Settlers used the best methods available to secure water for themselves and their livestock, and sometimes they ended up using several methods.
Here’s something to contemplate as we start another winter: The blizzards of 1948-49 in Teton Valley.
An account written by William Ross Sandy, one of Teton Valley’s first teachers, details a career that paid a hefty $55 a month to instruct a c…
On Aug. 9, neighbors Gordon D. Hansen of Hansen’s N5 Ranch, and Ted and Shana Mickelsen of Mickelsen Ranch, received the Century Ranch Award. …
April 13, 1940, was not a Friday, but it could have been. That’s the date of what some have described as Victor’s most disastrous fire.
Union Pacific Railroad and the Teton Valley Branch is a slim but detailed book that gives a thorough insight into the history of the railroad …
Driggs is no stranger recently to public works. This year it’s the Colter parking lot replacement. A couple of years ago it was the water proj…
The newly-formed Teton County Historic Preservation Commission met for the first time on Aug. 31 for an orientation and introduction.
With construction starting on the Linderman Dam this month, it seemed fitting to reprint this column from 2018.
Imagine being the first person with a camera to gaze upon the Grand Teton.
Native Americans figure into the earliest histories of Teton Valley. They are in the journals and tales of fur traders and mountain men, trapp…
Early settlers of Teton Valley often had to do things themselves rather than buying the more costly already built versions of things.
This first ran in 2018 to show the importance of giving to the museum during the Tin Cup.
A family with local roots has honored their parents and grandparents with a monument in rural Teton County. In 1915, Joe and Alice Harriman Ne…
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To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Teton Dam Disaster, Museum of Rexburg workers have created an “escape room” where visitors can flee…
The Teton Valley Museum is open once again! The hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10-5. The museum will close for the winter sometime in Oct…
Among the scores of family history books on the shelves of the Teton Valley Museum is this bound history of the Miford and Lucy Kunz family. A…
The date is Aug. 15, 1933 – at the height of the Depression.
After a year of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Teton Valley Museum is poised to reopen Tuesday, June 1.
The National Park Service and Grand Teton National Park Foundation are working in partnership to preserve and stabilize the historic John Moul…
In a short time frame, Lorin Kearsley of Victor took a plethora of photographs that document many historical events in the Teton Valley town.
Fifty-eight years ago a fire alarm atop the Victor Hotel and Cafe sounded at 2 a.m., awakening the town. The alarm signaled that the building …
Teton County and the three cities have entered into an agreement to establish a Historic Preservation Commission in order to inventory the cou…
Many story gems from pioneer times can be found in the journals and family histories of early Teton Valley settlers.
There are a couple of things my family can be happy about my grandfather’s obsession with journaling. First we get to see his impressions day …
When the Oregon Short Line Railroad was completed to Driggs (a year later than expected) on Aug. 27, 1912, Driggs had its own ceremonial drivi…
Aska Langman is well known throughout the Teton Valley community for her rescue work. Though typically, her rescues have four legs, chilly nos…
An account in a file compiled by the Teton Valley Museum gives details of how the earliest settlers of Teton Valley partied.