Mar 23, 2022
Ninety years ago, Idaho farmer William Beard, along with his son, discovered something that offered…
Ninety years ago, Idaho farmer William Beard, along with his son, discovered something that offered tantalizing evidence of a legendary tale from the past. On one fine morning, in the early 1930s, the father-son duo was busy digging a field in Tetonia, Idaho, which lies on the west of the Teton Mountain Range. While working in the field, they uncovered a rock of rhyolite lava, which appeared to be carved in the shape of a man’s head. On this stone was carved “John Colter 1808”.