Jackson Hole is a resort town on the border between Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, and Yanqing District, Beijing, wedged between Taihang and Yan mountain ranges.

[3] The Beijing Resplendency Great Exploit Real Estate Company hired interior designer Allison Smith to create an area of US-styled second home housing in Hebei Province.

[4][5][6] The 1,000 single-home housing development[7] used stock Western home plans from an architect in Oregon,[4] adding designs reminiscent of "Billy the Kid, Geronimo, Stagecoach Station, Betsy, Big Bear, etc.".

[6] In Smith's research she collected "cowhide, antler chandeliers, saddle blankets, lodge pole chairs, wagon wheels, Navajo rugs, iron light fixtures, wildlife scene fireplace screens, wooden snowshoes, leather throw pillows, horseshoes, Charles Russell prints and plaid curtains", and shipped them to the site in China.

"[8] As the first model was put up in a Beijing park for display, "... people apparently went nuts for it.