In 1895, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent homesteaders into the Jackson Hole valley with the mission of creating a community. They chose a location across from the towering Teton Range and called their new home Grovont after the Gros Ventre River. With a church and school at its heart and a distinctive arrangement of farms lining one long road, the predominantly self-sufficient outpost came to be known as Mormon Row. Mormon Row flourished and then slowly faded over the span of nearly a century, but residents left a captivating legacy. Family histories, passed down through generations, give us a glimpse of their hardship and success. Parcel by parcel, the National Park Service was gifted or acquired properties as life leases expired. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 due to its rich cultural value, Mormon Row’s remnants give life to the story of Jackson Hole at the turn of the century and highlight the role Mormons played in western irrigation and settlement patterns. Today, visitors can stand among the old structures and imagine a landscape that looks much like it did when pioneers lived on this land.