Name: Hoback River

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name:

 

Latitude: 431913N

 

Longitude: 1104358W

 

Elevation: 5896 Feet

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Peak and river in Wyoming named for an early trapper with the Missouri Fur Company.

Source: Gannett, 1905 

 

Named after John Hoback who was an early explorer and trapper in the early days.

Source: WPA

 

 

Other Names: Fall River

 

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