GRAND TETON A Tale of Dough Gods, Bear Grease, Cantaloupe, and Sucker Oil: Marymere/Pinetree/Mae-Lou/AMK Ranch

The University of Wyoming-National Park Service Research Center occupies a site in the northern end of Jackson Hole, within Grand Teton National Park, which provides one of the most aesthetically pleasing and unique vistas of Jackson Lake and the Teton Mountain Range. It is a piece of landscape that has had the prominent names of Sargent, Hamilton, Johnson, Berol and Lawrence intimately associated with it. These names represent individuals who shared in common a deep love for the property and the general environmental setting. Yet, it would have been difficult to have created any more contrasting individuals than those which chance brought to that unique landscape.

Therefore, it is the intent of this narrative to establish, as nearly as possible, an accurate, documented account of the homesteading of the site, the subsequent development and character of that site and the life and times of the interesting individuals who contributed to the history of the site.

Frontispiece: Jackson Lake, Sargent's Point (A), Sargent's Bay or Home Bay (B), site of Sargent's cabin (C), Johnson's lodge (D), Berol's lodge (E) and Arizona Lake meadows (F). (W. C. Lawrence Coll., Moran, WY (Jackson Hole Museum).)