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Fall River (Henrys Fork Tributary)
Fall River rises on the Madison Plateau, Madison and Pitchstone Plateaus in the southwest corner of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and flows approximately to its confluence with the Henrys Fork (Snake River), Henrys Fork of the Snake River near Ashton, Idaho. Historically, the river was referred to as the Middle Fork of the Snake River or as Fall River or the Falls River by trappers and prospectors as early as the 1830s. It was officially named the Falls River by the 1872 Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Hayden Geological Survey, but was always called Fall River by the locals and so the U.S. Board on Geographic Names changed the official name to Fall River in 1997 at the request of Idaho authorities. The river is home to numerous waterfalls and cascades in its upper reaches. Waterfalls The Fall River is located in the remote Cascade Corner of the park, a name given to the southwest section of the park by then-superintendent Horace Albright in 1921 for the proliferation of waterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teton County, Wyoming
Teton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 23,331. Its county seat is Jackson, Wyoming, Jackson. Its west boundary line is also the Wyoming state boundary shared with Idaho and the southern tip of Montana. Teton County is part of the Jackson, WY-Idaho, ID Jackson, Wyoming micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Teton County contains the Jackson Hole ski area, all of Grand Teton National Park, and 40.4% of Yellowstone National Park's total area, including over 96.6% of its water area (largely in Yellowstone Lake). History Teton County was created February 15, 1921, from a portion of Lincoln County, Wyoming, Lincoln County. Its governing organization was completed in 1922. The county was named for the Teton Range. The county was created because the inhabitants lived too far away from Kemmerer, Wyoming, Kemmerer, the county seat of Lincoln County, Wyoming, Lincoln County. The creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
