used “Of course we’re going keep to the

if there a is possibility of the houses still hasn’t committed to a date.

harder to raise money and resources removed,” said Johnson. park The

plans,”

she said. “It become will to going and keep much how will

lic, very quickly, their long-term

as Teton they to work National restore the Park historic will make pub Mormon Row home.

Earl

Crandall,

son-in-law “We to are the original very hopeful homesteaders, that pitches Grand in the with of rest the Habitat for Humanity crew

to restore her grandparents’ house.

Humanity of the Greater Teton Area,

profit organization, Habitat for

friends are volunteering for the non

Sloane and 15 to 20 family and

used as historical sites.”

west of Kelly. “I think they can be

road known as Mormon Row, north

homesteaders to the three-mile-long

of Ida and Andy Chambers, original

Crandall Sloane, the granddaughter

Mormon Row as possible,” said Judy

and restore as many homes on left

“My hope that is we can stabilize

der whether history be preserved. will

ebration for 11 July some to 14, won

pioneers plan 100th a anniversary cel

As descendants of Mormon Row

and a return its to “natural state.”

may require destruction of the site

owns Park the land, and park policy

restored; but Grand National Teton

of Kelly’s first homesteaders is being

The century-old home built by one

at site Mormon Row.

for nought on an original homestead

Preservationists may be working

By Alyson Smith

100th celebration.

values eve on of

may clash with park

I Historic preservation

A conundrum

at Mormon Row

HOLE NEWS, JACKSON Wednesday, 3, July 1996- 7A Saving Mormon Row This letter is in response to the Jackson Hole News article titled, “A Conundrum at Mormon Row.” The project discussed in the article, the stabilization and restoration of some of the buildings on the Andy Chambers homestead.’on Mormon Row, began a year ago in June 1995. It was initiated by a cooperative effort between Grand Teton National Park and several interested private parties willing to donate funds and volunteer their time and travel. Melody Webb, then assistant Wednesday, July 17, 1996 superintendent of the park, approved a $4,000 matching grant which was TE combined with the $4,000 of private funds raised. Mike Johnson, a spe cialist in historic preservation for the park, was actively involved in plan ning and coordinating the effort. Judy Crandall Sloane and Ed Brown volunteered their time to sign up and supervise volunteers as well as work on the project. Many people have contributed and, as a result, a great deal of work has been done. And throughout the pro ject, the park and individuals have communicated and collaborated. This has bean a positive working relation ship from the beginning. On April 26, Jack Neckels, park superintendent, statedinalettertome,”.. .thestabi lization of this house is appropriate and should be completed.” The most critical tasks have been completed, as has the budget. We are now at a point of evaluating what additional work will be done on the project, if any. Obviously, this must include developing a plan that takes into account the park’s long-term goals in historic preservation. Also, while the Jackson Hole chap ter of Habitat for Humanity played a very active role in soliciting volun teers for the project and in obtaining donated meals, it is important to note that this is not a Habitat-spon sored project. Typically, Habitat for Humanity-sponsored projects involve building or rehabilitating buildings used in affordable housing projects. Veda Moulton pumps out organ music before the start of Sunday services at the Mormon Row centennial celebration. I would like to take this opportuni ty to thank the News for its contin ued interest in this project and would particularly like to thank the News and staff member Alison Gregor for running ads to obtain so many excel Coming home lent volunteers from the community. Without their help, the project could not have been completed as quickly or well as it was. 700 attend Mormon Row centennial anniversary Judith Crandall Sloane Jackson Hole By Alyson Smith the festivities and negoti ating with Grand Teton Seven hundred family National Park. members and friends found Hearing the old timers’ their way back to Mormon stories, watching people Row last week to celebrate chat and laugh while eat the centennial anniversary ing from the large potluck of the first homesteaders Saturday afternoon, and in that area. sitting serenely during the It was James Ira May, a reenactment of an L.D.S farmer from Rockland, Ida church service Sunday ho, who homesteaded a was more than a reward three-mile stretch at the for the hard work. “It’s a southeast end of Blacktail once in a lifetime event,” Butte 100 years ago. Nes said Holden. tled in the hayfields bet Everyone wore name ween the jagged Tetons and tags, but there was a the Gros Ventre Range, the theme: Budge, May, Allen, dirt road and subsequent Harthoorn, Riniker, Perry, homesteads become known Chamber, Moulton, and as Mormon Row. Murphy were the monikers Last week’s four-day that dominated the reunion. reunion of the May family The tranquility of Mor was teeming with “rela mon Row is nearly undis tives and friends, and rela turbed; the babble of Ditch tives and friends, and rela Creek, the wind in the tives and friends,” said trees, and the whispers of Clark A. Moulton, the last Many attended the re-enactment of an history speaking from the to live on the row. early L.D.S. church service held in a degenerating old barns, “I’ve been bumping into tent Sunday at Mormon Row. homes, and rusting horse- them over at the tent, and drawn plows gives family they all want hugs,” he members more than just a said. “Now, I’m just plain taste of their roots. out of hugs.” “It’s “I just love to hear the The celebration was a once in a old stories about how it largely coordinated by was back then,” said James Mormon Row descendants lifetime event.” Moulton, 18, of Prove. “It Bonnie Budge and Marsha brings a lump to my throat Holden. They spent near when I look at the old — Marsha Holden ly a year tracking down houses. I just wish they family members, planning Continued on paue 6B

Mormon.flow. on

childhood

early

her

spent

have to

last of

the one is Moulton Sara said. she here,” dren good been have people Row mon

my chil I bring why “That’s Mor the I know, far as “As

years. 100 another for live park. the to

ly to Row Mormon of stories over turned be would land the

fami the wants She resident. died they once but stay, could

Nebraska a Moulton, Laurie time at the land the on lived

said die,” it let to want don’t who those that agreement

I and am, I who That’s me. of the under ago decades many

part a just it’s a legacy; “It’s Park National Teton Grand

away. pass timers by acquired was Row mon

old the when forgotten not Mor surrounding land The

at least or preserved, be will died. grandmother

the history that many of hope great- Sara’s when ‘91, out in

the is it and attended; who move to had They living. still

everyone on impression lasting was generation family’s of that

a will leave celebration The member a as long as house ent’s

history.” my appreciate really great-grandpar her in live to

to this like occasions takes It was able Her family it.” “I miss

here. up grew my parents both said, Sara barn,” in the swung

but] [than Idaho, else where and forts tree the in “I played

any known never “I’ve ho. city youngsters. today’s

Ida in Moscow, lives who dant of distractions the of many

descen second-generation a from isolated nearly youth a

Moulton, Webb said granted,” reflects demeanor relaxed and

for it of take kind “You disposition calm Her brothers.

history. their of three her with there living life

effect full get the to celebration of her years five first the spent

reunion the attending took it Moulton Sara Ten-year-old

generation, younger a of others tough. so it had Row mon

For

dear.

hold they

that place

Mor up on

grew

who all Not

1931. in Sutton

Rachel

teacher

around

gather

School

Grovont

the

Classmates

a visit to and time first the it.” and eat out it

for members family extended thaw could we so stove on the

meet to came Some it tory. put to have we’d and cream,

his strong by a then family, by of ice full a freezer make

not if related, were they that “We’d Moulton. Boyd said

knowing of comfort the with do,” to much wasn’t “There

other each approached friends Sunday. on church was for

and family reunion, the At houses their of out got people

liquor.” bootleg to sell had “He times few the winter, the In

said. she support,” to children warm.” you keep to with you

five had he “Well, behavior. sleigh in the rock warm a took

un-Mormon and ifiegal the for you somewhere, went you time

excuse an as a living making “Every said he get water,”

of difficulty the gives to ham it of off ice break we’d ter

Pul sales, grandfather’s her the win in and it, dividing vas

of defense lighthearted a In can of made a wall was There

the winter. in shack room

one- a in living “I remember

Moulton

Laurie

conditions. those —

recalled Moulton Clark water.

it die.” running let and to light, heat,

electric like conveniences

modern without climate harsh

want

Idon’t and

a in living of reality the from

residents relieved regulations

am I who That’s from freedom the Perhaps

wear.” and eat to plenty

had

“We said. he life,” good the

lived me.

part

just

we kids, of us nine or “Eight

youth. his

it’s

legacy, a “It’s recalled also homesteaders,

original were parents whose

mayor Jackson former and

timer old an May, Lester

said. she es,” us. for good too wasn’t

it times

box office post their in shine Some anything. about do just

moon their hide would men could “We eye. his in glint and

the All Square. the of side laugh mischievous a with said

east the on office post the he be dishonest,” except ed,

of upstairs the in hail dance want you anything practically

the to go to

used “They

do could you

regulations —

said. she no laws, no here,

were Indians

aged,” it call could you guess the when like just :1 was “It

“I liquor. the bootlegged who of youth. days

Budge, of descendent a ham, in his felt he freedom the bers

Pul Mary said river,” the by remem

fondly

Provo, in

lives

reunion.

the

expenses

pay helped

which

auction, tipis the with the helps near Moose; Budge was Sharlene near now who homesteader original

which homestead, the by over an of son a Moulton, Boyd

buried moonshine some still them. before years did many

there’s that it has “Rumor great-grandparents and ents

1927. circa still, grandpar their what exactly

Prohibition-era

Budge’s Allen doing doubt

no Creek Ditch

—

was tent striped white and red in rocks skipped They stripes.

the in On display up. place white and red bold its with

the livened really weren’t landscape the interrupting tent

who those and Mormon, were 50-yard-long the near playing

Row Mormon on homesteaders kids of plenty were There

the of all, not but Many, them.” in look

spokesman. a park Bywater, could I so up locked

weren’t

Tim

said park,” the to neighbors cover from Continu 4 ed home

Coming

CENTENNIAL ROIV MORMON

1996 17, July

Wednesday, NEWS,

HOLE JACKSON 6B - JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wednesday, July 17, 1996 - ‘TB MORMON ROW CENTENNIAL.

Three generations of the May family scan a scrapbook during the Mormon Row centennial celebration over the weekend. Shirley May Barnes, who grew up on Mormon Row, shows old photos to her daughter, Donna Barnes Siddoway; her granddaughter, Angela Siddoway and her son-in-law, Clark Siddoway. Finding all the people

By Alyson Smith to two original homesteading families, the Mays and the Where did the 700 people Moultons, also worked to who attended the Mormon locate descendants but for a Row centennial celebration different reason. come from, and how were they She put together genealogy located? charts for the May family. Bonnie Budge, a second- “The ultimate goal was to generation descendant, began start with James Ira May, by sending a chain letter to since he was the first to home relatives she knew. stead Mormon Row,” May “Initially, I started out said. “But the chart got so sending 80 or 90, but before I huge that I had to break it was through I’d sent 190,” she down into separate charts for said. each ofhis three sons.” Many people were no doubt After spending three surprised to receive the letter months working on the reminding them of the 100th charts, she was able to com amiiversary of the settlement pile family albums that cov of Mormon Row. ered 10 generations of the “I am sure people were not May family. even aware that this was the “I got a lot more informa 100th year,” she said, “it was tion during the centennial, so almost to the exact day.” I have a lot of changes to do,” On July 9, 1896, a Budge, a she said. May, and a McBride camped She offered to send charts out by the historic Menor’s to family members and Ferry, located near Moose. received a lot of orders for On July 10, they crossed the them. She has been compiling ferry and found the spot, now information about her ances Mormon Row, that they want tors for 15 years, she said. ed to “prove up.” She said the centennial was K’) “The networking really the greatest experience, c_ spread,” Bonnie Budge said. though, because she got to

1986 G1ORANO ART LTD.. N.Y.C.

a—

/..

tion boards 19 of Board one County now Board. Historic Preservation —

the Teton Historic County

Preserva president is Kurt of Dubbe Teton the

Ll) 4 r4-

county recently created commiMsioners

Perhaps most significantly, past the about the have will future. a

bert Miller House summer. last the schoolchildren’s Kelly concerns

restore the repair and Ro refuge’s elk by which mechanism share those who

from Youth Conservation to Corps now Teton a has County voice, a

Wildlife Service welcomed volunteers Preservation Board, preservation in

Historic Places, U.S. the and and Fish Teton the County Through Historic

been listed the on of National Register resources issues.

Jedediah’s Restaurant is cøZ%J_ located has partnerships will that help resolve

structures, the building which in herding, kinds the of public-private

Among other important historic encouraging, to shep perhaps even

-r--’ Mormon Row.

vate The board looks sector. forward

+Cg’-L ,,1

John / Moulton homestead and on barn funds require from raising pri the S 0

to site clean that up well as the as structures public on lands will often

BC Bar and cabins allowed voh.nteers budgets, ing saving federal historic

stead. The also put park on roofs new costs money. these In days shrink of

stabilize Andy the Chambers home Of historic course, preservation

. Moulton photographed TA. • to Hole. and barn Jackson •

mon to Row families restore the often- the values and enjoyment visitors of

Park worked has with several enhances Mor national structures park

Since 1993, Grand Teton National believes the presence historic that of

. with grandchildren their after all. and . solutions. creative board The

Jackson Hole’s :a:z architectural heritage be mitigatpd through open

discussion

z -..

may be schoolchildren able share to ffict between nature and history can

suggest developments the Kelly nature, and that perceived any con

all that dreary. number A recent of structures continue can to exist amid

Fortunately, the prognosis not is board The believes settler that

Places, have that been lost. wildlife shrinking habitat.

the Register of National Historic private thwarting property rights or

County, some which of were listed on them. board has The in no interest

significant historic buildings Teton in

and ameliorating

working through

s&t

iient.

Grovont was arniing a

that life. There have been ries and numerous forward looks addressing, to

iniversary the Covont

the of loss buildings which vation represent Board understands these

wor

to. celebr.te iI’Nl? ‘ Lie

here and, more specifically, The mourned Teton

County Historic Preser

of settlers teal wcLi

the quickly

changing quality life of Grand Teton violates “park values.”

ores of . de

opment, many people have lamented tain that historic preservation

Johr

qout”. ior.tead.

years, frantic

with the pace devel of River). of west Snake the They

main

the

P.r BC Lude Ranch and

cant historic buildings. recent In be should ence (at eradicated

least

staff h c’ ite

cleai

least some the of valley’s signifi most thus and

vestiges all of pres-. human

Society

‘n jone’Li : witi.

value the

necessity and of retaining at is Teton a be to meant “natural” park

years, th .‘jton

EtcaL

in Jackson have Hole long parkl understood the They argue Grand

that

Chambe

Romi.

two.

Advocates

historic of preservation

Some people are concerned about

to stabili2 structurrs L

Idy

regardless or age of sophistication. thetical the to interests of

wildlife.

Crandall

and other

fniiy

‘rs

tion with past the

resides us, all in

of believe historic preservation is anti

with GTNP,

voltinteer,

Juth

the a need make to tangible

loss of connec private property or rights

Habitat for Humanity

the past.

They also that demonstrate preservation

sometimes

worry about

In 1995 and

1996

ren

our appreciation the of

and present

Those unfamiliar with historic

ible on billboards

across

point: Historic preservation

enhances are

interested in preservation.

tionally recognized

and

cnW cu

vis

schoolchildren Kelly make

simple a to work private

with landowners who

lize the T.A.

Moulton

barn,

Lijtna

the from of pencils

welcome will

chance the

Moulton

family

was

allowed

Losbi

These

wise

words

the On other hand, it

KURT

OUBBE

same

year,

and again

the

enjoy more.” it

GUEST

private SHOT property rights.

cialist

Mike

Johnson

in 1994.

aat haps they

might

course,

interfere with

GTNP

hired

cultural

resoucc’ pe our life Per time.

The board will of not,

structures.

much we as in do

public lands.

funds

taallize

several hi. ‘nc can

enjoy

it as

cultural resources on

atc -Historic

Presei4a’tion

Officer supnrt and providing matdin,, erations from now state actions

that

affect

John

in,, {eck

p”ivate funding [sic] old the and bifidings so

30 that

tions VOl

and 11 commenting

gen federal on and

‘ak

you,

i’4eckiea.

op rg

vauable “I think is it important restore to partnerships,

reviewing National Register uiz nomina

“.‘rk

together

t..,

s..iic

rob by

wouldn’t be

‘ckles very nice.”

and

in his

the county, staff

encouraging and :cvd .

done

when

acan

public

ivate

without acic

restoration?

The ‘vldge world

of significant important and

archaeological steps sites

&en t’

They

are

excellent

examples

what

do you

think world the would

be We like fleel preservation, it

compiling is

master a list important

w to

participation

future

projects.

about

how

you

much learned.

What

appr include educating the

t ir public about we

voice our

cOnCtriiL

support

such

efforts

look and

forward

site, look

around, sit

down and think

duties The

of this

board will cultrncl

n sources

in GTNP

When

staff

and I

are

delighted to

“You out should

go a to

restoration

concern

about the

county’s heritage.

regard

Le the

management

srne

resources

under

their

stewardship.

history.”

unteer-citizens who

and interest

Preservati

Ocbce

GTNP

with

assist

GTNP

preserving

cultural be

able to some see

America’s of

serve on board,

the

joined by

other

vol

opinion

between

the

Hi.toiic

pursue

public

private

partnerships

children’s

grandchildren

wouldn’t

architect,

archeologist and

historian

There

have

been

Wfferences

that

Mr.

Neckles

will

continue to t wouldn’t be good

your if grand

operating

Wyoming. in A

professional

ing.

In spite of the

problems,

have

faith

aims

for issues cooperation

be can daur

and fustrat details were

eventually

worked

out.

concerns

and

otir

management the difficulties

overcome and

how the

ning.

Balancing

cultural resource have interesting

observations

about

resources

within

management plan I’m quite sure Mr.

Neckles

would

Preservation

group

mandate

for

considering these as my summary makes them

sound.

Historic Places a and None of these projects was

easy

listed in or eligible for the National visitors.

GTNP has

hundreds of buildings with a large number of interested

steadfamilies

were present, along

JACKSON 6A

HOLE

NEWS,

Wednesday,

1996

September -

with onadaily basis. example, For generations of the original home

park superintendents ued must to contend flourish until ii)s. the Five

groups and

individuals dated the national National

Pa atm .

hundreds of and issues, ranching regulations, comru Lcb ire

Few of can us

truly appreciate

the

nesday,

July

24, if.. rich varied and cultural resources.

ed groups for management of their

GTNP, private citizens and interest

ing effective partnerships between

have been instrumental develop in

Teton National Park and his staff

Neckles, superintendent of

Grand

Over the past three years, Jack

Preserving

the Row ___ a-

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June 2000.

the board. will All terms in expire

Ann Lynn appointed were newly to

the board. O’Malley Deborah and

Jamie Schoen were reappointed to

Carole Hofley, Silver and Jacobson

Historic “rvation board by member one to 11 seats.

dent

t’ Teton CcE’ Teton County Preservation Historic

Dubbe

currently is the presi

Commissioners

expanded the

activities tion their in

states.

seat his January 2002. until

tions to influence preserva

2000, and Nunn, Jack who will hold

wide leaders who are posi in

pired term last until will January

gram designed is for state

members: Scott Horn, whose unex

Training Institute. pro The

Authority board gained two new

Preservation Leadership

The Teton County Housing

with the National Trust

a for 1 term. second

pate in

upcoming an.

program

the Teton

Library

County

board

July

has been

selected partici to

reappointed

author Warren to Adler Kurt Dubbe Jackson of

Teton County commissioners I

to boards

appoints eight

lOB JACKSON

HOLE NEWS, June Wednesday, 25,1997 -

Commission

• 7:df97

jects vital to and conservation, vations, and would to like raise fund. endowment Murie Center

come together to pro work on immediate for reno repairs and cassette to of the sales the film

ple from all those disciplines will $500,000 School raise about nate proceeds net the from video

tinue by that legacy having peo the for project. Science The Craighead Kreps will and do

Shea said the will center “con The park will extend Murie utilities that be will included.

wilderness ican and wildlife. lack of money. ver has a written

song for

advocacy and conserve Amer to poor in

condition of because the film, narrate Den and

John

science, education, writing, ...t]Qn... art Many the buildings of are Ford Harrison to has

agreed

Adolph who people as combined aspossible, with but on their rehabilita- Actor honeymoon. I

Mardy and Olaus’ brother to close traditional their by Mardy dog toured and sled

Shea credited Olaus ,ich and and its Yukon as 17 buildings Olaus route mile that

tank” goal project. to is The and also filmed leave along the 550- ±he

he said hopes for more will “do a of begin raising money the for several Jackson years Hole

ago

the ence. School director Shea Jack ranch, the Science School reminiscing Murie touring and I

pearance think of While a tank, Sci Murie Mardy lives on Kreps Craighead and filmed

have some held the of the mostly ap outward off ranch. program.

Though Initially, new those the will programs wifi be center network the completed showing

by the spring Park, of 1998, elk and Shea in said. Jackson by encouraged PBS about Hole. the

fail, by offered or at this latest in Kreps otes and Yellowstone Craighead been have National

Murie the $188,000 Center could be to of studies be remains raised. in wolves coy Alaska,

Some programs sponsored $415,000, by budget about of about established a with reputation

Muries’ lives. be to completed. the total Of 1945, after he had already

been a had foundation the in years ago, and lacks only money husband bought the land in

Iobst “That read. relationship The project film began seven she is long living. her and She

sense of purpose and strength,” environmentalists. residency on rights as ranch the

understood and can awaken a country’s the 10 active million vation movement, will

retain

humility, once which embraced will interest guarantee among leader the in American conser

experience

vulnerabifity a and woman whose film biography Olaus Murie and

a herself

“Through we wildiands our

vation movement” and a

the

widow Murie,

of naturalist

the cate public.

of mother American the conser

Ninety-four-year-old Mardy

National Park edu to Service

family, Mardy called

“the Murie

and tutes

conferences.

the further mission of

the longtime a

friend

of Murie the

offering

symposia,

insti teacher

way a to preserve the and and land

Charlie

Craighead.

Kreps,

for conservation

education,

the said sees center the park as

Hole

Kreps Bonnie filmmakers

the

Science

School

center a

a ing letter from Neckels,

Iobst

about Mardy

Murie

Jackson

the

park

and

by be will

operated

Jack intendent Neckels. Read

from

a income

done film being

the tion,

land becomes

part

Park, Teton represented Super

One

source

money

after ed

two

years

of negotia

tant superintendent of

Grand $150,000. run from

$100,000

Under

the agreement

reach

Steve

new the Iobst, assis annual operating would costs

work.

Muries the did.”

endowment.

Shea

estimated

neer

scientific

and

conservation

work continue kind the of good

least at

that much

for an cy the Muries of and pio their

foundation to preserve lega the preserved a as center for environmental education.

park and the school laid the Mardy Murie’s ranch in Grand Teton Park National will be

the agreement betweenthe

preserving the 77-acre ranch,

Even more than important

patrons’ dinner.

Teton Science School’s annual

Tuesday signed the during

National Teton was Park

the Murie Ranch in Grand

An to agreement preserve

By Huffinan Mark

Center. Murie

to joiii create the

Grand Teton Park

•

Science School, The Murie Legacy May 7, 1997

For Bill Resor Fax 733-3107 From Carole Hofley Fax 739-3007 (phone 733-7727)

Dear Bill:

The TC Historic Preservation Board (CLG) has received a grant from SHPO to start a survey of historic structures, buildings and complexes in the county. Although a professional will be contracted, much of the “leg work” and assistance in the field this summer will be done by our board and interested volunteers in the community.

Nancy Weidel and Sheila Bricker-Wade from SHPO will come up from Cheyenne on June 6 and 7 to conduct a two-part workshop on the survey process.

Part 1 - 616 The intro will be Friday evening at 6’ at our home followed by a potluck supper. (We would be pleased if you and Story could join us!)

Part 2-6/7 Hands-on training in the field. Measuring, documenting, etc. some examples likely to appear during the county survey.

Would it possible for the group to visit the Snake River Ranch on Saturday for this part of SHPO’s training? The group would likely be between 10 to 16 people, and would be there about 1-1/2 hours. They would car pool to the ranch to eliminate a lot of vehicle traffic.

If you can help us out, we’d be most appreciative. Thank you!

Questions? Please call either myself or CLG chairman Kurt Dubbe at 733-9551

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WEEKEND ROU1DIJP Historic confab this weekend The Douglas Historic Preser vation Commission and State His toric Preservation Office will host a free conference Friday and Sat urday at the Wyoming Pioneer Museum. A public reception at 6 p.m. Friday will kickoff the confer encá “Preserving the Heritage of the Past: Sharing its Richness with the Future.” Kim Grant, director of devel opment and membership for His toric Denver, will be the keynote speaker. The conference will give (Photo by Jeanle Bright) updates on preservation efforts An throughout Wyoming and will in historiC moment clude tours of the museum, Dou The 1997 WyomIng Certified Local Government Annual Conference was held last glas Railroad Interpretive Center weekend in Douglas. Keynote speaker and DIrctor of DevOlopment and Membership and residential district. for Historic Denver Kim Grant (from left) paJses from chaffing with Robin L.A. Hautneit of For more information, Call the Teton Counly Historic Preservation Board and Douglas Mayor Kenny Taylor at the Nancy Weidel at the State Historic networking reception Friday Preservation Office, 777-6312. night. The cnference was an Idea exchange between ,embers of historical preservation groupS from acr sSthestate.

Kurt Dubbe, Carole Hofley and Robin V... Hartnett, members of the IV. Teton County Historic Preservation Board a C.L.G., attended the state Historic Preservation Offices Annual State C.L.G. I and Historic Preservation • Conference held April 25-26 in Douglas, Wyo. The conference was an I! opportunity for Dubbe, Hofley and Hartnett to learn firsthand about the preservation efforts cur rently underway in the state.

rural areas; work next summer will Oalley.

will

concentrate

on the

county’s Schoen, Ann

Lynn and Deborah

architectural

survey.

This

first work Joan Grever,

Lorna

Miller,

Jamie

will

play

an important

part in the Ligori, Robin Harnett,

Carol

Hofley,

histories

gathered

from

old timers Bob Rucid, Silver

Jacobson,

Georgia

Cassity

and

Dubbe

said the

oral Other members

of the

board

are

said.

“But

it won’t be much longer.” homestead on Mormon

Row.

second-generation

families,” he the park, including

the

Chambers

County

still in the

hands

of first-

Park to

preserve historic

buildings

They

held enough

“So hay

about for much of doned.

800 the history

of Teton working

with

Grand

Teton

National

stacks

dotted

the buildings,

800-acre

but

how ranch. why

people the

old used technique them. was Register

aban status

for the Wort

Hotel

and

many,

between

ping

away and 90

to 100 document hay

Family not just members the board wouldn’t includes say

obtaining

National

Although

Cassity

it didn’t

‘;‘j agreed look

the like last time that operation in is slip- in Other Jackson work Hole. by

the

preservation

bread structures,”

loaves.

Dubbe

said. on the the Hereford American Ranch West. were

the

firsthand

dotted

the

building ranch

, overgrown these of old interest nated in Montana. in American The social ones

used history

old proof

timers

bins, still

alive known

who as can bents, recount which Wyoming he thought history the beaver Ph.D. slide with

origi an

“We

bulk.

are It blessed was

stored

with in a elk- handful and Cassity cow- the of a is ranch retired for years, University said years of’

ago

memories the for

pass Hereford

into herd history. was put up Warren in Robertson, who

oversaw

who built

Until them is two important weeks now, ago, as winter feed with rakes.

PRESERVATION

BOARD

tory PRESIbENT of

old

buildings been

replaced and the by round people bales. backwards-running

jalopies

fitted

Kurt Di 4 bbe

And

noted that

landmark recording

—

his the Jackson Hole, have was

gathered

from

the pasture

woven

with

the history of Hole

its

people.

Hereford

Ranch, so long they a

were

built.

structures.” Cut and dried hay

the

county’s

architectural

past The is haystacks

of the

Jackson stops

kept

the stacks

shape as

interest

in historic structures,

said Park. important

Wire

mesh backstops

and side-

Dubbe, a

Jackson

architect

with an Something’s missing

South

slide rake.

record

Preservation

board president

Kurt

from

old tractor

ran the beaver

can

appreciate

it.”

By Angus

Thuermer

Jr.

loose hay

into

the want bents.

Power to create

the more

can

learn about it, the

mammoth pitchfork

which

hoisted

complex

and

dynamic

society,

and Ranch

converts

buildings,

bales.

but

slide a long

ramp

with

sliding —

ning

of the

19th

century,

can see

They

were put

with •

a Jackson

beaver

Hole Hereford people

going

back to to

the save very all begin these

cows

and

bulls.

we take, a look at the contributions

“We

may

and not be able, from wIth his home in Laramie. them “But

an era

been pretty negligible,”

Cassity

said

of human society to the area has

wildlife

and

the

contribution think

how they

use

or alter

the property.

Beaver

slides

are

gone,

as a lot

beautiful

scenery

and work, but

imposes

restrictions

“We tend

to think

Teton County advantages

for

their

preservation

list of old

barns”

the county.

gives owners

a chance

win

tax

Michael

Cassity,

and is

“not just

a ister notes

important

bu4igs

and

county

developed,

said

historian

National Hole Historic

Hereford

Ranch.

The reg

The work

is important

the Modern

hay getting

some bales

have local

buildings replaced

the the on haystacks this

season

the

Jackson

torical

Preservation

Office.

toric buildings

and

interested

was

grant

from

the

State His

credits for

people

who preserve

his

years

part-time

work. The

money

The

board

can

also

arrange

tax

vey,

which might

take as long

as five to come.

$7,200 use

this

year to

begin

the

sur

tion projects

might be

done in years

town and

county

government,

will

?•‘ substantial

work,

and

that

restora

•$

.• The

board,

created

a year

ago

by /

ernment

and private grants for more

Board.

legally authorized

apply

for gov

• •,

•

County

Historical

Preservation

the

survey

work,

Dubbe said it

as the first

major

project

of Teton

Though

the

board

is now

focused

County

will begin in coming weeks tures.”

buildings

private

land

in Teton

ate

record of

important

struc

• A survey

of important

historical

these buildings, but we want to cre

“We

may not

be able to save all

By Mark

Huffman

threatened right now.

tures within the town

that are for

first

major

work.

because

“there are numerous struc

Board

uses

state

grant That’s

also important, Dubbe said,

Jackson.

• Historic

Preservation

probably focus more on the town of

histOric valley buildings

Proj ect

begins to survey

in the

county,

beginning

with

rural

buildings,

to see

if they can

be saved.

The

Teton

County

Historical

Preservation Board will survey historic buildings

JACKSON HOLE

NEWS, Wednesday,

August 7, 1996 9A -

qq 1 ______Ja- .iEL Jw3 ‘7, ,?7 Historic town center may face big changes • Newproperty owner Vicki Garnick, who runs the Playhouse with her husband, said she expected to announce believes Roney probably will preserve the plans within weeks. historic value ofthe building. “I feel fairly sure that she’s not going By Melanie Harrice to change the historicity of the theatre,” she said. “Then agi, you can never say The new owner of much of the origi ‘never’....People don’t come from thou nal Jackson townsite might restore and sands of miles to look at drywall.” develop the Jackson Hole Playhouse Diane Belford said she recently relo and surroi1nding property. cated her store, Artistic Jewelry, from Nu Skin founder Nedra Roney pur 135 N. Glenwood to the Broadway chased the land in the northwest quad Shops because she was “kept in the rant of Glenwood and Deloney from Dave dark about the future of the property” Young on Aug. 18. Young said Roney and was in a “precarious situation” told him that she might develop the area without a lease. surrounding the Playhouse in “a year or A week before she was told about theY two” and that she planned to restore the sale, she said she “heard that the build theatre itself and possibly expand it. ingsweregoingtobetomdown” “She said that maybe sometime she Lotions and Potions business owner would wish to expand the playhouse the Frances Spencer had no comment about atre but ... that was just one of her pro the sale, and Thoenig’s Fine Jewelry co posed ideas,” Young said. owner Robin Thoenig said nobody had Roney did not answer attempts to approached her about buying their build contact her this week. Her assistant, ing. Paula Wells, said plans for the property Taj Mahal Curry Co. owner Alan are not yet final and that Roney intend Blackburn said he is hopeful his new ed to announce the details within a few landlord will appreciate the history of weeks, but not before then. the area, .and Diane Tjenos, co-owner of “There are some really great things the Sugarfoot Cafe, said she is excited that maybe we’d like to say about our about the new ownership. plan,” Wells said. “We can’t yet because Kurt Dubbe, an architect and the we haven’t finalized ,!ot of things.” president of the Teton County Historic Roney purcha’the Jackson Hole Preservation Board;aiie orinal Playhouse, Vivi’s Gallery, an empty townsite is not listed in the watch repair shop, the Taj Mahal Curry Register ofHistoric Places. Co., the Sugarfoot Cafe and Lotions and But some research on the original Potions from Young on Aug. 18. townsite properties already has been The remaining available property on compiled by old-timers and other resi the quadrant, Studio 2000, was sold to dents. her by Teresa Geuke, Young said. No Dubbe said board members generally public record of that transaction exists, would like to see the townsite — which and Geuke refused to comment. Roney was the town center before the Town does not own Jackson Hole Historical Square was developed — designated as Society Museum and Thoenig’s Fine an historic site. Jewelry. The 81-year-old Playhouse is the old • - ..•q.-,.—,’,...•,.,’-.’-.• Reactions from business owners on est historic building in Jackson that Ihe block were mixed. remains at its original site Ja.e.k$oel. 4Zj. County approves, 3-2, high public notiCe bid Roger By Hayden two newspapers equal business from Jackson Hole Guide county government. “Unfortunately, the cost is a factor, TetonCounty commigsionersdecided but I also feel Ws important to share the Tuesday to accept the high bid in deter- public business with our newspapers,” minfrg which local newspaper should Stephenson said. publish public notices for the coming But the three commissioners’ dcci year. sion based on a desire to Jjia3-2yote provide each thecommigjoners broke paper with equal business could ulti from publishing in the Jackson Hole matelycostthecountymorefromnowon. Guide for nine ofthe past 10 years and Since the majority ofcommiRsioners chose the Jackson Hole News as their were not basing their decision on cost, official newspaper. . neitherpaperhas areason to offerlower Tuesday’s decisionmeantthe county rates in future bids, said Business Man- will publish all of its required public agerAl Renneisen. notices in the News for the next year. / A ..1• 4fl d+ / . . missioners Tuesday, the decision will Commissioner wrap-up cost $7,000 more this year based on last A history expert and consultant will year’s ad totals. The county paid the begin a survey to identify and catalog Guide $20,000 last year. It anticipates historic buildings in Jackson Hole. paying the News $27,000 for the same Teton County commissioners ap amount ofspace for the coming year. proveda$7,200contractThesdaytohire The Guide,whichhadtharged $1.85 Michael Cassity of Laramie to conduct per column inch, offered the same rate the survey as a first step for the Teton this year. County Historical Preservation Board. The News bid was for $2.50 per Themoneycametothecountyfromthe column inch. Wyoming Historic Preservation Office. News publisher Mike Sellett argued Formed by county commissioners that, because the News has alarger cir- more than a year ago, the board’s aim culation, is “It’s cheaperper capita”topub- to preserve some of the valley’s rapidly lish in his paper. disappearing landmarks. The board The New8 has a circulation of 7,469; wants to educate the public about the the Guide’s circulation is 4,836. area’s history as well. Two commissioners, Bob Shervin and Cassity’s task will be to “identify Bill Paddleford, his chose the Guide because torical structures with original integrity ofthe lower cost. and explore the history ofeach,” accord- Commissioners Sandy Shuptrine, ing to a board press release. Ann Stephenson and Mike Gierau said TheboardhasseveraIspeciflcpnects they wanted to switch. They said they in addition to the survey. They include

-i

better

grants. preservation perspective

on our growing

community.

historical and incentives

certain tax give us

a link

our

heritage and help

gain

for eligible can be owners Building

Studying

and

preserving

historic

buildings

might

heritage. cultural archaeological and

tell

residents

what’s

important,

what’s

just

junk.

historical, County’s Teton preserves

ings

Jackson

worthy

of study.

A survey

and protects identifies, 1996, in June

would

concept

protecting

the

remaining established was which Board, vation

historic

build

insurance

must

come Preser Historic from

County The Teton local

governments.

The

tects

structures register. historic the for nation of historic

importance

such

—

nomi Jackson.

eligible are properties fbr these

There

federal

or state

law

that

pro

of which determine

will the board

Such

can be

the

case with older

buildings

date a later At County. Teton within often

loses.

land private on properties ble

historic

weigh that

heritage

against

economic

gain, possi history

document to and tion Office plan

the

valley’s

heritage.

But when it

comes Preserva Historic the State Wyoming time

Many

who

live

Jackson from board a grant received town. The Hole

want to

protect

the in structures of inventory historic

Historic

concept completed an needs recently Joan Grever ber airing

mem Board Preservation Historic

listed that are Jackson in buildings

are Rectory the only and Church

Episcopal John’s St. Jededish’s and

nomination.”

for that structures eligible are feel we

important “two as Drug Jackson

Cowboy and the identified Bar has

also The board year. mitted a within

sub- wifi be Wort for that Hotel the

an preparing application is tion Board

Preserva- Historic the Right now,

sites. protect these

would polichat creating of favor

was in he He buildings. said cal

histori protect on mendations how to

for recom board preservation on the

commissioners rely the said Gireau

Coizmissioner Mike County

and build modern.”. new something

to destroyed down just and torn ings

build to see hate I heritage. old our

maintain we the impoztant “It is

individually. building

each designating or “pockets,” small

designating historic tected districts,

pro creating of in be he favor would

sure

whether not said Olcifield is he

form recognition. of It does not affect board, then degree that’s some of “Teton pro- County is blessed by a of lot

building any protection; is it simply

without prior approval from this on time their hands.”

deterioration from development.

of Historic Places does

a not

offer

property owner a alter can’t property citizens or “who have a hell a of of lot

designation would

protect not

buildings

Recognition by the

National

there

any was “If policy said that a historical society, preservation a group

a policy til new this is implemented,

of less age its and significance.

buildings from alteration. application an is by put

the together

National through the

un Register.

But

altered, or razed redeveloped,

regard

be implemented that protects dflning these “character features.” Usually

in designating a it site historical

Any historical

building be

can

Dubbe sort said some of policy must building’s history identifies and all

its

Dubbe said

the Board

is interested

that would preserve it.

now an is excellent do so.” time to “extensive” form that outlines

the

original town site property.

developed because policy no exists

to nitely like

start the dialogue, must and be tion out. filled is This an

done

its original site. The property be

can

a think it’s I great I’d defi idea. National Register. First, applica an

“...

acceptance essary for to the

National

the oldest building in Jackson

on still

of historical our buildings,” he a said. to three-step process to be added

the

A the fair research amount

of nec

old Hole Jackson Playhouse, is which

believer in preserving the heritage inations, said building a must undergo

resemblance the to

past.”

property, may and change

81-year- the

“Generally speaking, am a I sulting firm committee which nom reviews

significantly

altered

until

has it

Nedra er, may Roney, develop

the

needs that

be to addressed. who Dubbe, on is the state’s con

man said. “Everything

else

has

beeá

future of property. the The new

own

preservation cal is an important issue toric or architectural significance.

town Jackson Hole

Hoff that’s

left,”

loney, raised concerns regarding

the

Mayor

Barney Oldfleld 50 said histori old, years must and his have some

“That’s the only remnant

down of

cal on buildings Glenwood and

saved. buildings are a Register, must be building at least

nificantly altered.

town site, which is a

cluster histori of

local laws can Only guarantee by that recognized To be the National

tricts they because

sig have not

been

The recent purchase the

original

an owner’s rights. Dubbe tection,” said.

for future designation historic as clis the on heels development.” of

on original could Town the site. Square town Only be regulation eligible would its preservation. ensure through neglect or

are

being

destroyed

The

Jackson

Hole

Playhouse is Deloney said be to some Avenue, the oldest and in buildings building town on its historic

structures

are

crumbling

site, by bordered Glenwood and Street about something, because important

The buildings on the original town said. “...We can’t talking just

remain

rent building owners in favor are of it. addressing

historical Dubbe issues,”

tected historic as long district as cur have on their any

books

policy

praiser, a said there need is a for pro “Neither the the town

county nor

Gene Hoffman, Realtor a ap and policy that addresses

historical issues.

couple of years,” said. Dubbe that and planners

need

to a implement

three to months, it six or could take a tects, said that none exists currently

can be time-consuming. “It could take practices Dubbe Moulder with

Archi

One drawback that is the process Historical Preservation Board and

torical status. Dubbe, Kurt who president is the

D.C., approve either deny the or his ment

some deterioration, and feel.

National Register in Washington, serve sites historical from

develop

recommends that the Keeper the of planning new

would policy

pre that

tee reviews the nomination, then and Teton Jackson a County need

and

Next, state’s a consulting commit

cance denied will be historical status. By

Melanie Harrice

longer have any architectural signifi

or altered the to where

point no they enacts codes. new

been Buildings

that renovated have

protected

Jackson

the in of history the county,” he said.

around here have that a strong interest Historic •

buildings

may

folks, particularly

some old timers

Preservation member calls for new policy

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The Buckenroth House is one of more than 230 historic buildings in Jackson that could disappear without town or county protection. Its History Jackson’s oldest buildings stand, and fall, unprotected by law BY MELANIE HARRICE that would preserve these historical sites. “Neither the town nor the county have on Propped up on skids and looking out of their books any policy addressing historical the place among many newly built town homes issues,” said Kurt Dubbe, president of sits an elegant, 68-year-old house represent Historical Preservation Board and an archi mg an irreplaceable part of Jackson’s history. tect with Dubbe Moulder Architects. The quaint, wood-framed Buchenroth “We can’t just remain talking about some thing, because important historic structures House — the first in Jackson to have indoor are crumbling through neglect or are being plumbing — recently was sold by the Town of Jackson to a local developer who is unsure of destroyed on the heels of development.” his plans for it. At this point, the house Right now any historic building can be could remain in Jackson or it could be trans altered or developed regardless of its age ported out of town. and significance. Certification by the If it were to leave town, a piece of Jack National Register of Historió Places does not a son’s history would go with it. offer a building any protection; it is simply The Buchenroth House is one of more than form of recognition, and does not affect an 230 potentially historic buildings in Jackson owner’s rights. that could be lifted onto skids and carted To be recognized by the National Register, away. Right now Teton County and Jackson a structure must be at least 50 years old and can do nothing to protect these sites from dete have some historical significance. rioration or demolition. Some local experts The Buchenroth House fits that bill, having feel the county needs a new planning policy Some advocate laws to preserve historic sites. Continued on page SB

charter. to

its

according

Jackson

made Lamb and He town. around The the years. through low-proffle house. the

into back

love

that of

lot

conditions”

and

commercial

social

well-known was also Thumper a rather has kept that site toric a

put She’s

it.

with love n fell she

“better was to mission

whose

Club,

said. Lamb his another is Barn Lamb The

because old,

years was

when she

Gun

Hole

Jackson the

built

and

Tom forth,” and back teeter and again.” him 1987, in

guesthouse and house

the

got together

residents

So,

the

center the to walk and there on from heard never “I chuckling. purchased Della

Corte

Barbara

socialize. to no place

and

school get

he’d And wide. two feet about said she him,” to it Ex Fed could

town. in log

cabin two-story

no shops,

industry,

mercial and

long feet 20 about boards wide so I address his for him asked “I

only

the was

it family

Mercill

the

a com way

the

little

town had

from built he that teeter-totter back. deposit by

built was

it time

the

At sures.

the when

time a at

valley,

the in a

up get him have “He’d his for asked and called denly

trea

historical

Jackson’s one of is

popping

were

ranches

first the

friend. human his for sud he until time, long a for him Willow S.

280 at

home log

elegant

as just built was

buildings

famous

tricks

unusual of sorts all did pily from nothing heard Della Court the

1929, and

1915

between time

most

Jackson’s of

One

Houses.

hap

that horse unusual very a was frozen. had some

Built

century. the

of turn

and Buchenroth

Mercill the

than

Thumper accounts, all By rest. house the in the pipes covered the after

just

significant

turally

known widely more

are

valley the the

from was different one es, but dis they their trip, from returned

architec was

House

Mercill stately

homesteaded

settlers

early when

hors

about had

Lamb

George

two the off, when top things To the

House, Buchenroth the Like

built sort

structures historical different a Some of Horse

the FBI. by ed

home. the

Tom.

with

stayed

who

Thumper

want was he out turned it Later sell

or keep

whether

decided

for except

horses,

the

also sold

in life.” interest whole of money. deal great not

has who

individual

an to it

sold

Sh died.

Lamb just

after

1956

his was

that

and was retired “He a with absconding apparently

town the

year

last

the

Within

Ave.

arouhd family May

the

barn and

passion. father’s his were horses town, out of were two the while

Kelly E. at

300 site

its temporary to

property

the sold

wife

Lamb’s

that

said

Cile, wife his with home disappeared he Eve Christmas moved was it Later

died. she aller

dances.

childhood his in lives still who one Then references. impeccable

it of

possession

took town

The

barn

regular as such residents, 76,

III, Lamb Knowlton Thomas had who stockbroker a to house

1994.” •house

town

many

drew

that functions

horses.

Palomino raise could the rented husband her and that

peacefully

died and

1928

for social

used was

also

barn

The

he so

retired he when it bought Corte ago, Della years A few tion. since house that

lived

“She said.

days.”

those in world

Lamb

George 1945, in Built Investiga of Bureau the Federal

Ahr else,”

anywhere

live

and

move

a wilder

was It

Hotel.

Wort

the

recently. until town in

largest to according is, that

famous,

desire any

had

and

never home

—

into

Thumper take

to used

“Dad

the

of one

considered was that erty famous someone housed it time, that loved always had “She

Hotel. of prop a piece is on St., E. Hansen one At

history: to claim other one

that home’

loved

‘Always

Wort

the

inside visits regular 780 at located stifi barn, old lovely least at has House The Mercill

it. destroyed

almost

which of one

died. she

site.

original

its

building

town

oldest is

the house

fires, two

had

has

house

the years

until there live could she

that tion

Club

the 1895,

Club Gun

Hole Jackson the by

hub

social a as

Built

six last the During shop. dress the stipula with the town to house

fancy a was guesthouse the and and the land sold wife his died,

town hairdresser, the housed porch Sr. Buchenroth, When Felix

its point At one life. its long during Bank. State of Jackson board the

purposes interesting of number of chairman was point one and at

a served House The Mercill library, the build to money raised

furniture. antique lovely with ed that board the on was also She

decorat is and ceilings, high floors, bandages.” roll and wash

wood original its has house The hospital the to go tar was to duties

irregularities.” has it smooth really primary auxiliary’s] of [the “One

being of instead but wall plaster Ahr said.

normal a like looks “It explained. Auxiliary, Hospital the of members

Corte Della plaster,” and lace with the founding of one as working

them covered then and ing. them, was busy wife his hospital, the

shav by logs the off, flattened logs to build money raising busy was

the of parts rounded the cut they Buchenroth while And hospital.

interior, log a having of “Instead the of directors of board founding

built. was it the time at on the was also He interest. ling

fancy quite considered was which control purchasing by Bank State

interior, unique rather home’s log Jackson of president the became

the restored husband her and She Buchenroth lifetime, his During

porch. its on

hairdresser community. to the town the contributions housed once Corte, DeUa by Barbara owned now House, Merdill

important made also owners It’s

history: Jackson’s in role a play to

one only the not was house The

sagebrush.” the in was it and there

out building only the was “It

said. Ahr Street, Pearl

on station fire the near sat house

the years, 68 of its most For

born. was she before ovated

been ren have could something but

made, were alterations any believe

does not she said daughter-in-law,

Buchenroth’s the Ahr, Barbara

said. she mark,

land historic town a is building

way, the either But out. pointed

Grever house, the to made ations

alter of extent the on depended

have would eligibility its In part,

Places.” Historic of Register

National the on be to qualified have

could possibly it “And Board. tion

Preserva Historical County Teton

the of president Grever, said Joan

people,” in need nostalgic a fulfills

history rich its and past, the to link

as physical a served house “That

Sr. Buchenroth, “Buck” Felix and

Mildred by 1929 around built been

cover from Continued

uncertain. History is House Buchenroth of fate The

It’s

8, 1997

October Wednesday,

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srge Lamb bought this lovely old barn on East Hanson Street to stable his beloved Palomino horses. The barn was built in 1945.

“Important historic structures are crumbling through neglect or are being destroyed on The old Van Vieck house (a.k.a. Jedediah’s House of Sourdough) sports I. corners that were cut and squared by axe and peeled with a draw knife. the heels of The Clubhouse, as the building homesteaders really liked the Van at 50 through 90 Center St. on the Vieck’s potatoes, so the two decid development.” East side of the Town Square was ed to stick around. They traded later known, was built in 1895 and potatoes for money and started up — Kurt Dubbe 1 is the oldest town building on its their business, selling kerosene, PRESIDENT, original site. It presently houses HISTORICAL dry goods and farm tools, among PRESERVATION BOARD Hines Goldsmiths, Good Goods and other things. the Jackson Hole Tram Dock. Roy Van Vieck -settled down and Back then it was the social hub, continued his unusual courtship of holding a dance almost every Sat his childhood sweetheart, Gene urday night, with folks arriving by vieve. The two corresponded by wagon or horseback. While every mail for 10 years until 1910 when one was busy dancing, the horses Van Vieck built her a cabin, known munched hay outside, often with a today as Jedediah’s House of Sour few hungry elk to keep them com dough. Soon after they married. pany. Van Vieck’s wife later went on to In 1903, the building held Jack become a councilwoman on what son’s first school, its 17 students was the first all-women govern using wooden boxes as make-shift ment in the United States. desks. The Clubhouse and many of the It also housed Roy and Frank other 230 sites which could be eligi Van Vieck’s Jackson Mercantile ble for the National Register also Co., one of the first shops here. happen to sit on pieces of land that have high property values. In fact Potato traders the Clubhouse sits right on the In the fall of 1906, two young Town Square, which is surrounded men were traveling through town by some of the most valuable land with a load of potatoes and little in Jackson. else. The Van Viecks found they Maybe it’s safe for another ciii House csmhine frruitir 4*.+...... few

the funding for locally significant national-park system.

Once the plan is place, in most of rating systems its of kind the within

ago. years said Johnson the this first one is of

said he to do tried that a just before the few be plan can implemented.

to cult recruit enough He volunteers. Preservation Board must approve them

good idea thought but it be Office) would diffi Preservation and the

Johnson agreed that a this (State was plan, then SHPO Historic

and this interest.” and process its designs management

“There’s tremendous support the for Once park completes its rrniking

the get work done, he said. site-ranking Oct. on 3 visits and 4.

is organize to local groups volunteer to Park Service in participated the initial

repairs, and the easiest way to do Preservation this and the Office National

Historic Preservation Board concentrate on doing Preservation, temporary the State Wyoming

Teton County But right now, the park needs The National to Trust for Historic

Park. program.” the Historical Jackson Hole Society,

Old West of Grand Teton “encourage to accelerate them National that County Preservation Historic Board,

tant Dubbe of stories said Jackson would his board Hole The and Representatives from the Teton the

of resources which get to research to this point. represent help the save park numerous impor structures.

He said has it and taken Park the interpreting years 15 deterioration. rating The those cultural may process

he pace,” very said. ing frustrating.” “Itfs greater protection offers emphasis no from demolition on or protecting

?lac “The Park at Service a moves note glacial Places, that Historic you but and this your designation staff are

process a has been slow one. was It the on already National particularly Register of gratifying to

resource specialist, agreed that the the 268 Of Cultural about buildings, 200 are Resources Departthent.

Mike GTNP Johnson, left cultural to and deteriorate. Yellowstone National Park

said. he tures,” be others • will and restored, others Preservation, still National Park Service

now to done stabilize these struc Will or stabilized be while repaired, Advisory Council of Historic

processes are, has something to be some of buildings the sites these on Historic Preservation, National

“As as important these evaluation Once is the plan implemented, vation Office, National Trust for

“terrible shape.” restoration. State of Wyoming Historic Preser

a and number of are buildings already tained. need The rest and repairs Jackson Hole Historical Societsr,

undergo “demolition through

a neglect,” park function and are well-main interested

groups:

our

board,

process some means

buildings

sites.

Twenty will of the three

fulfill sites National

Park

the

from

following

an and

said architect, this slow

park has 268 The

buildings

36 on

historic

structures

in Grand Teton

County Historic Board Preservation dollar,

Johnson

said.

recent

re-evaluation

process the of

Dubbe, a Kurt the of member Teton could match each dollar donation, for

suggestions and comments ‘in your

take place. One is possibifity that the the park

you and your fine staff for requesting

1999, no repairs restoration or these two of will sites.

take this opportunity congratulate to

will which not happen before ally spring The significant. has only park

Preservation Board would like to

the plan Until is implemented, for buildings available nation that are

The Teton County Historic

by completed spring. next Typically, funds park only are

tional Park:

historic

ingi which structures, should local be sites.” for

Superintendent, Grand Teton

prehensive

management [Park plan for park very “There’s Service little fund

copy a of letter to Jack

Neckels,

These

will ratings part be of a preservation,” for their com said. Johnson

The News received the

following

should which be restored. tion private public of and raising fund

its oritizing historic 36 to target sites have “We’ll work on a to combina Important stories

Grand Teton Park National from outside pri is sources.

sites, the Park’s to will come have

By Harrice Melanie buildings, up which nearly make of all

for restoration and repair

Park ranks historic sites

JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wednesday,

to £

carefully. I wish they had more tionist, helping establish the National

izes they

have to

pick their battles became

leading

wildlife conserva

tize them,”

he said.

“The park

real

arrived

Jackson

Hole in 1888

and

but the reality you do is have to

priori

some historic value and significance,

The lodge is on the National Specialist Resources Cultural

ings,

Dubbe said. “All buildings have

: while building is that being burned.” Michael

Johnson

The

park has 268 historic build

be up to go there and shed

program. preservation

few a historic tears Parlfs

spent

other

historic

he sites, said.

Grand I “Sadly, National the Teton of think part gral

last

step would

Park’s limited

funds

would

better

to beyond

continue these inte an will Volunteers

be private

efforts.

cost about $250,000

restore,

and the

contributed.

also have, volunteers We don’t

have any legal recourse said. The log building probably

would

Row

Local barns. Mormon work on said. “This literally the is step.... last spend lot a of money on that site,” he

year to again to next return planning ities for saving the building,” Dubbe were so important that they wanted to

and after come are year year Michigan that GTNP had Stephen exhausted all possibil story Leek and the of that site

carpenters of from One group sites. have “The “We park been just formally didn’t notified feel that

historic on to work expense their own philosophy. preservation board can do.

valley

at, the from teers outside came ago, during era an with a that different falls through, is there little the

volun volutteers. Many

by plished to let that happen was made years ple of days in October,” he said. If

accom also work Significant been has

Resource Specialist, the said decision a trip to

Sackson during the

cou

last

work.

plemented

by contracted

Mike Johnson, GTNP Cultural said. “A prospective

buyer is

planning

is sup park by pefformed nance

staff adequately.”

glimmer A

hope

remains,

Dubbe

preservation Ongoing mainte Ranch. bad, has

chosen

not to maintain it remove

the

building.

•Dude Row, architect. BC and Bar Mormon

“The park, good for

cir for

restoration.

She had 1 until Oct. to

Historic Studio, AMK Crandall Ranch, the on Preservation Board and

‘funds pay to its for removal and

a Dubbe, were completed of projects preservation member the Teton

County

has

been unable to come up with the

tragic to say the historic major past least,” year, This said Kurt

wanted preserve to the building. She

“To

lose

a such local gem nificant would be sites. historic

to a long-time

Jackson who resident

has

fallen into

disrepair.

to sig-. our directed most are efforts

Last year,

the Park

sold the

lodge

most early prominent

settlers.

And it

that insure preservation future

is it “tough a

preservation sell.”

Steven N.

one

Leek,

the of

valley’s

will opment to guidance provide

by a

marina and

paved a

lot, parking

building was the

summer

home

devel under that structures is toric

wilderness”

setting

and is now flanked

The 70-year-old, split-level, log

management year. plan for The his

its lost “pristine

exercise if a N. buyer Steven cannot Leek found. be

the next for eral planned projects

since the site has

sites, may be burned a in fire-training

with ongoing toric sev is properties

other

sites. Also,

National Park’s registered historic

on Preservation approved. his work

used in restoring

Leek’s

Lodge, one of Grand Teton

a management finally plan is

its parts would be

until properties Register on National

sold not or burned, By

Melanie Harrice

preservation work be no would there

useful,” and if is it

article that implied The clarification.

and “no is longer about $250,000 to restore.

that issues of a need couple further

lodge a is liability

I tion are fed However, issues. there

disrepair and would cost

Johnson

said the

historic into insight preserva park

they

dont.”

Leelifs •

Lodge

is in

National

valuable provided

Park

cate to that,

but

Teton Grand in planning vation

be used in fire-training Leek’s on and preser historic Lodge

week’s Jackson Last articles Hole.

preservation historic issues in

the des addressed that in have News

at n aaais a- s’sa %.-s Lfl tf’ JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wednesday, March 18,1998- 9A Students examine historic Wort Hotel S Preservation group prepares to nominate the building with the help of local students. By Melanie Harrice

Jackson’s Wort Hotel could end up on the National Register for His toric Places, with the instrumental help of three high school architec ture .Øudents. The Teton County Historical Preservation Board recently decid ed to nominate the Wort for historic status and has enlisted the help of the three students who want to become architects. Frances Hughes, 18, Ben Bau man, 17, and Ian Curry, 17, were chosen from one of Jackson Hole High School’s drafting classes to help out with the project. On Saturday they performed an architectural survey of the hotel with some help from Preservation Board member Joan Grever. They evaluated and recorded the archi tectural features, such as the style of the windows, design, the shape of the roof and the hotel’s ornamen ) tal features. \ “Their role is to document the ! existing condition of the hotel Jackson Role High using measured School students Ben Banman and Ian Curry measure the width of the Wort Hotel staircase, drawings and pho while Frances Hughes sketches its details and proportions. tographs The three drafting students are helping to prepare of the interior and exteri a nomination that could add the hotel to the National Historic Register. or,” architect Barry Dennis said. “Once we have all the photos we’ll features. The Preservation Office “It’s kind of a balancing act,” try to relate those back to historic will review the application and Dennis said. “If it has enough his photos.” “The (Worts) had decide whether the Wort is histori torical significance then it can The group will compare the cally significant and whether it has have less integrity and still be drawings and photos taken Satur theforesight that retained its integrity. [accepted].” day with old photos of the Wort “If you took a hundred-year-old Some of the Wort’s distinguish stored in the state archives in tàurism would building that the mayor lived in ing features include a bar that is Cheyenne. The information will while he was mayor of Jackson, inlaid with silver dollars and the help those overseeing the National be the major then it would have historical sig hotel’s European alpine architectur Register to determine whether the industry nificance,”. Dennis said. “But that al style, Dennis said. Wort is historically significant. here.” doesn’t mean it has historic The building, which was The National Register is an offi integrity.” designed — Joan Grever by Lorenzo Grimmett and cial list of buildings, districts, sites, If a building is constructed or built in 1941 by TETON the Wort family, structures, and objects that have COUNTY HISTORICAL renovated from original materials played an important PRESERVATION BOARD role in Jack played an important role in the and retains its appearance, then it son’s history. nation’s historical, cultural, or has historic integrity, he said. “The [family] had the foresight architectural development. But list the process of making regulations. If the National Register commit that tourism would be the major ing on the register does not protect To be recognized by the National tee grants the Wort historic status, industry here,” Grever said. “And historic buildings from demolition. Register a building must be at a commemorative plaque will be they developed the Wort as a Protective laws must be passed least 50 years old and have some placed on the front of the building. tourist destination.” first. - historical or architectural signifi Dennis, a former Preservation The Worts were among Jack Some town and county officials cance, Grever said. Office architect, believes the Wort son’s first settlers, moving here have expressed preliminary support In hopes of achieving that status has a good chance of making the from Nebraska in 1893. Eventual for local regulations that would pro the Wort will be put through a National Register, even though ly they became respected business tect for historic buildings and sites. three-step process. parts of it were destroyed by a fire leaders and made significant con During the next several weeks, two Kurt Dubbe, who is the President years ago and it was altered during tributions to the town’s develop Preservation Board members plan of the Historical Preservation its reconstruction. ment, Grever said. to meet with the Jackson Town Board, and Dennis will write a “It does have quite a bit of local They Wort was the first luxury Council to present a list of local his nomination that outlines the build significance and quite a bit of hotel in the valley and has since toric buildings. They hope to start ing’s history and identifies its key integrity remaining,” he said. become a landmark. //-

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draft

in there. It was 1960!

realty

historic.

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toric

preservation board member

“It’s

ing

off

a shack and saying to a his

The

cartoon depicted a man show

Jackson

Joan M. Grever

er positive support.

sincere thanks for all your oth

buildings.

including the GTNP’s

historic

the

Board is far doing Jackson Hole,

cated

to the many

beneficial efforts

hope

the cartoonist becomes edu

Historic Preservation Board, sure I

As a member of the Teton County

through the years.

Mark’s

[Huffmanl fine articles

ticularly by

Melanie’s [Harrice]

and.

port

of preserving our heritage,

par

contrary to the News’ strong sup

real

put-down to the Board and it’s

nately,

it wasn’t. Everyone feels it

April Fool’s joke. But unfortu

When

I first saw it I hoped it was

April 1 edition.

enclosed

cartoon published in

your

able

comments concerning

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in place that requires demolition passed, said. Dubbe

VIEWPOINTS Dubbe like would see a to put law nerable protective until laws are

Recyc are saved. Jackson Playhouse Hole remain viii

laws can guarantee that buildings Church and Rectory, and the

change what he owns. Only local Jedediah’s, St. John’s Episcopal

does not an affect owner’s to right Local landmarks such as

simply a of recognition form and vation grants.

offer building a any protection. It is tax incentives and historical preser

cance. Recognition by the National take backseat a a at if seat all.”

regardless age of its and signifi Dubbe áaid. “Preservation tends to

building can be altered razed or economic values in preservation,”

Without legislation, any historic erty rights that are there appropriate

some sort of legislation place. in that without infringing their on prop

Grever said most communities have would “I encourage property owners

Preservation Board member Joan not is always true, Dubbe said.

the town and county regulations.”. and preservation don’t but mix, that

objective is to get some language in Many people believe that economy

cy,” Dubbe “Our said. long-term

appropriate historic preservation poli

ARCHITECT

Jackson and the

to county implement

Kurt

Dubbe

— “We want to encourage the Town of

some type legislation. of

if a

seat

at all.”

shown have a willingness to consider

County commissioner Mike Gierau,

backseat to a take

Mayor Barney Oldfield and Teton

missioners. Some officials, as such “Preservation tends

Council and the Teton County com

will approach the Jackson Town

Preservation Board, said the group

the president of the Historical National Register.

Kurt Dubbe, an architect who is properties are eligible for the

ings from demolition and neglect. year. He will determine which of the

legislation to historic protect build ated by a historian during the next

Jackson and Teton County to adopt possible buildings that wifi be evalu

Preservation Board will ask the So far, Grever has identified 270

The Teton County Historical town limits.

survey all buildings historic inside

$3,500 received a By federal Melanie Harrice grant to

in the county. The group recently

goal by identifying historic buildings

need for legislation.

The board is working toward that

officials about the Dubbe said.

and prevent

“reactionary” behavior,

Board approaches

structures targeted for demolition

Historical Preservation the Preservation Board review to

type of legislation would buy time for

•

Teton County

permits for historic structures. That

historic

building laws

I I

Preservationists want

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WASHINGTON (AY) — The teen smoking and compensate states ‘We have failed in our effort to

nation’s major cigarette makers for treating sick smokers — with or achieve a comprehensive resolution of declared last summer’s historic without the industry’s cooperation. the contentious issues surrounding tobacco deal dead Wednesday, saying 9’hey can be part of it or they can tobacco in our country,” he told the Congress has twisted their offer to fight it,” an angry Clinton said on his National Press Club. help cut teen smoking into a harsh return from a trip to Chicago. “I think The leading proposals in Congress attack on their industry and they ought to rethink their position would raise cigarette prices too much, American smokers. because we’re going to get this doiie he said, without regard for adult I Led by the head of No. 2 tobacco one way or the other.” smokers and businesses that depend maker RJR Nabisco, the companies The companies had warned for on tobacco sales. vowed to fight any effort in Congress weeks they would walk away. But on White House spokesman Mike to increase prices and fashion tougher Wednesday, RJR chief executive McCurry said Goldstone’s remarks restrictions on advertlaing. Steven Goldstone said the process show how worried the tobacco But President Clinton and was “broken beyond repair.” Continued on page 40 congressional leaders insisted they will press forward with efforts tops a comprehensive law meant to curb Preservation Jackson Ilol

historic value. regs fitce battle Preservation “I do know that there are a lot of have Sy Melanie Harrice Continued from page 1 historic structures that Jackson Hole News disappeared and I know that there is ability to develop a piece of property. interest in the community to As a historic preservation group All officials polled said they wanted to maintain these structures,” she said. • prepares a set of building regulations see something in writing before they “I’m interested in that idea.” to bring before the town and county, took a specific stand on the issue. Commissioner Ann Stephenson many officials are wary “I lean toward preserving our • liked the idea ofhistoric regulations. of infringing on private j I historical buildings,” Mayor Barney “If it’s worked in other commudties property fights. Oldfield said. “I hate to see them torn and seems to be fair and equitable and While the board does down just to build another office the most effective way to preserve not know what type of regulations it buildingf • these buildings then.I would be in favor will bring before officials, it wants to Like many local decision makers, oflooking at them,” she said. “Ifthey’re institute some type ofprotections that Oldfield would prefer to protect them good then I’d be in favor ofthem.”. would delay or prevent buildings from on a case-by-case basis. Commission chairman Bob Shervin being demolished. He plans to raise the issue at an on a say in Board also favored historic protection ‘While most officials they are upcoming Joint Planning but was against favor of preserving historic buildings, case-by-case basis meeting. anything that restricted property many are afraid that across-the-board Teton County commissioner Sandy regulations would restrict someone’s wondered whether the owners. . - Shuptrine Obrihger issue should involve the town since Town councilman Mark Continued on pageS coundilors originally refused to jointly favored preservation but only thought Preservation Board. Instead a handfiul ofbuildings would qualify. fund the hands they chose to leave it in the county’s “I can probably count on both lap, Shuptrine said. the number of buildings that most “Since [the town] did not want to people consider historical,” he said. participate in the beginning I don’t Town councilman Chris Kirk was. know whether it should go to the aaiiist forcing property owners to Joint Planning Board,” she said. preserve buildings thai; are old and As for the proposed regulations, falling down. Shuptrine did not want to commit to a • “It’s got to be based oh omé sort of position until she saw the. ratioiaity,”he said. Preservation Board’s proposal. Town councilor Scott And sot did “I don’t like shooting from the hip,” not think a historic district 4ould shesaid. work in Jackson and thought people Shuptrine is opentà the idea of tended to preserve buildings without preserving buildings that have real being constrained by rilatont : 7 : a

• -&;-_ •7•J------/ — •I iii ç County appoints members to three volunteer boards Group buys visitor center By Melanie Harrice Morris. Jay Varley, who was the By Mark Huffman employees of the chamber and the only applicant for the job, will U.S. Forest Service, the National Teton County commissioners have assume the seat July 1. The Grand Teton Natural History Park Service, the U.S. Fish and appointed eight people to fill posi The Teton County Historic Preser Association finished purchase this Wildlife Service and the Wyoming tions opening next month on the vation Board had five vacancies, week of the visitor center building on Department of Game and Fish. Transportation Board, Library Board three of which opened because mem North Cache, paying the Wyoming Included in the center is a natural his and Historic Preservation Board. bers resigned. Department of Transportation tory association book store Rimi1m to the Commissioners interviewed 15 Earlier this year Jamie Schoen $800,000 for the structure. one it operates at the Park Services’ visi candidates for seats on the boards and Carole Hofley stepped down, Under the non-profit status of the tor center in Moose. Miliigan said the and appointed the new members yes vacating seats that have terms that association, a visitor center combin store also will sell other educational mate merchandise from the agencies terday at their regular meeting. expire in 2000. The other three seats ing services of the Jackson Hole iial and Chamber of Commerce and all the involved, “anything that would help peo Two seats on the Teton County were held by Georgia Ligori, Kurt previously held by local federal and state land and ple understand about wildlife.” It’s Library Board, Dubbe and Robert Rudd, and each Jorgenson and Lee Riddell, wildlife agencies will operate seven plrnrned that income from the book store Larry has a three-year term. will be filled by Marilyn Stowell and days a week. will paythe mortgage ibr the building. people applied for the five Terri Kirkwood. The appointments Nine “Everything will be in one location Also planned is a wildlife display are for three years. Five people openings. Commissioners appointed instead of people going to each of the designed by the Rocky Mountain Elk applied for the positions; none were Jesse O’Connor, Tracy Hansen, agencies for services,” said association Foundation, which plans to spend the incumbents. Barry Dennis, Millie Yasrobi and executive director Sharlene Milligan. $250,000 in the first three years of The Transportation Board has one Dubbe. “We hope to have this available seven the center. position opening up, with a 31A-year Rudd and Ligori did not apply for days a week, year round.” The natural history association’s term. It will be vacated by Capt. Bob reappointment. The location, on the north end of plan is to give the building to the town on the route tourists take from National Elk Refuge when the mort Jackson to Grand Teton and Yellow gage is paid. The refuge, an agency stone national parks, is seen as ideal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by the agencies involved. owns the land on which the 5,820- The center will be staffed by square-foot building sits

Jackson Hole Daily • Monday, June 1, 1998 3 Eight seats open on three boards Harrice three-and-a-half year post opening up. By Melanie Bob Morris. Jackson Hole News The seat will be vacated by is the only applicant. • STEAKS &UUIIGERS Teton County Commissioners will John S. Varley JERKY & SALAMI Historic SMOKED TROUT & ROASTS • GIFT PACKS interview 15 applicants for eight seats The Teton County Preservation Board has five vacancies, Visit our Factory Sales Outlet: on three county board in coming weeks. 1 mile south of McDonald’s on Hwy 89. are opening because of School Road. They will vote in the new board members three of which Right on High thisyear FIrst right off H.S.Rd. then first right again. their regular meeting’s before members resigning. Earlier at one of Hofley stepped CaIior eforaf June30 in orderto fill the positions by Jamie Schoen and Carole Eox2l that 1-800 Applications were due May 22. down, vacating seats with terms July 1. three seats are Teton County Library Board has expire in 2000. The other The Kurt Dubbe and positions opening up, each with held by Georgia Ligoni, two a three-year three-year terms. The seats are currently Robert Rudd. Each has held by Larry Jorgenson and Lee term. five openings are Riddell. Five people have applied for Applying for the Marilyn Stowell, Dawn Millie Yasrobi, Don B. Martin, Jesse the positions: Eonald E. J. Gary Dennis, Tern A. O’Connor, John S. Varley, Marousek, Barry Dennis, Kirkwood and Carl Schreier. Diener, Tracy Hansen, E. Richter. The transportation board has one Kurt Dubbe and Alice

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4 he landmrk Wort Hotel in downtown Jackson has been nominated for the ational Register for Historic Places. I state nominates Wort Pick up a copy of the PLANS at GTNP VISITOR CENTER in Moose or pick up a SYNOPSIS of the plans at GEORGIA JILL’S ANTIQUES at 115 E. Broadway. (A lull copy of the plans are also available for your review at Jill’s) br National Register This notice provided by the TEON COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD 7324266 I Preservation office is one of the most important historic buildings in the valley and is a local ecognizes landmark landmark. It boasts late-l9th and ackson hotel. 20th Century Revival architecture and includes distinguishing features such By Melanie Harrice as a bar inlaid with silver dollars. Built in 1941 by the Wort family Jackson’s Wort Hotel has been and overhauled after a fire in 1980, minated by the state for inclusion the building also played an impor the National Register for Historic tant role in Jackson Hole history. Mormon row [aces. The family had the forsight to real The State Historic Preservation ize tourism would be a major indus We are the daughter try, (Inez Jacob ffice has given its stamp of approval so they developed the hotel as a son) and granddaughter (Judy Cran tourist r the Wort to receive that coveted destination. dall) of Ida and Andy Chambers, who stone status. Now the final deci The Worts were among Jackson’s were early homesteaders on Mormon on is up to the Keeper of the first settlers, moving here from Row. We have recently read the doc ational Register for Historic Places. Nebraska in 1893. Eventually they ument prepared by the Grand Teton The Wort appears to be a shoe-in, became respected business leaders and National Park concerning the Lid Joan Grever, a member of the made significant contributions to the SOS restoration and preservation of Mor ton County Historic Preservation town’s socio-economic development. mon Row (Mormon Row Historic Dis “The board feels strongly that trict — Management oard. The News received Alternatives those early pioneer families who the following and Environmental “We don’t have any hesitation at letter to the Teton Assessment). In made this community what is County Board of addition to a I that they’ll accept it,” Grever it Education of: wonderful section on iid. The Keeper “almost always” should be recognized and honored,” the history of Mormon Row and a Grever said. description of cultural :cepts nominations from state his The Teton County Historic and natural The National Register Preser resources, it also describes nc offices, she said. is an offi vation Board strongly endorses several cial list of buildings, districts, sites, the proposed alternative plans concern The final decision will be made plans of the Wilson Save Our School structures and objects that ing restoration and preservation ithin six weeks. played House committee to preserve the his of Last year the Historic Preserva an important role in the nation’s his the area. toric four-room portion of the second Homesteading n Board and students from Jack torical, cultural, architectural or schoolhouse was critical to the in Wilson. This nearly settlement and n Hole High School prepared an archaeological development. To be 70-year-old economic development log Little Red School of the West and Mormon plication and archtictectural sun recognized, a building must be at house was built Row (what is in 1931 and has not left of it) provides a small window y for the Wort. The application least 50 years old and have some his only served as an important into educa a part of the history of that way of life. as submitted to the state office and torical or architectural significance. tion center in Teton County, but has Recognition Remembering the pioneers who set ceived approval approximately two by the National Reg also been the unofficial heart of the tled ister Mormon Row and learning some eks ago. of Historic Places does not Wilson community for decades. thing protect about’ them not only increases “The hotel is considered the heart buildings from being It is our board’s understanding the enjoyment Jackson altered, razed or redeveloped. visitors take from see Hole because of all the Only that this site will be transferred by ing the park, but tivities that have local laws can guarantee that build deed acknowledges the occured there,” from you to Teton County in the importance of the homesteaders’ rever said. ings are saved. Teton County and work near future. it i also and their contributions to the Located at the southeast corner Jackson have yet to pass such pro our i.inder fabric of of standing that the Teton County American life. Because of this, oadway and Glenwood, the Wort tective legislation. com we def mission is in full agreement of seeing initely encourage the park to imple this significant historic building pre ment a plan that includes some served. Additionally, our board has restoration and preservation of the been advised that your school board existing buildings, particularly on the intends to issue a contract immedi John Moulton and Andy Chambers ately to either totally demolish the sites; however, we hope that any entire school structure or to only changes will retain the pioneer char demolish that large portion of the acter of Mormon Row and will be as structure that is not historic, thus unobtrusive as possible and compati preserving the Wilson four-room Lit ble with the time and place. tle Red Schoolhouse. We encourage your readers to Our board supports the Little Red obtain a copy of the document and Schoolhouse so it can continue to make their views known to the serve as a much-needed family com Park Service. munity center in the oldest settle ; ment in Teton County. This building Inez Jacobson ‘:.* is a most important physical link to Judy Crandall our past. As you know, elementary schools hold a very special place in people’s hearts. Your, action to help preserve the.visual heritage of our community will enable the local his tory to be taught much more mean ingfully to your students.

Millie Yasrobi, president Teton County Historic Preservation Board

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and build a house.”

took so much to time come out here

and I think is it so cool that people

“I was born and raised in Jackson

“This my is history,” .,,, said. he

ing.

than just how to restore an old build

O’Connell said he learned more

labor day through Friday.

Wyoming worked on the project from

About 20 students from Western

figure out how to space the boards.”

“I love

getting up on roof. the I had to

shielding

her eyes from the bright sun.

[.::-

grandfather,” she said Thursday,

“I learned how to roof from my

eagerly accepted.

mered part in the of a roof, task she

Carmichael,

a junior. She also ham

Helping peel logs was Brenda

square corners and flai surfaces.

ing, then arduous chipping to ensure

Her jog entailed precise measur

nell had never squared log a before.

working on the Lucas cabin, O’Con

beams under the porch. Before

logs and beveling them fit to as

O’Connell spent day the peeling

fun.”

would be boring, but is this so much

Continued next page and using my Preservation hands. and office I elsewhere. thought it

was enterprise Rockefeller- the “I like being able be to of sity the State Montana, creative historic

to it Land Snake the River That tion as Co. my career,” O’Connell said. Univer Wyoming, of University the

a homestead the to “I buyer am who resold seriously considering restora in high Jackson, School from the

death, After Lucas’ son her sold community service project. come from Wyoming Western have

cabin the porch. he will do more than remember the Workers weather-beaten cabin.

Lake to find Ninth hard it a on resist rest grader Cree O’Connell said to restore in Lucas’s shifts worked

Today,

skiers history Jenny who tour book to next week.” September, crews volunteer have

Wagon

might Gulch, forget what they read in the For in several August weeks and

for a the

the at boulder rest Burnt their of base 0 f lives, but they Jenny

Lake intact.

ter,” he clogs. Her said. memorial sled

is bolted

to “They’ll remember this outbuildings cabin her and near

“internalize getting Meadows, around what

with

her

they a do lot bet despised

to working is she

keep

hard

hard isolated cabin work at her helps

near Lupine the

students

property,

which and government

the

That climb and meditation Grand the winters spent

combined

with

Uvpartnient

her Interior owns

Lie

what it means,” rsi. Ii u’ Ivy vol woman v... to re he said.

No’.

irs y U later, the

)

just sit pioneer. in nature LI and .ii’.is I

think Was

about

c tl hated government. federal

their Johnson said. for own a half and

hour

and

51w was

single, years-old,

and 58

and “We’re maintain Geraldine’s legacy,” asking each to kid go

off

Grand Teton National Park.

Roice to preserve important her said. home

nearly in what acres 400 is now

but we restored, thought was it

Jackson and to homesteuded lIolc’,

do with to cabin once the it is

New in teaching came York City, job

“We know

what don’t we’re going

Geraldine 1910, In her Lucas left

PRINCIPAL, WWHS

Mike ,John,on.

Terry

Roice

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park by cultural resources director

By I?achei Ode/i

Park Service National grant secured

real purpose.”

made $20,000 was a by possible

pioneer’s legacy.

and the dutron

logs. The restoration

projects

with

abhored and wuter drained ftween the preserving fourr a is

rep)uced panel

on rotten

the roof, kids

involved with ri]c

government she

the off old crevs porches, re

“We like to get the save to Lucas cabin

Geraldine’s cabin is significant,

Volunteers

laboring

ment; which is one reason restoring

This year’s theme the is environ

which all the of subjects are taught.

school chooses a

broad theme under

that

will

roof support post cabin over deck. Lucas the the

Each

year

the

alterxative

high

a O’Connell, Cree Western at ninth-grader Wyoming

High a School, bevels

a as

team.”

With the help Fred of Chapman State Historic from the Preservation office,

apply some skills and work together

the kids have the opportunity to

thing

back into the community

and

Roice said. “This way we put some

with projects with purpose,” real

“We like get to the kids involved x

through 12.

school that teaches grades 9

High School, an alternative high

the principal of Western Wyoming

carpentry, said Terry Roice. is He

environment, and to learn practical

immerse themselves in the natural

to put their math skills to work, to

In restoring the building they want

cabin’s final use is not important.

For some the of workers,

the

ff . Johnson said.

r used for housing for volunteers,

through the park. It could be also

studio and offering residencies

ty include it turning into an artist’s

Today, the options the for proper

owners, Harold and Josephine.

the Fabian cabin after its second

The Lucas cabin also is known as

National Park.

cant addition to Grand Teton

on the valley floor to a make signifi

backed company that donated land

Continued from page 35A

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Camera operator Robert Case of Cinetel Studios films the old Lundy home in Wilson on Monday for part of Bob Vila’s Restore America show. America Restored The Wyoming segment includes Field producer Randall Shup • Bob Vila recognizes footage of restoration projects in four towns — trine and his crew shot the work done to save Buffalo, Douglas, Rawlins and Wil old photos from the Jackson Hole son. Restore America producers Historical Society. The photos will the historic Lundy chose the Mortensen home in Wilson run in the beginning of the seg home in Wilson. because the restoration is “remark ment to underscore hardships able” and the house “fulfills viewers faced by early settlers. By Melanie Harrice expectations of what the best of “People really have to have an Wyoming would be,” Meissner said. understanding about the past When John Mortensen and his “We’re always looking for something before they really care about a wife Pam bought a rundown house that stands out and I think the restoration,” Shuptrine said. He belonging to one of Wilson’s first Mortensen house stood out.” plans to show viewers an old photo chosen of Lundy astride a horse in front of famffies — they never dreamed it’d The house also was be featured on Bob Vila’s Restore because of its historic significance. his newly-built home which will America show. Originally the home belonged to dissolve into a present day shot of So when the Mortensen’s the Lundy family that settled in the front of the home, connecting received a phone call from Scripps Wilson at the turn of the century. the past with the present. Productions asking to film a seg Robert Carson Lundy, Sr. built the “So you can see how it’s changed ment of the show at their home, house in 1913 just after he moved very little,” he said. they were thrilled. “People are so here. Lundy was one of the area’s The show also will feature happy we preserved part of what early entrepreneurs, opening a footage of the inside and outside of once was here because, particular general store across the street, a the home, depicting its poor cohdi being restored, as well ly in Wilson, there’s so little left,” gas station and a lumber mill. tion prior to John Mortensen said. Lundy built the wood frame as interviews with the Mortensens. the two bought the house Restore America — which airs house with lumber from his mill. When on Home & Garden Television During his lifetime, Lundy it was in terrible condition. every Sunday at 8 p.m. Mountain served two terms in the Wyoming “When we first bought the house someone from thQ fire department Standard Time — features seg Legislature. After he died, the ments on restored houses from all home remained in the Lundy fami offered to do a controlled burn on a 50 states. The Wyoming episode ly until the Mortensens bought the the home,” Mortensen’said with will air in the first quarter of 2000, house in 1987. chuckle.. “He’s been over here said Karen Meissner, the show’s Some of that. history will be many times and said, I’m sure glad western states segment producer. showcased in Restore America. you didn’t take our advice.tm

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signifi historical its a once-proud of of because homes and barns

restored be the as should Row history into Mormon fading ments,

of parts least At ele 1950. in the to expanded abandoned sits Row

park the when Mormon Row Today, Mormon Hole. Jackson of ty

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-21 1999 18, August Wednesday, NEWS, HOLE JACKSON before our historic buildings are LETTERS demolished. In fact, it is very like ly that some residents would have been interested in owning and Smoke signal moving the Nelson building had they known it was going to be Did anyone notice that the demolished. Let’s save our well- •Tetons were hidden behind smoke maintained old buildings by recy Saturday? cling them instead of bulldozing - - Visibility was in the double digit them. Otherwise, Jackson Hole -. range and breathing was a chore. will lose its identity as the “Last of . This was caused by fires in the Arco the Old West” as stated on our Desert. A check of the map will “Howdy Stranger” sign at the top Old buildings show the smoke had to blow directly of Teton Pass. honored over the INEEL site to get here. The Teton County Maybe Historic old Wilson School, someone should have taken Jill Sheppard Preservation Board is the Van Vieck House a photo and sent Owner, honoring 10 old (Jedediah’s), and it to the state of Georgia Jifi’s Antiques buildings in a ceremony the Teton Theater. Idaho along with a definition Thursday, Richter said that of the Sept. 28, in the Conunissioner’s the buildings word “downwind.” should be recognized for Crucial decision Chambers at the Teton County their role in Building. Jackaon Hole.history Tim Sandlin °The building in back “We hope to target 10 buildings of the Kudai Jackson I hope everyone a Motel is over 100 yeaiw old,” [email protected]. in the valley is yea all over 50 years old,” said Richtqr aware of the crucial decision Dn said. “The trees there are over q... q about Alice Eve Richter, Chanpai of 13 feet iii to be made on the other side of the circumference. I think the Kudar the Public Relations Committee ofTCBPB. is’ the Historic Tetons — whether or not to grant oldest business in town that is owned loss Grand Thebuilrlingsthat will be honored in Targhee corporation a pri the and operated by its original. owners.” vate enclave ceremony include the Wort Hotel, ( = haven for real the “All 10 building wi]l receive indoor Sadly, estate development).. Gifi House, the Clubhouse., tha old another part of Jackson’s I wrote Forest Teton plaques, said Richter. Next Thuisday’s important heritage Supervisor Reese as County Library buildin,; Si was destroyed follows: Ferrin ceremony will take place.at 1 p.m. by a bulldozer two “It’s not over yet. The House, Spicer Garage (Jackson weeks ago. The issue: Hole well-preserved 62-year-old Allow free market and privatization Playhouse),tlie Kudar Motel, the log -Ed Bushnell home of local author Fern Nelson philosophies to dominate our chil and her husband, Albert, a noted drens’ lives, or not. I’m on the side builder, no longer stands on North of not. People like you are in crucial- Center Street. The historic build positions; you can make a differ Lng had been adapted in recent ence. I’m well aware of the pres rears for use by several of our sures you face, but a firm stand, favorite restaurants. Albert Nel keeping the base of Grand Targhee on and his brother were line as federal (i.e. public) land can be raftsmen and built many build one of those vital little turning ngs, including the famous Berol points. Best wishes.” dodge at the AMK Ranch. Our community needs to estab Martin Murie ish a demolition procedure that [email protected] vil allow for a short review period Continued on page 17A

4B - JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wechiesday, September 27, 2000 10 historic buildings to be honored Thursday • Kudar Motel, Teton Theatre and others to receive plaques. Kristan Clarke

Ten of the approximately 64 historic buildings and sites recently inventoried in Teton County will receive plaques for remaining viable tures struc within the community for 50 or more years. The Teton County Historic Preservation Board, founded in 1996, strives to educate the community about its numerous historical and resources cultural in an attempt to preserve them for future generations. The Plaque Program, the board’s most recent effort, will kick off with an awards and recognition ceremony at 1 p.m. Thursday in the commission ers’ chambers at 200 S. Willow. The invited public is to attend the event. The board hopes to make it an annual occurrence. Among the buildings being honored Kudar is the Motel. Started in 1938 by Joe and Max Kudar and the Nelson brothers, it is the business oldest in town still run by its original owners. It also boasts one of the largest trees in town, a poplar with a 13-foot circumference. The Old Wilson School was opened for grades one Ui through eight U in the fall of 1931 by Jim Gardner and U Wesley Ui Bircher.. Students were spoiled z and by Maude Gertrude Bircher, who baked fresh bread each 0 day for them and often served elk roasts. What is now the 0 Jackson Hole Playhouse has 0. also ‘1, served as a Ford agency, a gun S shop, a freight sta Ui tion, z bus depot, bowling alley andhome for three live theater companies. Through all of this it has Above, Mary kept its historical structural integrity intact. The Kudar stands Teton Theatre — built in 1941 of volcanic in front of the rock from Victor, Idaho, by Bruce Porter — is still serving its historic original purpose of bringing movies to Kudar the Jackson public. Motel, The Wort which opened Hotel, the Club House, the Old Teton in 1938 County Library, the and Van Vieck House, the Si Ferrin which will be House and the Gill House are the other six buildings that will receive honored with plaques at Thursday’s ceremony. a plaque from The historic preservation board’s future include plans the Teton a series of brochures for self-guided histor ical tours. Gomity His The first one will be of Spring Gulch toric Preser and should be available by next summer. board The vation Board also hopes to develop legislation to be sup on Thursday. ported and adopted by the Board of County missioners Com She planted to assist in preserving the relatively the trees few remaining historic buildings in the county. The legislation which stand will be based on plans already behind her.

serving •

such

for about

30years..

val1ey.

.Constructed

entirely

local materials,

the.

rest

of the

homestead.

first

headquarters

the

National

Elk Refuge,

calling

“unique” and

“part the of

history

of the make

list, the

since

has, the

historic same

values

Grace

moved to.

and town,

their home

became

the Reiswig

speaks

the

barn

with

admiration,

Historic

Places. Reiswig

predicted

would

it easily

including

the

buildings

barn and. aa&. Robert

any

other

future

construction

projects.

approval,

and then

the on to

National

‘Registry

ment

purchased

1,240

acres

from

the Millers,

ever,

ensure not it

will be

affected

this or

Wyoming

Office

Historic

Preservation

for

ing

to Cassity.

the 1914, United

States

govern- it’s important

at look

preserving

the

barn

for

application

The

listing

for

be will sent

the to

known

as the

“first

Forest Service

office,”

accord-

new

shop

building,

manager

Barry

Reiswig

said

a it’s neat

part of

the history of

the

valley.”

out

of a

cabin on

the homestead

that

became

however,

as the

refuge

is considering

constructing

stone

work is

neat,

all and

those wooden

pegs

stone Forest

Preserve.

He performed ‘his

duties sity

suggest

this was

merely

oversight. Now,

“It ought

protected,” to

Reiswig

said.

“That

the Teton

District of the

newly

formed

Yellow- included in that listing. Refuge

officials

and Cas

samably

original.

In 1902,

RobertMiller

was named

supervisor

remained of

in use throughout

all

this

time,

was not tains old stalls and other interior

structures,

pre

mayor

Jackson.

National

Registry. The

barn,

however,

which ‘. had

contains

entrances

a to

basement

that

still

con

State

Bknk,

and

1920,

Grace

Miller

was elect-

and

Forest

Reserve

Cabin were

listed on

the

The west

side the of

barn, unseen

from

the

road,

Robert

was

the

first

president of

the Jackson

jumped to

protect

it.

1969, the

Miller House

foundation. The structure

is still

solid

and

stable..

making

them

the

valley’s wealthiest

citizens. 1967,

but the

Teton

County

Historical

Society

many

wooden

pegs

and

an expertly

crafted

stone

Their

cattle

herd

was

the

largest

the

valley,

inhabited. cally

It. was

scheduled

to be

razed

recycled

from

old an

horse

thief’s

cabin,

it contains

convergence

Flat

Creek and

Cache

Creek.

By the

early

‘60s, the

house

was

only

sporadi

including

field stones and

some timbers possibly

the core of the cluster of homesteads near the

serving, The Miller a as Barn’s temporary sturdy foundation post office, and viewed is best it became from the west.

election of 1902 in their buildings, their home

of the Jackson Role community. They hOsted the

Cassity notes that the Millers became pillars

application to the National Registry.

by refuge the to research, write and the file barn’s

ing to historical researcher Michael Cassity, hired

housing horses and serving as storage— accord

and the

barn served

typical

ranching purposes

—

G. Miller. The Millers were a ranching family,

built between. 1895 and by 1898 Robert and Grace

same era as the Miller Homestead, which was

The 40-by-30-foot structure dates back to the

have sent an application for the barn’s listing.

National Registry of Historic Places, to which they

And they hope that will be the opinion of the

and Jackson Hole Historical Museum and Society.

That’s the opinion of the National Elk Refuge

Homestead a is national treasure.

about 200 feet northeast of the historic Miller

Elk Refuge Road, but the beige,

weathered barn

might It not look like of much from the side the

ByRichard Anderson

by National Elk Refuge.

still around 1898, is in use

B The Miller Barn, built

Old barn

nominated

for National Registry

JACKSON

HOLE NEWS,

Wednesday, November 8, 2000 7B - JACKSON HOLE NEWS, Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 5B Square, old library nominated for history • The Teton County Preservation Board tries to list Jackson landmarks. By James Fernald The Teton County Preservation Board and a historian are working to establish the Jackson Town Square, the former Teton County Library building on Hansen Street and the American Legion building on North Cache as historic places. Michael Cassity a historian from Oklahoma, has been hired to study the history of the local places and prove their worth for the National Register of Historic Places. Cassity, a former history professor at the uni versities of Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri and Georgia, believes these nominations are essential to Jackson. “Jackson is so rich with historic resources,” Cassity said. “The Town Square deserves broader recognition thanit receives. Most see it as a con venient, pretty place and they’re not aware ofhow important and how much history lies behind it. There is a defi nite need to acknowledge, recognise Jackson’s Town Square, as shown here in the early days of and preserve these historic treasures.” its existence, will soon be nominated for historic status. Cassity began surveying the loca Washington’s 200th birthday, it was County tions in 1998 Bar Association. property values. It’s hard to save old and hopes to finish the improved. Jackson residents beauti Cassity also nomination forms by hopes to submit a buildings, but it’s important to do so.” late winter. fied the park and renamed it nomination for the American After Cassity sends in the nomina Legion Jesse O’Connor, the President of Washington Park. In the 1950s the to become part of the national regis tions to the National Register, which the Preservation Board, says the Jackson Hole Rotary Club built an ter. He has invested most of his time board always is ariministered by the National Park arch tries to promote pre out of antlers, and a decade later in the square and library, but hopes serving such resources. Service in Washington, D.C., various three others were erected and have to complete a nomination for the “We hope to educate people to boards will peruse the forms. It takes since been a trademark. American at least a year for Legion about the same invest in the future; the intangible,” the nominations to “Not a moment goes by when a time as the others. go through the agencies. O’Connor said. “Something that group of tourists isn’t taking pictures “My hope is to get these nominations “It’s a stringent review process,” won’t pay off immediately, but there,” said Robert Righter, historian completed as soon as possible,” Cassity future generations Cassity said. “It’s not just a matter of and member will value. We of the Preservation said. “I think all three properties will wish to applaud the town fathers filling in papers.” Board. “I can’t think of any other be placed on the register. i’m confident who valued the rich green patch in place in town known by everyone.” Building material dump because of the history i’m aware of. the square enough to hold on to it The Teton County Library also has They’ve played Town Square an important role in the and preserve it.” has a long history in a long and interesting history. It development ofthe community” Jackson, which helped draw Cassity is glad to have support the opened up to the public in 1934 at beyond attention of the preservation board. the board and into the Saint John’s Episcopal Church, then Community pride Jackson community. In 1912, the Town Square, or it moved to a wing of the American Righter “Frontier said he believed ifthe nom “Many people are deeply interested Park,” became part of the Legion building and finally to Hansen inations were accepted town as a three-block people would and prepared to devote time and donation desig Street in 1938. In 1997 the library have more respect for these places. nated for public use. energy to make this work,” Cassity The Town moved to a new location, but the orig “It’s mainly to foster pride in the Square was initially used for said. “It’s examples of people coming dump inal building still stands and houses community” Righter said. “Jackson together ing or storing building materials, but several for the betterment of the local nonprofit organizations has lost much ofits history It’s hard to community that led in 1932, in commemoration of and the law to the completion library of the Teton restore property because of the rise of of these integral parts of the town.”

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buildings.

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sites

Jackson

— I ø.f.d’ NEWS&GUIDE flLE PHOTO ite Grass Ranch, located at the mouth of Death Canyon near Phelps Lake rand Teton National Park, will become a preservation trpining center. ‘ormer dudes cheer ilan for White Grass Critics say decaying would go to rack and ruin as is its state now,” Wade wrote in comments nch in Grand Teton to the National Park Service. .ould be left to the elk. Wade lauded the Park Service’s plans to restore the ranch and turn it “I think a big into a training and increase in activity technology center would cause the elk By Rebecca Huntington where federal employees, to move away or students, at least become uneasy volunteers and others in their envi may learn how ronment,” wrote Wilson rormer dudes, historians and local to restore historic resident Dan Western buildings. Mortensen. “It also [ders are enthused by Grand Teton Wade’s makes no sense comments were among 17 whatsoever to ional Park’s plan to preserve the letters received spend millions on by the Park Service buildings that have ite Grass Ranch by turning it into during a public been rotting for comment period, the past 19 years and reservation training center. which closed March were actually 21. Most of the neglected for many years ackson resident Louise Wade comments favored the before that project as the by the White Grass Ranch.” illed spending summers at the best way to save an important cultur The project could •; . .ey’s third-oldest dude ranch situ al resource. cost between $1 I at the mouth of Death million and $4 million, depending on Canyon Though excited about saving the which I near Phelps Lake before alternative is selected. Built in it ceased buildings, Wade echoed concerns of 1913, the ranch has 11 cabins, • — a S • • - rations in 1985. - -- other former dudes that the ranch be lodge I brought my sons there and a service and laundry year after preserved as a historic site open to building. r never dreaming that one day it See DUDES CHEER on 13A Jackson resident Robert Strawbridge also panned the proposal. “I thought the reason for buying :- • the White Grass was to increase pris tine open space,” he wrote. “There are other ruined buildings outside or near DUDES CHEER the edge of the park to practice on.” Continued from 12A ‘A thousand cuts’ visitors — not just a training center. Strawbridge pointed out that Wade offered to contribute photos Laurence Rockefeller is restoring the of Sunday night cookouts, pack trips, nearby JY Ranch to a more pristine life by the pond and horse drives to state by removing buildings before help capture the ranch’s history donating the ranch to Grand Teton. “The emphasis should be on pre Conservation groups, meanwhile, serving what a dude ranch is with worried about cumulative impacts of horses to ride and memorabilia from several small projects, such as White the good old days,” Wade wrote. Grass. The Jackson Hole Conservation Wilson resident Bryan Tarantula Alliance warned that “the park is fac first visited White Grass with his ing death by a thousand cuts with its grandparents in the 1960s. Like Wade, piecemealed approach.” Tarantula urged the Park Service to The Alliance suggested temporari preserve the ranch’s history by leaving ly halting a slate of developments the original building layout and put proposed inside the park, including ting any new buildings out of sight. White Grass, the McCollister resi Historians Robert Righter and dence, the Hunter barn, the Lucas- Sherry Smith also lauded the project. Fabian residence and a Spring Gulch “The park needs to save, use and housing project. interpret its cultural resources,” they The Park Service should first wrote in a joint letter. “In the past, rewrite its master plan and do an park officials have neglected cultural environmental analysis disclosing the resources, and a ‘no action’ alterna cumulative impacts of all those new tive would simply be a continuation • proposals before moving ahead with of flawed past policies.” individual projects, the Alliance wrote. Minimize Moreover, the National Parks disturbance Conservation Association wrote that Other citizens wrote in to suggest decisions are being made without incorporating environmentally- • meaningful public input. friendly building techniques and to “NPCA is concerned with what we involve local builders and the corn are increasingly seeing as a pattern muriity in learning preservation. of ‘cart before the horse’ planning, Wade and others asked the Park where decisions are made, and then Service to minimize disturbance to justified,” wrote NPCA representa the surrounding landscape as much tive ‘Nm Young. as possible by minimizing road and utility upgrades. Other citizens were less pleased with the proposal. One resident wrote that with human iesidents gone, the ranch had become a haven for elk. is--i

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The orange light of dusk warms the aging timbers of the White Grass Ranch where vines creep over the buildings and weathered wood warps in undulating waves. The slow decay of the ranch does not bother Karin McQuillan. “I think they should let it go back to the wild,” she said Sunday evening while watch ing bull elk vie for females in an expansive field bordering the ranch, which sits in Grand Teton National Park near the Death Canyon Trailhead. “They should let the elk have it, McQuillan said. The park’s natural resources should trump cub about 318 such structures. A.s human presence tural resources at this site, for White would lug four alternatives for the Grass, specifically, reduce secure habitat for she said while watching Hoitman said the elk ranch, which range from sta mushroom proposed and mule deer and could bilizing clouds turn restoration project would pro the buildings without orange over Sleeping prompt those animals to restoring Indian tect the buildings without avoid them to fully reno and listening to coyotes disturbed areas. The vating the site howl. compromising natural Alliance would with new More than a dozen people resources. like to see the sewer lines and other utilities have gathered at Park Service stabilize the to accommodate the ranch to “There is a way to do this buildings up to 15 watch elk rut. responsibly without developing overnight visitors and 30 on both sides,” a preservation center day Hoitman or limit time users from April to Concerns said. ‘People were the center to day use, he about elk at the White Grass said. September. Park officials are A property National Park Service from 1913 to 1985. They 4 options for ranch accepting public comment on proposal to renovate the cohabited with the the proposal through ranch elk, the Hoitman, however, said the Tuesday. and turn it into the antelope, the birds, the bes, Western Center center would be far less intru Larry Kununer, for just fine.” sive than of the Preservation ‘:fraining and McQuillan the former dude Teton County Historic supports stabi ranch, which ran Technology is pitting environ lizing the structures more than Preservation Board, said it is mentalists but fears 75 horses in the field where against historic renovating and occupying the about time the Park Service preservationists. the elk mating ritual plays valued cultural buildings would flush elk out. The resources. Park Historian Pam from former owners used “Natural resources the field where they rut to watch the elk have Holtman says the park is and alter a serene rut without been treated as the only legally wildlife displacing them, she said. The obligated under the watching, experience. Fred resource in the park histori National ranch would remain open to cally until Historic Smith of the Jackson Hole the the last few years,” Preservation Act of 1966 public, who would be able he said. Kummer to Conservation Alliance points to watch the sees a gold inventory and protect cultur to the parks restoration and en opportunity for the public own analysis, the rut, park officials said. al resources. Grand Teton has which states that increased to learn about restoring his Park officials are consider- toric Western architecture.

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ut of the public eye, and without public debate, has been there (private) bridge over Cottonwood Creek. a major policy shift in favor of development Multiply and private enclaves inside this for 300 buildings, and we have seriously C) Grand Teton National degraded the park ark. In.the past, unspoiled scenery and as a wildlife refuge and human refuge. wildlife values dic Does the park have the right ‘Jackson ilole Ns&1inid ited park policy towards the more than 300 buildings to turn public land within i11 exist from that the park over to private organizations? Doesn’t pre-park days — former private homes, dude have the public niches, motels and so forth. a right to say whether it values saving buildings How to reach us Park policy was one of benign preserving quiet or General Information glect for all but a handful ofhistoric structures and wildlife? cultural which were The current project, now open for 307-733-2047 and educational importance, such as Mormon public comment is the Fax: 307-733-2138 ow, the Menor’s White Grass Dude Ranch. 13 decaying buildings from Ferry buildings, the Cinrnirigham Cabin. dude ranch, a 1913 Web page: jhnewsandguide.com ther buildings were allowed off the road to Death Canyon trailhead. White to peacefully Grass oulder away and return the park is one of the most important areas in the Editorial Department to nature, park for lidlife and unspoiled quiet. the elk during rutting season and where Publishers: Michael No more. people Sellett Ext. 121 According to historian Bob Righter, can quietly observe them. White Grass is to Elizabeth McCabe in a be turned over to urse he gave this summer on the parks a nonprofit called the Western Associate her Center for Preservation Publisher: Kevin Olson Ext. 129 ige, all this changed a few years ago, due to Training and Technology, a which will serve Controller: Teresa Thomas alition of forces. Budget cutbacks in the park as a trpining center for rehabbing Ext. 137 lied to aggressive buildings in the park and throughout historic preservation have led to a new the West. Editors: Thomas Dewell, Ext. 126 licy The park Environmental Assessment Angus of “adaptive use.” All 300 structures are now deemed fur the “adaptive MacLean Thuermer Jr. Ext. 119 itable for use” of White Grass Ranch has a perfunctory rehab, expansion, addition of infrastructure description of Associate Ld wildlife impacts which does not even Editor: Brian Siegfried Ext. 117 new human use — including mention the elk rut. It new paved roads and does state, “there will idges — creating enclaves be negligible to minor adverse Features Editor: .lohanna Love closed to the public. Some uses due to increased impacts Ext. 118 s by the disturbance ofwildlife ... park administration, but many buildings impacts include Sports Editor: Michael Peariman turned are to their continued avoidance of the area Ext 115 over to private, nonprofit groups for their own and loss of effective andates, and they, habitat ... .“ Why is the loss of a major elk rutting Town, too, will be closed to the public. the park, ground in All buildings in the park are and one the public can observe, considered “minor”? now more than 50 years old, True historic structures, d thus meet the baseline definition to such as Mormon Row and be officially listed Menor’s Ferry, deserve public historic structures, irrespective of actual historic funds and public access. Is merit. Those who want every remaining building an expanding human use in the park in the best inter preserved cannot a of the park raise the money to do so without turning them or the public? Do special interest groups uses. over to other ye the right to carve out We must not allow privatization and development private areas in the park? Is it inside the park rth preserving old buildings, when based on the principle that money talks, and they don’t merit the pubic, ‘wildlife, and unspoiled ng used for history education? None of these wilderness can go hang. e been questions The park is seeking public comment raised for public debate. The policy has been pre on White Grass. ited piecemeal, Please tell them you prefer alternative one, without proper environmental impact which no action, in dies, and no regard to overall the buildings would be protected from collapse, impact on the park. preserved and left Fhe McCollister development is alone. Let the elk have White Grass, let in Antelope Flats, the public have access to are 30 percent of the park’s endangered pronghorn enjoy wildlife, let private foun re their birthing dations do their work on private land. Send grounds. The staffhousing planned on GRTE_Planning@nps comments to: ing Gulch Road is in a riparian .ov>[email protected], or area heavily used by mail to Mary Gibson Scott, ose in the winter. The White Grass Ranch is Superintendent, GTNP, P.O. ting a core elk Drawer 170, Moose 83012. ground. The Fabian cabin, a favorite rest snot for

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t :1 Campaign not sthister Just recently I found time to read Karin McQuillan’s “Guest Shot” (Oct. --:- 6) on the issue of cultural resources t•’ 4V in Grand Ibton National Park. I was surprised to find my maine in her col Save White Grass tj mnn. McQuillan did, indeed, partici I say YES to pate in a course I taught for the Tbton White Grass Historic Preservation. Last week’s Science School on the park’s history opinion con tained much hyperbole and misinfor \frk44 ‘ last summer. I welcomed her partici k” pation and know that she appreciates mation re the importance of stabilizing and restoring -itr-- :• the park’s historic sites. However, I this property for adaptive disagree with her position on cultural use. Two years ago when Steve Martin resources and with the language she took over the Park Superintendent’s I uses that suggests something sinister reins, a new direction of NPS cultural is going on in the park. policy had come into play that offered a “partnering” According to McQuillan, “aggres approach in stabilizing sive historic preservation” historic structures and making them advocates functional for have carried on a campaign public use. The recent - “out of Murie Center restoration the public eye” and “without public is an excellent ¼: example of that policy: Funding from -; debate.” She has either not been in g the Park, Saving America’s . the Jackson Hole community Treasures, t— -- for long and the private sector all contributed or has not been paying n attention. financially in making *9 The a permanent Wyoming State Historic home for the Murie conservation Preservation legacy. Office (SHPO), support The White Grass Ranch ed is the third by locals, has been in dialogue oldest dude ranch in the with valley’s history, the National Park Service over and the last (barely standing) sites, including example the White Grass ofwhat the dude ranching business ranch, for some was 25 years. There has all about in the Western, historic fabric 4r -4 been nothing underhanded or secret of Jackson Hole. The White Grass has +-4 these -4 in discussions. I have personal been on lite support for ly participated many years in many meetings and with its long-neglected compound a number ofhis of public debates over the toric structures. The park’s years. Moreover, plan for McQuillan wrote the rehab and adaptive use in financial column to encourage public participa partnership - -— with the National Trust for tion in that decision-making process. Historic Preservation will preserve -4 The public continues the t to be heard. White Grass structures as well as pro We now have an opportunity to vide an educational facility in the NPS *4 save one of the three historic dude Intermountain region where historic ranches within the park. The JY preservation can be studied and practi Ranch, as we know, has been disman cally applied in other Western parks tled per the wishes of the late where historic buildings are in need of Laurance Rockefeller. The Bar BC is restoration. The Western the Center for most historically important, but it Preservation Training and ‘Ibchnology is beyond the point of restoration. The would become an important resource best we can hope for is stabilization for many parks in preservation of-their and some interpretation. Now comes ‘--4 cultural resources. the National Trust for Historic 4._* I hope the people ofIbton County as 3 Preservation, -4 whose motives and cre well as Grand ¶bton National dentials Park will few would dispute, offering to become advocates for preservation : partner of with Grand Teton Park. I the White Grass and the few remaining hope GTNP will go forward with that it properties that are very worthy of sav 4, ,- project and : the community will ing, and who tell the story of the val embrace i -4 the idea. Wise use of public ley’s historic past. Critics who embrace lands and historically significant sites only geology, wildlife and scenic which meet the mission of the nation 4.4% 41 - I resources within the park need to be parks S al have a place and deserve our reminded of Mr. Rockefeller’s broader support. Partners who promote those vision in preserving Grand projects Teton should not be cavalierly dis National Park’s historic heritage. missed He as “special interests” nor believed the future park ought to be should they be charged with “privatiz scenic, but also historic. Laurance ing the park.” If McQuillan truly Rockefeller in 1948 said: “I believe that * believes that the adaptive reuse of the in July 1926 when my father first visit White Grass Ranch represents “priva ed Jackson Hole, his imagination was tizing” then I hope she will be consis fired as much by the valley and its his tent by advocating the removal of the tory symbolizing the winning of the a Teton Science School, The AMK West, as by the valley’s unique scenic - (administered by the University of and wilderness areas.” Wyoming), and, most recently, the Among all the wildlife and natural Murie Center. I doubt that the many splendor within Grand Teton people from Jackson Hole and around National Park there is a place for our 5 the globe who have enjoyed the many -•- cultural heritage too. - :, public benefits of these institutions, - --:rtc : will join her.

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