beaver marsh ...

teton national park, wyoming -- beaver marsh, the beaver lodge (home) is visible in this photo. the teton range is in the background. during the winter of 1807/08 john colter passed through Jackson Hole and was the first Caucasian to see the Teton Range. John Colter is widely considered the first mountain man and, like those that came to the Jackson Hole region over the next 30 years, he was there primarily for the profitable fur trapping; the region was rich with the highly sought after pelts of beaver and other fur bearing animals. As the demand for beaver fur declined and the various regions of the American West became depleted of beaver due to over trapping, American fur trading companies folded; however, individual mountain men continued to trap beaver in the region until about 1840.

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