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Mister Ed

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2. It's a mountain named for a nearby hole.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 07:52 AM

Mar 2023

Some pioneers would call a broad, flat area encircled by mountains a "hole", because it was seemingly a hole in the mountains. Among those were "Jackson's Hole", and, over on the other side of the Teton Range, "Pierre's Hole".

In Jackson's Hole was founded the town of Jackson. People eventually shortened their pronunciation of "Jackson's Hole" to just "Jackson Hole".

When a ski resort was built in the mountains that rise on the southwest edge of Jackson Hole, the resort was likewise dubbed "Jackson Hole". Its name was later made more specific, and today it is officially "Jackson Hole Mountain Resort".

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Is it a hole or a mountain? Effete Snob Mar 2023 #1

It's a mountain named for a nearby hole. Mister Ed Mar 2023 #2