![]() At this point, the town of Moran no longer had problems acquiring supplies. In 1907 they sold the post office to Sheffield. The Elk Horn hotel was very successful, and kept the Allens busy. For this same reason, the Yellowstone troops made Moran their home base. The Elk Horn Hotel was often the first rest stop that travelers would encounter after leaving the South Gate. With the advent of the military road, it was also much easier for tourist traffic to travel south out of Yellowstone to see the Tetons. ![]() The majority of Yellowstone’s visitors accessed the park through the north and west entrances, but enough visitors used the south entrance to justify the $15,000.00 approved by Congress to construct a road from the Upper Geyser Basin (Old Faithful) to Yellowstone’s south entrance. They catered to overnight travelers coming from the south entrance of Yellowstone via the military road that was built between 18. The Elk Horn Hotel was one of the first road-side hotels in the valley, also known as roadhouses. From this point on, Moran became the name of the small town that would soon be populated with visitors from Sheffield’s lodge and the Reclamation Service camp. ![]() She named the post office Moran after the mountain that dominated the landscape. In 1902, Maria Allen received permission to open the post office on their ranch. This tiny mercantile was the sole supplier of goods in the northern end of the valley during the early years. The Deloneys, who owned a mercantile store in the town of Jackson at the southern end of the valley, opened a small general store in the bottom floor of the Elk Horn. They found enough business to operate the Elk Horn, despite the nearby larger Teton Lodge, built by Sheffield in 1903. The Allens homesteaded nearby and built the Elk Horn Hotel in 1897, which catered to traffic using the military road going to Yellowstone. Shortly after the fire they sold their homestead along with neighbor Frank Lovell to Benjamin Sheffield. Reports show that the Smiths operated a roadhouse that burned in 1900. Photo by Samantha FordĬharles and Maria Allen, Frank Lovell, and Cap and Clara Smith were the first homesteaders in the area is now known as Moran. View of Jackson Lake and the Tetons from the Allen Cemetery. From the collection of the Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum Prices for hotels in Jackson were last updated today.Charles and Maria Allen.
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