JACKSON, Wyo. — Jenny Lake, one of Grand Teton National Park’s (GTNP) most iconic features, is named for Jenny Leigh, a young Newe (Shoshone) woman. According to GTNP, Leigh was born in 1849. She married Teton mountain man and trapper Richard ‘Beaver Dick’ Leigh around 14 to 16 years old, and the pair lived in […]
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