Scout Guide discount History Museum Admission
the scout guide jackson hole partnership discount When you mention our 2025 Scout Guide ad at the Front Desk of the Jackson Hole History Museum, receive a $2 discount on your admission. Visit the scout guide jackson hole
Scout Guide discount History Museum Admission
the scout guide jackson hole partnership discount When you mention our 2024 Scout Guide ad at the Front Desk of the Jackson Hole History Museum, receive a $2 discount on your admission. Visit the scout guide jackson hole
Ferrin’s descendants plan August reunion
Josiah David “Si” Ferrin first came to the valley in 1898. He fell in love with the Buffalo Valley river bench area and vowed to return and homestead a cattle ranch there.
At that time Si lived in Utah’s Ogden Valley. It took two years for him to make his move to Jackson’s Hole. He talked 15 other families into making the trek with him.
Rustle up some heritage
If you’ve ever wondered how a saddle is made or how to throw an atlatl spear, or if you’d just like to enjoy a day celebrating Wyoming’s rich history, mark your calendars.
The second annual Slim Lawrence Western Heritage and Archaic Arts Festival is set for 4 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the grassy arena at Teton County Fairgrounds.
Hiking for history on Teton Pass
Truthfully I was expecting a little more history than a rusted-out oil drum. Until a month ago I had never heard of the History Trail on Teton Pass. Still, having now heard of it, I wanted it to live up to its name.
Art and history fuse in collaborative project
POSTED: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 By Frances Moody, Jackson Hole News & Guide History encourages people to stop repeating past mistakes. It has also inspired timeless stories of war and peace. In Jackson history has made its mark on nine artists who have created work for a collaboration between the Art Association of Jackson Hole […]
Jackson’s history: It’s a scream
Back before law was laid upon the valley, Jackson was a holdout for plenty of outlaws. They gambled, drank and oftentimes enjoyed the company of women. Sometimes that last pleasure landed men at the wrong end of a six-shooter.
Try hiking in Jackson to learn valley history
With the middle and high mountains still covered in snow, why not hike around downtown Jackson while learning about the town and valley’s history?
Bison Move
Passers-by and neighbors lend a hand to move a stuffed bison into the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum’s original space on Deloney Avenue. Clockwise from the bottom are taxidermist Mark Whitlock of Wildlife Creations, Dorian Darwiche, Teo Garcia and Christopher Stangel, all from Hotel Jackson, and Ken Struble of Ace Hardware. The old branch […]
Music exhibit offers a tuneful look back
The hills around Jackson Hole have been alive with the sound of music for a long time.
To salute Jackson’s rich musical history the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum created a new permanent music exhibit called “Music From the Valley Floor,” which opened in March.
Stories of the outlaws told at museum
One of the things I love about Wyoming is the folklore linked to its topography. If you listen to the rocks in its deserts and the trees in its mountains you will hear their tales, kept like well-guarded secrets.
Stirn & Sgouros plan to open the Mercill Archaeology Center
Archaeologists and soon-to-be husband and wife Matt Stirn and Rebecca Sgouros plan to open the Mercill Archaeology Center this summer in the Coey Cabin on West Mercill Avenue. Among other things, the center will offer interactive displays that show how humans have survived in Jackson Hole.
Guitarist to give ‘Mud Season Blues’ concert
Award-winning guitarist Byron Tomingas will strum this weekend in support of the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum.
Known for composing film scores and playing mesmerizing solos with symphonic orchestras, Tomingas will perform a “Mud Season Blues” concert Saturday evening in the society’s museum gallery at 225 N. Cache St.
“The Coach: An American Crossroads” Second Premiere
What happens when you have a film premiere event that sells out quickly and you have a waiting list of a 100+ folks…well, if you are Jennifer Tennican and the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum, you hold a Second Premiere! Okay, technically it is called a second screening. This locally produced film will be shown […]
Hoback Buck
HOBACK BUCK TROPHY MULE DEER The Museum collection holds several beautiful record head mounts including the No. 3 Elk and No. 1 Shiras Moose records. Both can be seen on display in the current exhibition “Art of the Hunt.” The third mount is the No. 3 Boone and Crockett World Record Mule Deer which recently […]
‘Modern Family’ auction still to benefit Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum
There are only five days left to bid on paraphernalia from ABC’s “Modern Family” show filmed in Jackson last summer and to benefit the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum.