The historic Colter Stone will be on display at the Colter Bay Visitor Center beginning today, through Sunday, June 30th.According to Grand Teton National Park historians, the stone is a piece of rhyolite lava carved into the shape of a human head and engraved with the name John Colter, and year 1808. Discovered in Tetonia, Idaho in 1933, the stone, if authentic, represents the only solid proof of the route followed by trapper and explorer John Colter, who explored the vast Yellowstone country during the winter of 1807-1808, and was likely the first European to ever travel the region. The Colter Stone is a part of Grand Teton National Park’s collection, and is housed at the Teton Valley Historical Museum in Driggs, Idaho for most of the year. The stone’s display coincides with the Park’s annual John Colter Day Monday, June 24th, at the Colter Bay Visitor Center.
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