Moose, Wyoming

Moose, Wyoming
—  Unincorporated community  —
Moose, Wyoming from US 189
Moose, Wyoming Location within the state of Wyoming
Coordinates: 43°39′21″N 110°43′6″W / 43.65583°N 110.71833°W / 43.65583; -110.71833Coordinates: 43°39′21″N 110°43′6″W / 43.65583°N 110.71833°W / 43.65583; -110.71833
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
County	Teton
Time zone	Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	83012
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Grand Teton National Park headquarters

Moose is an unincorporated community in Teton County, Wyoming, United States, in the Jackson Hole valley. It has a US Post Office, with the zip code of 83012. The town is located within Grand Teton National Park along the banks of the Snake River. It is populated mostly by families with inholdings within the borders of the park.

The name Moose can also refer to the small community of Park Service houses located immediately behind the Administration offices. These houses are exclusively inhabited by Park Service employees and their families. The National Park Service maintains the Grand Teton National Park headquarters in Moose, as well as the park visitor center. A local non-profit, the Grand Teton Association, also maintains some facilities in the area to help further the NPS mission. Olaus and Margaret Murie and Olaus' brother Adolph lived in Moose for much of their lives, and today the family ranch is an educational retreat center, designated a National Historic Landmark.^[1]

The residents in Moose are counted as part of the Moose–Wilson Road census-designated place, but most of the residents live on the east side of the Snake River stretching as far south as Jackson Hole Airport, and as far north as Shadow Mountain. Most of the ranches and residences along the Moose–Wilson Road have been turned over to the national park, including John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s JY Ranch and the Murie Ranch. The commercial area in the community is centered mainly around the shops and restaurants of the Dornan family ranch inholding.

Given its central location in the Jackson Hole valley, Moose has been the setting for several motion pictures, including The Far Horizons in 1955.

References

1. ^ Michael Cassity (October 15, 2003). National Historic Landmark Nomination: Murie Ranch Historic District / STS Dude Ranch; Stella Woodbury Summer Home / Smithsonian#48TE1143PDF (32 KB). National Park Service 

Further reading

• Jones, JR (1989). reserving the Game: Gambling, Mining, Hunting and Conservation in the Vanishing West : Western Stories and Yellowstone Essays. Hemingway Western Studies Center. ISBN 978-0932129062. 
• Kreps, Bonnie. Windows to the Past: Early Settlers in Jackson Hole. 
• "Grand Teton National Park History". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/grte2/hrst.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-08. 

External links

• Dornans family Ranch