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Mixing old and new

Favorite thing: There were a few traces of the past in Jackson Hole, but not a whole lot. Basically it seemed like a reproduction town...created for the tourists. There were some fun things..as you see in my "cowboy" pics and the "saloon show". Also toured some nice art galleries with very nice nature photography from the area.

Cemetary

Favorite thing: What I believe they did in Jackson Hole, was to level whatever was existing...and create a reproduction town. We were searching for an old cemetary to search some names, and we found that instead of the cemetary being out behind the church, it had been moved up to a hillside to get it out of the way.

Reproduction Tee Pees

Favorite thing: These reproductions probably gave people somewhat of an idea of how the Native Americans lived, but it felt so artificial. Too bad Jackson Hole couldn't have saved more of the old town and heritage.

Jackson Hole, the town

Favorite thing: I would have liked it better with dirt roads and wooden sidewalks....park your car outside of town. The museum tries to preserve some of the early artifacts..but overall, the town is designed more for tourism. You can see how the mountains rise up immediately behind the buildings..which are sitting on absolutely flat ground. It's like a giant saucer in the middle of a circle of mountains.

Big - BIG skies!!

Favorite thing: We went into Jackson Hole and were instantly struck by the enormity of it all. Seemed as if we were on a giant saucer of land with mountains all around and the biggest sky you've ever seen.