Moose in Teton County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Capturing Nature in a Box

Grand Teton National Park

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, July 27, 2015

1. Capturing Nature in a Box Marker

Inscription. Ansel Adams stood here in 1942 and took this photograph of the vast unspoiled beauty of the Snake River and jagged Teton Range. The National Park Service hired Adams in 1941 to capture nature as exemplified by national parks. At the time local ranchers were battling a proposal to include the Jackson Hole valley in Grand Teton National Park. Adams’s photographs helped promote and protect western U.S.landscapes.

The grand lift of the Tetons is . . . a primal gesture of the Earth beneath a greater sky. Ansel Adams

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas.

Location. 43° 45.256′ N, 110° 37.43′ W. Marker is in Moose, Wyoming, in Teton County. Marker can be reached from U.S. 26, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in the Snake River Overlook in Grand Teton National Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Moose WY 83012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Tetons Inspiring Creativity (a few steps from this marker); Meandering Snake (within shouting distance of this marker); Mount Moran

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(approx. 3½ miles away); Potholes (approx. 3.6 miles away); From Rancher to Conservationist (approx. 3.7 miles away); Teton Fault (approx. 4.6 miles away); Cascade Canyon (approx. 4.6 miles away); Fault Scarp (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Moose.

More about this marker. The left side of the marker features a photograph of Ansel Adams taking a photo from the top of a Pontiac in the Yosemite Valley in 1942. Next to this is the photograph that he took of the Snake Riber that is mentioned on the marker.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, July 27, 2015

2. Capturing Nature in a Box Marker

Marker in Grand Teton National Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, July 27, 2015

3. Marker in Grand Teton National Park

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, July 27, 2015

4. Snake River

This photo of the Snake River was taken from the same spot that Ansel Adams took the picture on the marker, but this picture was not taken from the top of a car.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 382 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 7, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.