Desperate scenery

About this book

This book, a part of a series of books collectively titled Items on the Grand Account is about Elliot Paul's experiences just before and during the building of the second Teton Lake Dam. Paul, who worked for the U.S. Burea of Reclamation, is hired to obtain materials that will be used to construct the second Teton Lake Dam. (The first dam had failed , due to improper construction) Paul hires several of his friends, and starting in Ashton, Idaho, and later in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Paul related the experiences that he and his friends had in building the road from Ashton to Jackson Hole. It includes experiences being snowed in in Jackson Hole, and building the dam during the worst of the winter conditions.