Approximately in size, the park includes the major peaks of the long Teton Range as well as most of the northern sections of the valley known as Jackson Hole.

Jackson Hole valley climate at that time was colder and more alpine than the semi-arid climate found today, and the first humans were migratory hunter-gatherers spending summer months in Jackson Hole and wintering in the valleys west of the Teton Range.

Sublette named the valley east of the Teton Range " Jackson's Hole " ( later simply Jackson Hole ) for Davey Jackson.

Though the Teton Range was never permanently inhabited, pioneers began settling the Jackson Hole valley to the east of the range in 1884.

The valley of Jackson Hole remained primarily in private ownership when John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his wife visited the region in the late 1920s.

Nestled along a mountain river and in a wide valley along a creek, Cullowhee is one of the oldest settlements in Jackson County, and reportedly had the first school in the area, a one room school in 1830.

The Rock House, strategically situated in an area where the Cumberland Plateau gives way to the Calfkiller valley, was a common stopover for figures important to the early history of the state, including Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston.

Andrew Jackson Splawn, who traversed the valley in 1861 on his way to the nearby mines with his cattle, wrote of his experience:

John later went to Kentucky, but Samuel returned to the river valley with his new wife Charity Pringle ( née Cutright ), her brother John Jr., friends Thomas Hughes, and John and Elizabeth Jackson with their sons George and Edward.

The first was the Valley Campaign of 1862, in which Confederate General Stonewall Jackson defended the valley against three numerically superior Union armies.

While winters in the valley are generally mild, snow is not unusual in the higher elevations of Jackson County around Cashiers or Balsam.

* Jackson Hole a valley of the Teton Range in Western Wyoming

It is not difficult to see why The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson chose this superb valley as an important location in his films.

Viewed from Jackson Hole valley looking west, the high peaks of the Teton Range rise more than 7, 000 feet ( 2, 135 m ) above the valley floor.

Jackson Hole, originally called Jackson's Hole, is a valley located in the U. S. state of Wyoming, near the western border with Idaho.

The valley is thought to have been named after David ( Davey ) Edward Jackson who trapped beaver in the area in the early nineteenth century.

The only incorporated town in the valley is Jackson, sometimes also mistakenly called Jackson Hole itself.

Grand Teton National Park occupies the north-western part of the valley encompassing much of the Teton Range as well as Jackson Lake.

In the fall, he explored nearly the entire length of the Grand River valley by canoe, from Jackson to Lake Michigan.

The Tetons, as well as the valley west of the Teton Range known today as Pierre's Hole, may have been named by French speaking Iroquois or French Canadian trappers that were part of Mackenzie's party.

The Llethryd Tooth Cave, or Tooth Hole cave, is a Bronze Age ossuary site in a limestone cave, about 1, 500 yards ( 1. 4 km ) north, north west of the Parc Cwm long cairn cromlech, on private land along the Parc Cwm valley, near the village of Llethryd.

Clough is a northern dialect word for a steep sided, wooded valley ; a large part of Boggart Hole Clough is made up of these valleys and is said to be inhabited by boggarts.

The county was named for Goshen Hole, a valley in the southwest part of the county At least four conflicting stories are available for the origin of the name Goshen Hole.

Other creeks found on the right bank ( south and west ) of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Lycoming County are relatively minor, including Antes Creek in the Nippenose valley ( in Limestone and Nippenose Townships ), Mosquito Creek ( at Duboistown ), Hagermans Run ( at South Williamsport ), and Black Hole Creek ( at Montgomery ).

Mountain biking trails are publicly accessible in the Big Hole mountains on the west side of the valley and in the Bridger-Teton National Forest mountains ( outside of the wilderness area ) on the east side of the valley.

He named the lush headwaters valley of today's Gardner River Gardner's Hole.

They cleared the land that surrounds Black Hole Creek in the valley between Bald Eagle Mountain and Penny Hill.

The Great Island Path was a major trail that ran north along the Susquehanna River from the Saponi village of Shamokin at modern Sunbury, fording the river there and following the west bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River north until White Deer Hole valley.

In 2007, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution conducted the " Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition " ( AGAVE ), which made some unanticipated discoveries, including the unconsolidated fragmented pyroclastic volcanic deposits that cover the axial valley of the ridge ( whose area is greater than 10 km < sup > 2 </ sup >).

As the Kirat dynasty came to an end in the valley, parts still remained in the eastern mountains where they are considered to be the forefathers of today.

Solomon then lifted the ant above the valley, but the ant said it was not fitting that Solomon should sit on a throne while the ant remained on the ground.

Irish and Portuguese immigrants remained as ranchers in the area after making enough on the gold fields to purchase property tracts in the valley.

French priests settled among the Penobscots, and the valley remained contested between France and Britain into the 1750s, making it one of the last regions to become part of New England.

Goldendale has remained the employment, business, commercial and banking center for the valley and, as the county seat, is the location for Klickitat County's courts and government offices.

However, by the 14th century the Ouse valley was regularly flooding in winter, and frequently the waters remained on the lower meadows through the summer.

French priests settled among the Penobscots, and the valley remained contested between France and Britain into the 1750s, making it one of the last regions to become part of New England.

Richelieu also introduced the seigneurial system, a semi-feudal system of farming that remained a characteristic feature of the St. Lawrence valley until the 19th century.

It was built to insure that the Ohio River valley remained under French control.

A small settlement remained at the Petone site as the whole valley was believed to be well suited as farm land.

The Philips both remained in the valley until their deaths.

In contrast, the Urseren valley remained more isolated, though they had some connections to the Leventina valley.

Of these regular forces, 200 British regulars and 300 to 400 Germans were assigned to St. Leger's Mohawk valley expedition, and about 3, 500 men remained in Quebec to protect the province.

Later, when the civilian settlement moved back and down to the Mur valley while the dwelling on the hill remained a fortified place, the name was transformed to Libniz and Libenizze ( 12th century ), Leibentz and Leybencz ( 13th and 14th century ), and finally Leybnitz ( 14th and 15th century ).

During the 12th century the settlement and its surrounding area, including the Sulm valley to the west, became territories of the church-state of Salzburg and remained so for more than 400 years.

The Bishops of Basel and Lausanne remained loyal to King Henry IV, and took the Rheinfelden lands in Oberaargau and the upper Aare valley.

Unlike the Don to the east, the Humber remained relatively free from industrialization as Toronto grew, mainly because it is much flatter and does not provide a large river valley to build in.

Just north of the San Francisco Bay, one valley named Redwood Canyon remained uncut, mainly due to its relative inaccessibility.

Glarus remained under the authority of the Abbey until 1395, when the Glarus valley broke away from the Abbey and became independent.

Despite the decree, there has been a continual Jewish presence in Jerusalem for 3, 300 years, and 43 Jewish communities in Israel remained in the 6th century: 12 on the coast, in the Negev, and east of the Jordan, and 31 villages in Galilee and in the Jordan valley.

Brigade Headquarters remained in the valley, to the south.

Intent on capturing the important crossroads of Route 17 south of Kapyong, and most likely unaware of the location of the Australian blocking position, the Chinese vanguard remained in the low ground, splitting as they approached a long, low north-south running ridge that rose like an island in the mouth of the valley.