Album: Murie Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park

This album consists of photos and videos taken by Park Cultural Landscape Program staff as part of fieldwork performed in 2017. The media within may not reflect the current conditions of the unit. The Murie Ranch Historic District is located in Moose, Wyoming, within Grand Teton National Park. Its significance is owed to the Murie family, leaders in the conservation movement who resided on the ranch from 1945 until 2003. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. Olaus and Mardy Murie were seminal figures in the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. The property served as the setting for the writing of the Wilderness Act, as well as a place where the great minds in conservation science could converge in the protected seclusion of the Great Tetons. Although the ranch also has a history as a dude ranch that predates the arrival of the Muries, the District's period of significance spans from 1945 to 1980.