Jackson, Wyoming

Everything Jackson is known for

6 songs mention this city 1 artist from here

Music in Jackson

Songs About Jackson

Jackson Hole
Kasey Chambers
83%
"Life's gonna be better in Jackson Hole"
Jackson
Johnny Cash
82%
"We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson"
Jacksonville To Jackson Hole
The Wild Feathers
81%
"From Jacksonville to Jackson Hole"
"Jackson Hole"
The Song Remembers When
Trisha Yearwood
49%
"When a station out of Jackson played that song"
Cottonwood Lullaby
Bob Weir
39%
"Well, Jackson Hole's just not that far"

History of Jackson

Four Arches Built From Shed Antlers RoadyGoat

On Jackson's town square, all four corners are framed by arches woven entirely from elk antlers, and they're real. Each spring some seven thousand-plus elk wintering on the nearby National Elk Refuge naturally drop their antlers, and Boy Scouts have collected them since the 1960s, auctioning most every May. The Rotary Club built the first arch in 1953; it was such a hit they added one per corner, finishing the set between 1966 and 1969. A single finished arch is a mosaic of thousands of antlers weighing on the order of ten thousand pounds. Because antler is bone, the arches slowly decompose, so the originals were rebuilt one by one, with the last replacement finished around 2015. All of this sits in the cradle of Jackson Hole, the valley floor beneath the jagged Teton range, a place where the wildlife migration literally helped build the town's most photographed landmark.

Jackson: The All-Woman Town Council of 1920

1920

In 1920, Jackson elected an all-female town council — a first in American history.

National Elk Refuge: Saving the Jackson Herd

1912

Congress created the National Elk Refuge in 1912 after thousands of elk starved near Jackson.

Everything Near Jackson

13 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

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