Kelly, WyomingKelly, Wyoming as seen from Gros Ventre Road
Kelly is in the Grand Teton National Park and borders the National Elk Refuge. The population is around 240.
This IS Kelly's business district
This tiny western community has a shop offering sandwiches, coffee and a few supplies and there is a very small post office. It is only about 15 miles to Jackson from Kelly. Residence in the small town of Kelly, Wyoming
Small log house in Kelly with beautiful views of the Teton Range. Kelly, Wyoming is in the Grand Teton National Park.
Yard decorations in Kelly, Wyoming
A sign of the true western style of living in Kelly, Wyoming.
Residential area of Kelly, Wyoming
The lots and the houses all appear to be small in Kelly, Wyoming. Seems rather ideal for this tiny western community. Public building in Kelly, Wyoming located about 15-miles northeast of Jackson
One of the larger buildings in Kelly, Wyoming. Not sure of the purpose of this building.
Gros Ventre River flowing past Kelly, Wyoming
The town of Kelly, Wyoming is situated between the Gros Ventre River and Gros Ventre Road with the river on the south side and Gros Ventre Road on the north side. It was the Gros Ventre River that flooded destroying the town of Kelly back in 1927 killing 6-residents. The flood destroyed most of the town, leaving only the church and the schoolhouse standing. The story of the flood that destroyed the town of Kelly is an interesting one involving a huge "landslide". In 1925, following weeks of heavy rain, approximately 50,000,000 cubic yards of rock and debris slid off the north face of Sheep Mountain a few miles upstream of Kelly. The rock and debris slid into a narrow valley formed by the Gros Ventre River. The rock formed a large natural dam, backing up the water and forming Lower Slide Lake. Over time the lake and dam eventually stabilized. Then came heavy snows in the winter of 1926-1927, and the higher than normal snow melt was accompanied by weeks of heavy rain in May 1927. On May 18, 1927 residents started to notice debris from the flooding of the upper valley floating downstream in the river. A group of residents went to the dam and discovered that the lake had overflowed the top of the dam and was beginning to erode it. The warning was given, and most residents of the town evacuated. That warning is why only 6 died. You can visit the Gros Ventre Slide and dam by continuing on Gros Ventre Road east of Kelly. There is a pullout parking area and informational kiosk explaining the geologic event that shaped history in this area back in 1925 and again in 1927. Direction Sign located on the southeastern end of Antelope Flats
If you drive east on Antelope Flats Road in Grand Teton National Park you will get to this sign about one mile before reaching the small town of Kelly, Wyoming.
Only a few hundred yards from this sign you will find Kelly Hot Springs the local swimming hole. Then a few more miles up Gros Ventre Road you will come to the Gros Ventre Slide Overlook and information Kiosk. Another mile or so east of Gros Ventre Slide is Lower Slide Lake. All these places are worth visiting.
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