Manges was the second settler on the west side of the Snake River after Bill Menor, setting up a homestead near Taggart Creek.
[2] James Manges (or Mangus) arrived in Jackson Hole in 1910, where he cut wood for Charles or William Wort.
The log and frame structure features wide eaves to keep the winter snow away from the walls.
Goss, amassing a total of 423 acres (171 ha), expanded the accommodations and built a rodeo ground, racetrack, baseball field and store and renaming the property the Elbo Ranch.
[3] The SRLC allowed the National Park Service to use some Elbo Ranch cabins for employee housing.