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This is a land that time forgot. From Yellowtail Dam across the Bighorn River in Montana to the 47 river-miles of Bighorn Lake, the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area rewards the visitor with spectacular scenery.
This section of the sparsely vegetated West is a geologist's delight, since textbook examples of the earth's changing face stand out sharply, testimony to earth forces which have distorted and bowed the once-level layers of rock into immense walls.
Upstream from the dam, the Bighorn River slices deep through the mountains. Spectacular nearly half-mile high cliffs loom over the river. These and other colorful cliffs lining the canyon contain fossils, relics of when this region was a shallow sea, a coastal area of tropical marshes and dinosaur inhabited conifer forests. A paved highway, with frequent turn-outs, takes the visitor through the wild horse range and to Bighorn Canyon.
The L.A.-area family we met on our sleigh ride had just flown in for a few days of frosty fun in Jackson. They'd heard Jackson Hole offers everything from big-time skiing and snowboarding to world-class wildlife viewing, shopping and culture, and they weren't disappointed.
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“The best organized mass migration in American history” began in 1846 as the first group of Mormons, led by Brigham Young, traveled from Nauvoo, Illinois to Great Salt Lake in Utah. read more
