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The annual John Colter Day celebration will be held Monday, June 29, at Colter Bay Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park. Colter explored the vast Yellowstone country during the winter of 1807-08, and was likely the first European-American to \u00a0travel the region. This marks the eighth year that Grand Teton has offered special presentations to highlight the life of John Colter and the mountain men of the 1800s.<\/p>\n

John Colter Day Highlights include:<\/b><\/p>\n

Colter Stone Display \u2014 June 26-July 6, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n

This stone\u2014on loan from the Teton Valley Historical Museum in Driggs, Idaho\u2014 is a piece of rhyolite lava carved in the shape of a human head and engraved with the name John Colter, and year 1808. Discovered in Tetonia, Idaho in 1933, the stone, if authentic, represents the only solid proof of the route followed by trapper and explorer John Colter.\u00a0 As a member of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806, Colter was given an early discharge from the Corps of Discovery. He set out on his own from a fur traders\u2019 fort in the southern Montana territory and he traveled south to present-day Cody, Wyoming. On his return, he passed through an area that is now part of Yellowstone National Park. A section of his journey may have brought him through Jackson Hole, over Teton Pass, and along the western slope of the Tetons.<\/p>\n

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Presentations at Colter Bay Visitor Center \u2014 June 29, 2015<\/b><\/p>\n

11 a.m. \u2013 The Story of the Colter Stone<\/b><\/p>\n

Ranger Naturalist Dan Greenblatt will detail the legend and history of this fascinating artifact.<\/p>\n

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2:30 p.m. \u2013 John Colter: Mountain Man Superhero<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Barbara Mueller, professor of anthropology at Casper College, will discuss the life of John Colter, widely considered to be the first mountain man of the American West.<\/p>\n

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5 p.m. \u2013The Story of Sacagewea<\/b><\/p>\n

Local author, historian and storyteller, Ken Thomasma, will talk about Sacagewea, a Shoshoni woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition across the western United States from 1804-1806.<\/p>\n

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7 p.m. \u2013 Mountain Man of Jackson Hole<\/b><\/p>\n

Ranger Andrew Langford will re-create the rugged life of a mountain man, enduring brutal winters and physical dangers in unmapped West during the 1800s.<\/p>\n

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9 p.m. \u2013 Adventures of John Coulter, Mountain Man<\/b><\/p>\n

Dr. Barbara Mueller, professor of anthropology, will discuss the adventures of John Colter.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Colter Day events, please call the Colter Bay Visitor Center at 739.3594.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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