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Wyoming Wildflowers

Tiny spent many summers in Grand Teton National Park exploring the trails, mountains, and scenery.  He went backcountry skiing in the winter, camping with his family in the summer, and generally wandered the hills as often as he could.  He was a naturalist ranger in the park for a few summers and enjoyed his interactions with the visitors to the Park.

The summer of 1955 was spent cataloging and sketching the wildflowers in Grand Teton National Park.  He was working on the sketches that would be included in the famous A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers by John Craighead, Frank Craighead, and Ray Davis.

 

Tiny Hagen the skier and explorer

Grand Teton

spring skiing - 1942

Tiny loved the mountains about as much as he loved drawing, painting, and sculpting.  He felt truly blessed that the Tetons were his backyard!  

Tiny moved to Jackson, Wyoming from Plummer, Minnesota in 1932 at the age of 11.  This photo was taken in 1942 when he was 21 years old.  As noted in his handwriting, this photo was taken with Herman Seherr-Thoss.

He truly embraced Jackson and all it had to offer. The mountains were always calling, just as they are to today's explorers.