In the early 19th century, the forest was visited by mountain men and explorers such as John Colter and Jim Bridger.

Colter is the first white man known to have visited both the Yellowstone region and the forest, which he did between 1806 and 1808.

Another map attributed to William Clark indicates John Colter entered Jackson Hole from the northeast, crossing the Continental Divide at either Togwotee Pass or Union Pass and left the region after crossing Teton Pass, following the well established Native American trails.

* In the spring John Colter joins Manuel Lisa at the Platte River who winters on Yellowstone River at the mouth of the Bighorn River.

Once at the mouth of the Columbia River, Colter was among a small group selected to venture to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, as well as explore the seacoast north of the Columbia into present-day Washington state.

His lone loss during that span came at the hands of American Alton Colter by a ten round, split decision.

At age 11, Colter became the pianist at her church.

Her second album titled, I'm Jessi Colter was also released that year, and debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and No. 50 on the Billboard 200.

That year, Colter launched her own nationwide tour at the Los Angeles Civic Center.

Stevie Nicks wrote the title track of the album, however after receiving word that Colter and Jennings might divorce, released her own version of the song as a duet with Don Henley, which peaked at No. 6 on Pop chart, also in 1981.

* Jessi Colter at Internet Movie Database

She created a series of landmark hotels and commercial lodges through the southwest, including the La Posada, the 1922 Phantom Ranch buildings at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and five structures on the south rim of the Grand Canyon: the Hopi House ( 1905 ), Hermit's Rest ( 1914 ), the observatory Lookout Studio ( 1914 ), the 70-foot Desert View Watchtower ( 1932 ) with its hidden steel structure, and the Bright Angel Lodge ( 1935 ); Colter decorated, but did not design, the El Tovar Hotel.

Late in her career, Colter designed the exuberant station cafe and a surprisingly sleek, Streamline Moderne cocktail lounge at Union Station in Los Angeles, now padlocked except for occasional movie shoots and Los Angeles Conservancy tours.

For the Southwest, Fred Harvey hired architects Charles Whittlesey and Mary Colter to design influential landmark hotels in Santa Fe and Gallup, New Mexico, Winslow, Arizona, and at the South Rim and the bottom of the Grand Canyon in the 1910s and 1920s.

Stevenson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Steven Fromholz ; western swing and honky tonk musicians Alvin Crow, Ray Benson ( Asleep at the Wheel ), Marcia Ball ( Freda & the Firedogs ); and Nashville-based Outlaw country musicians Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser.

Colter and Jennings had one son, Waylon Albright " Shooter " Jennings ( born May 19, 1979 ).

Colter had one daughter, Jennifer, from her previous marriage.

In 1931, the Colter Stone, a rock carved in the shape of a head with the inscription " John Colter " on one side and the year " 1808 " on the other, was discovered in a field in Tetonia, Idaho, which is west of Teton Pass.

The Jackalope was first encountered by John Colter, one of the first white men to enter what would one day be the State of Wyoming.

Often considered as one of Lewis ' two most appreciated members with John Colter.

* John Colter ( 1774 – 1812 ), one of the first mountain men, was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, Colter is best remembered for explorations he made during the winter of 1807 – 1808, when Colter became the first known person of European descent to enter the region now known as Yellowstone National Park, and to see the Teton Mountain Range.

During the expedition, Colter was considered to be one of the best hunters in the group, and was routinely sent out alone to scout the surrounding countryside for game meat.

He played on several Tony Joe White albums including The Heroines in 2004 with singers Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Jessi Colter, and Emmylou Harris and 2006's Uncovered, which featured guest appearances by Eric Clapton, J. J. Cale, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, and also Waylon Jennings in one of his last performances.

Jessi Colter was one of the few female artists to emerge from the mid -' 70s " outlaw " movement.

For the next thirty years, working as one of few female architects and in rugged conditions, Colter completed 21 projects for Fred Harvey.

: In addition, several other songs that reach the top on one of the charts does very well on the other, including " Have You Never Been Mellow " and " Please Mr. Please " by Olivia Newton-John ; " I'm Not Lisa " by Jessi Colter ; Fender's " Wasted Days and Wasted Nights "; and " When Will I Be Loved " by Linda Ronstadt.

Hermit's Rest is one of four Mary Jane Colter Buildings that, as a set, were added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared to be a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

The basin was explored by John Colter in 1807.

Colter once again decided to return to the wilderness, even though he was only a week from reaching St. Louis.

Of all of her work, though, Colter considered the sprawling, hacienda-style Spanish Colonial Revival architecture La Posada Hotel ( 1929 ) in Winslow, Arizona, her masterpiece.

* March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park ( once laughingly dubbed " Colter's Hell " after John Colter, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition ) is established as the world's first national park.

John Colter is widely considered the first mountain man and, like those that came to the Jackson Hole region over the next 30 years, he was there primarily for the profitable fur trapping ; the region was rich with the highly sought after pelts of beaver and other fur bearing animals.

* Lookout Studio was built in 1914 and is another structure that was designed by Mary Colter.

New Haven's history is promoted and preserved by two museums: the John Colter Museum downtown and the Springgate Museum in the Old New Haven Elementary School, hosted by the New Haven Preservation Society.

During his exploration, Colter became the first known European to visit what is now known as Yellowstone National Park ; he reported on what was named the eponymous Colter's Hell.

* On return trip John Colter is released from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to join Forrest Hancock and Joseph Dickson ( Dixon ) to trap the Yellowstone River.

* Mary Colter is appointed full-time architect for the Fred Harvey Company in the United States.

Colter spent months alone in the wilderness, and is widely considered to be the first mountain man.

Jessi Colter ( born Miriam Johnson May 25, 1943 ) is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit " I'm Not Lisa ".

After meeting her future husband, Colter pursued a career in country music, releasing her first studio LP in 1970, A Country Star is Born.

Dylan Colter Gandy ( born March 8, 1982 in Harlingen, Texas ) is an American football center for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.

The structure is approached by a path that passes ( and originally ran through ) a stone arch decorated with a broken bell that Colter salvaged from a Spanish mission in New Mexico.

Hermit's Rest is a component of the multi-site Mary Jane Colter Buildings National Historic Landmark, It was incorporated into the National Historic Landmark group on May 28, 1987.

Randall Colter Bean ( born January 16, 1977 in Anniston, Alabama ) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher who is currently a free agent.

Traveling first into the northeastern region of what is today Yellowstone National Park, Colter then explored the Absaroka Mountains, crossing over Togwotee Pass and entering the valley known today as Jackson Hole.