Passages From Thorofare
Book i:
Building the Thorofare Patrol Cabin
One of the Great Summers of My Life
The Thorofare Cabin Construction
Book ii:
A Month in the Yellowstone Backcountry
My Intermittent Home, 1962–1970
Book iii:
Wilderness Fisheries Biologist
Book iv:
Maintaining the Thorofare Cabin
Book v:
Patriotism in the Teton Wilderness
Deep Snow, Elk Migrations, and ...
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Passages From Thorofare
Fifty Years of Living and Working in the Remote Teton Wilderness
2005 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of the Wyoming Game & Fish Department's Thorofare Patrol Cabin. To commemorate this event, we have gathered the following stories documenting the experiences of wildlife professionals working in the Thorofare region. Authored by Game & Fish personnel, this collection of essays chronicles their adventures in an area often called the most remote location in the lower forty-eight United States .
Also included in this collection is information gathered from interviews with those who were involved in building the cabin. These recollections provide a historical account of their efforts to construct this wilderness outpost during the summer of 1955.
Prepare to relive their adventures, retrace their steps, and feel the magic of a place called Thorofare.
Passages From Thorofare . . .
Information Collected and Assembled by:
Lin Bashford
Wildlife Investigator, Wyoming Game & Fish Departmen
Tim Fagan
Game Warden, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
John Hyde
Game Warden, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Nancy Liebert
Administrative Assistant, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Allison Wildman
Administrative Assistant, Wyoming Game & Fish Department
Connie Vunk
Collections Manager, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
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Design: Kimber Swenson
Art Director, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Acknowledgements
This collection of stories is dedicated to the adventurous log men, horsepackers, cooks, and carpenters who constructed the sturdy walls of the Wyoming Game & Fish Department's Thorofare Patrol Cabin. Today, as in the past, the Thorofare Cabin continues in its role as a wilderness outpost, offering refuge and safety to Game & Fish personnel working in the backcountry.
Thank you to all Wyoming Game & Fish Department personnel, both past and present, for providing written and verbal accounts of their experiences and adventures in Thorofare. Through your efforts, a piece of backcountry history has been preserved for the benefit and enjoyment of future generations.
We especially wish to thank the staff of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center . It has been through their vision and expertise that this collection of stories has been made available for public viewing.
To view the entire collection of stories from “A Trail of Crumbs: Cooking in the Thorofare” and “Passages from Thorofare: Fifty Years of Living and Working in the Remote Teton Wilderness,” go to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center web site at www.bbhc.org.