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Article: Park Service to mark Rockefeller family's donation of land to Wyoming's Grand Teton
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- June 18, 2008
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The Rockefeller family and National Park Service this weekend will quietly mark the single largest expansion of Grand Teton National Park since 1950 _ the donation of nearly two square miles (5.2 square kilometers) of property at the park's south end.
The 1,106-acre (448-hectare) parcel on the shore of Phelps Lake is the last part of the JY Ranch that the Rockefellers have not already donated to the park over the years. The family quietly donated the final portion in November but will commemorate the gift _ and the opening of a visitor center _ with a private event for 170 guests on Saturday.
"They don't want to publicize the fact that they're doing it; they just want ...