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Subject: [Leica] the west....
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Jan 27 14:20:24 2009
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On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Seth Rosner wrote:

> Nathan, the correct name is/was Jackson's Hole, so called after a  
> beaver fur trapper of the same name who made the area his principal  
> place of business. West across the Tetons on the Idaho side was  
> called Pierre's Hole, after a French-Canadian voyageur trapper who  
> called that area home. As a boy, I worked on a ranch on Idaho side  
> for two summers before there was a Grand Teton National Park. At the  
> end of each summer,  Jack Young, the ranch owner, took us kids on a  
> two-week horseback pack trip through the Tetons and the Yellowstone.  
> I first entered Jackson's Hole from Idaho side over Teton Crest  
> trail on the back of a 2-year-old Apaloosa colt (not gelding) named  
> Apache. Loved that horse so much I wrote my dad, pleading for him to  
> lend me some money so I could buy the animal and transport him back  
> to New York ;-)
>
> God's country.


and one of the most profoundly beautiful places there is Jenny Lake...

I may try to dig out a couple of  photos of that place...


Steve
>
>
> Despoiled by the central bankers.
>
> even more by the ex-vice-president whom some may remember is from  
> Wyoming.
>
> Seth
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu 
> >
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] the west....
>
>
>> Hate to tell you this, but the only reason the name "Jackson Hole"
>> rings a bell with me and most other economists in the world is that  
>> it
>> is the site of the annual love-in of central bankers...
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Seth Rosner wrote:
>>
>>> they're there, Nathan, they're there! In the Snake River, even at
>>> low 'tide'. It's just that for our purposes, this Teton country
>>> dates from two centuries ago, the euro didn't exist, the yen was
>>> unknown and bank notes didn't make their way this far west. Money
>>> took the form of beaver pelts and horses.
>>>
>>> Seth
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu
>>> >
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:12 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] the west....
>>>
>>>
>>>> I expected Jackson Hole to be all strewn with dollar, yen, euro and
>>>> perhaps pound bills ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>
>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> two more images, these from the Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Tetons
>>>>> area...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tetons.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/
>>>>> birdtetons.jpg.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe these were taken with a Leica R8,
>>>>>
>>>>> the first one with  a lux 50mm and the second with the Elmarit 19
>>>>> mm /2.8 2nd version.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> many thanks for your interest in these,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] the west....)
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