Despite its connection with these early movenients. it has remained essentially wilderness in characterthe wilderness as the trappers and frontiersmen knew it. The search for furs was the driving force that led to the extension of our geographical knowledge and settlement of the West. In the early 1800s the Teton Mountains became established landmarks for explorers and trappers. and later for immigrants. Jackson Hole. which is really a great valley. was the hospitable region from which the mighty Tetons were viewed. It is said that the Astorians first sighted these mountains on their trip to the Oregon country in 1811.
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