Name: Teton Basin

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name: Teton Pass (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1111033W

Latitude: 434200N

 

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Elevation: 6027/1837

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Basin

 

Origin of Name: 

Teton Pass was long known as Hunt's Pass, for Wilson Price Hunt, who crossed it in 1811. Trappers and traders crossing between Jackson Hole and Pierre's Hole (Teton Basin) used it constantly for years.

Source: Wyoming Guide 

 

The name "Pierre's Hole" is derived from an incident that occurred in the early part of the century (19th). A party of Iroquois hunters in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company wandered into that locality and were there attacked by a fierce band of Blackfeet. Many were killed on both sides and the chief of the Iroquois, Pierre, was among the slain. He was a noted man among the Indian tribes and a firm friend to the whites. In consequence of the death of this chieftain in this valley his name was given to the locality. It is now called Teton Basin.

Source: Coutant

 

Basin, 20 miles long and from 5 to 15 miles wide; it is bounded on the east by the Teton Range and on the west by the Big Hole Mountains; the north end is 9 miles northwest of Driggs and the south end is 17 miles north of Palisades Reservoir; Teton County, Idaho and Teton County, Wyoming.

Source: Decisions, 1966

 

Other Names: Pierres Hole, Pierre's Hole, Teton Valley

 

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History:

Robert Campbell described Pierre's Hole in 1835. "The Valley called Pierre's Hole is about thirty miles in length and fifteen in width, bounded to the west and south by low and broken ridges, and overlooked to the east by three lofty mountains called the three Tetons, which domineer as landmarks over a vast extent of country."

Source: Coutant

 

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