A history of Jackson,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Jackson from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Jackson was originally populated by Native American tribes including the Shoshoni, Crow, Blackfeet, Bannock, and Gros Ventre. In the early 1800s, the locality became a prime area for trappers and mountain men to travel through, one example being John Colter. After being discharged from the Corps of Discovery of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1806 at Fort Mandan, in present-day North Dakota, Colter visited Jackson Hole during the winter of 1807/1808. Other mountain men who visited the valley include Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, and William Sublette, who are responsible for many of the names in the area. David Edward Jackson gave his name to the valley after a winter spent on the shores of Jackson Lake.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Jackson’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWomen Rule Wyoming Town in the El…, 1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Jackson
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Jackson, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
12 historic places in Jackson
12 places in Jackson are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1969Miller Cabin
Listed 1978St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory
Listed 1995Van Vleck House and Barn
Listed 1999Wort HotelListed 2002Grace and Robert Miller Ranch (Boundary Increase)
Listed 2003Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43
Listed 2003George Washington Memorial Park
Listed 2003Huff Memorial LibraryListed 2023Henry and Estella Weston HouseListed 2024Coe CabinListed 2025Ellen G. Walker ShopListed 2026Coe Blacksmith ShopThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Women Rule Wyoming Town in the El Paso Herald-Post June 19, 1920 (1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (8), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.