Jackson

Jackson, Pop. about 8,647. Elev. 6447 ft. at the Jackson Hole Airport. Jackson is located south of the Grand Teton National Park along US Highway 191 near the Idaho border.

Jackson is the Teton County Seat.

Archeologist deduce people have been visiting the valley as long as 12,000 years ago. While historians credit John Colter as the first white man in the Jackson Hole in the winter of 1807, it is fellow fur trapper Davey Jackson for whom Jackson Hole is named.

Jackson Hole is a major Winter resort area. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow! Winter rules Teton County for more than six months.