This is a tremendous place! The growth of this park is due mainly to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Between 1927-1935 he bought 35,000 acres of farm and ranch land and donated it to the park. We spent the day at the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve. This 1,106 acre plot was donated to the park after the death of Laurence-John's son in 2001. This land had been the family retreat. We hiked around Phelp's Lake. I'm reading a new book-I Always Did Like Horses and Women a biography of Enoch Cal Carrington. He was a cowboy "character" who lived in Jackson during the early 1900s.
