Teton Range

The Rocky Mountains are teeming with aquatic and aerial life forms. Fishing is a major lifestyle in the Rocky Mountains. As for the landscape, the Rocky Mountains is a region with high elevation. It is a very mountainous landscape. The topography range from 8,000 foot deep valleys to soaring mountains that rise above the lands. There are many amazing places people…

south. Wyoming is the ninth largest state, its land area is 97,914 sq miles. There are dozens of mountain ranges in the west include Absaroka, the Owl Creek,…

now in 8th grade). We were all there for this trip just younger. On our trip one of the main attractions we stopped at for a few days was at the Grand Teton National Park in Jackson Hole Wyoming. The Tetons are a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. While in the national park we visited a horse ranch where we rode around the Teton range, hiked around one of the lakes at the base of one of the mountains, fished, and went white water rafting. The white water rafting is where the…

It is important that Congress allocates the funds to create more national parks because they can provide full-time careers for people as well as internships and seasonal jobs. Within these parks, some of the internships which they offer are Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Internships, Youth Conservation Corps, and National Parks Business Plan Internships. Each of these internships can provide students with a more in depth knowledge about a given field and provide valuable experience. The…

Glacier, a glacier that is still visible today. Glacier National Park is like no other place I have ever seen, and I really enjoyed the exploring we got to do there. On the way home, Worth and I drove through Yellowstone National Park and The Great Teton National Park. We took the time to…

scandals is the Antiquities Act, which is when the President has the authority to set aside valuable archaeological or historical sites as federally protected national monuments. This was somewhat a scandal because JD Rockefeller Jr. wanted more of Teton Range federally protected but many people weren’t for it. Rockefeller bought all the land at the base of the mountain and offered it to the government only if they made it federally protected. They denied his offer the first time but then he…

multiple sections, the Brooks Range, Northern Rockies, Middle Rockies, Southern Rockies, and the Wyoming Basin area. Of these zones the farthest-eastern “belt” comprises of the Front Range, the Wet Mountains, the Laramie, and the Medicine Bow. The Main Range consists of the Sangre de Cristo, Sawatch, Gore, Park and Mosquito Mountains. To the southwest, the San Juan Mountains fill the area and consist of volcanic rocks. The middle rockies are made of mainly the Wasatch and Teton and can be found…

(Fig. 3) The figure displays a shield claimed to be used by a Sioux warrior named Black Horse, and which is consistent with other work of the Western Sioux, or Teton. The design and make up is best described by Frank Speck and Royal Hassrick: “Made up of deer-hide, stretched taut on a metal hoop … the face of the shield are painted symbolic decorations in red, blue, white, black, and orange … the center figure…

Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

honor of American National Park week I’d like to speak to you about why you should visit an American National Park. America’s National parks are truly the natural, cultural and historic sanctuaries of this nation. From the towering mountain ranges of the Tetons in Wyoming, to the…