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Identifer Number	020809
Title	Origin of place name, Three Tetons, north of Ashton, Idaho, 1973
Description	This sign explains how the Grand Tetons were named. "The Three Tetons: The giant peaks to the southeast were a famous early western landmark known to fur hunters and mountain men. Perhaps as early as 1819, French-speaking trappers were calling them the Trois Tetons -- the three breasts. More prosaic English-speaking mountain men named them the Pilot Knobs, but the romantic French name stuck. This is one of the finest views of the peaks from the west, the side from which they were seen by the men who named them." Image has been lightened.
Date.Original	1973
Place	Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho)
Subject	Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) -- Pictorial works Signs and signboards -- Idaho -- Ashton -- Pictorial works
Batch Number	B197
Material Culture	Signs
Genre	Material culture Vernacular architecture Slides
Creator	Fife, Austin E. Fife, Alta Stevens
Photographer	Fife, Austin E.
Publisher	Utah State University Library
Type	Image
Source	USU Fife Slide Collection, FOLK COLL 4 no. 3, ID number
Rights	Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Libraries folklore curator, phone (435) 797-3493
Date.Digital	2005-03
Format	JPG
File size	230.603 kb
Height	526
Width	800
Color space	RGB
Scanner	EverSmart Jazz CreoScitex

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Origin of place name, Three Tetons, north of Ashton, Idaho, 1973