Coulter Memorial, Jackson, Wyoming
by Greg Kopriva
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Coulter Memorial, Jackson, Wyoming
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Greg Kopriva
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The Coulter Memorial is located inside the George Washington Memorial Park at the center of Jackson, Wyoming. More generally known as "Town Square", the park is notable for its elk-antler arches at each corner of the park, collected from the nearby National Elk Refuge by Boy Scouts and periodically rebuilt. The square originally existed as an open space in the center of town that was made into a park in 1934. In 1803, Colter was offered the rank of private and a pay of five dollars a month when he was recruited to join what became the Lewis and Clark Expedition. A number of locations in northwestern Wyoming have been named after him, notably, Colter Bay on Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park and Colter Peak in the Absaroka Mountains in Yellowstone National Park. The inscription on the base of the statue reads "This Beautiful Memorial is Dedicated in Loving Memory of the Teton County Veterans, Jackson's Hole, Wyoming. Photograph © 2015 Greg Kopriva.
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