Cunningham Ranch
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Cunningham Ranch
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
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Photograph - Photograph
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In the 1880s, J John Pierce Cunningham arrived in Jackson Hole in 1885 and subsisted as a trapper until 1988 when John and Margaret Cunningham staked a claim for the Bar Flying U Ranch. For the next 33 years John and his wife, Margaret, grew hay and raised cattle and sheep. By 1924 the Cunningham ranch had grown to 560 acres. However, the family left the valley for Idaho in 1928 when land was being acquired for the future Grand Teton National Park. The Cunningham's sold their ranch to the Snake River Land Company, a firm that was set-up by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to purchase land from ranchers who fell on hard times, and then later donated to the U.S. Government to become part of the new national park.
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October 7th, 2016
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