Menor's Ferry - Grand Teton - 9/14/07

We had a rather quiet day after our river rafting trip. In the late afternoon we decided to see the new $24m Moose Visitor's Center. There was a lot of hands on stuff and the building was really neat.

We then went into the historical part of the park. Long before roads and bridges connected sites in the now park, a need existed for homesteaders and travelers to get across the Snake River. Few places occur where the river confines its meandering to one channel with stable banks and William Menor settled on one of these sites in 1894, he proceeded to build a ferry. Preserved all these years, his cabins, ferry system and other buildings remain opened.

The cabin was last whitewashed in early 1972 by the boy scouts. They used a lime wash that was provided by the park rangers.
It's hard to tell by this picture, but the ferry is still in tact with all the cables, pullies and a raft. Historical pictures show people crossing with their wagons actually on the ferry. Can you imagine?

This is the mountain view from the front yard of the cabin. Not too shabby.

These were growing and I just couldn't resist ...