The Wild West Awaits
“Grant that we may live while we are yet alive.”
-Jack Huyler (Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Jack)
Generations of care.
The Rocking H Ranch has been in the Huyler family for five generations. “Grandpa” Coulter Huyler came to Yellowstone as a youth in 1898, vowing to return when he grew up. In 1925 he did so, staying in Jackson’s Hole for three days and buying three ranches. The Bear Paw, sold in the 1940’s to be part of Teton National Park, and became a summer guest (“dude”) ranch. Bar Nothing was a hunting camp. The Rocking H, with the current property at its center, was 1,000 acres of hay pasture that also bred horses for the Bear Paw and the US Cavalry.
These 20 acres with the main ranch buildings have stayed in the Huyler family and include four historic cabins and a large 1928 barn. A conservation easement on the property was donated to the Jackson Hole Land Trust in 1990, preserving its original character for future generations after hayfields were sold to adjacent ranches.
Mom and Dad.
“Mom and Dad,” Margaret and Jack Huyler, brought their three kids and horses to the ranch every summer from California starting in the 1940’s. Now retired, John, Ruth, Steve and their families continue to spend time at the Rocking H to continue the traditions.
The Rocking H is a retreat of cottonwood forest and meadows along the west bank of the Snake River, surrounded by open pastures with magnificent views of the Grand Teton, Sleeping Indian Mountain, and the Jackson Hole ski area. Only two miles south of Teton National Park, wildlife is plentiful, including Bald Eagles and Osprey, Trumpeter Swans, Moose, Elk, Mule Deer, and even the occasional Grizzly.
