Driggs’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Driggs. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Teton Valley was discovered by John Colter in 1808, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). It later became known as Pierre's Hole, in honor of "le grand Pierre" Tivanitagon, and hosted the well-attended 1832 Rendezvous, which was followed by the Battle of Pierre's Hole.
Driggs was founded in 1888 by Benjamin Woodbury Driggs, Jr. and Don Carlos Driggs, whose descendants later moved to Arizona (where most live still), and there founded Western Savings and Loan. John Driggs, a descendant of Don Carlos Driggs, later became the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona in the 1970s.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Driggs’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Driggs’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTeton Stake House, 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Driggs
See all 2 →Driggs, decade by decade
1980s
1 historic place in Driggs
1 place in Driggs is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Teton Stake House (1914) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.