from Ewing Young, after leaving him with the substantial amount of cash and property at the Colorado River, but was never healthy enough to return to California to try to collect payment. In January 1837, he finally was able to travel to Paris, Tennessee, to try to collect money on some investments he had made there. While there, Jackson contracted typhoid fever. He lingered for several months and died on December 24, 1837. Young's later years Ewing Young left California for Oregon in 1834. With the money and property secured from Jackson, he had capital for several ventures. In February 1841, Young died without any known heir and without a will. Probate court had to deal with his estate, which had many debtors and creditors among the settlers. Doctor Ira L. Babcock was selected as supreme judge with probate powers to deal with Young's estate. The activities that followed Young's death contributed to the creation of a provisional government in the Oregon Country. Jackson's legacy Jackson Lake, and Jackson Hole, a valley in Wyoming are named for David Jackson. The town of Jackson, Wyoming, in turn, derives its name from the valley. The Hoback Basin, a braided floodplain of the Hoback River where Bondurant, Wyoming is located, was once known as Jackson's Little Hole. Notes Citations References originally published in Jackson, John C., Shadow on the Tetons: David E. Jackson and the Claiming of the American West,'' Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1993. 1788 births 1837 deaths Santa Fe Trail American fur traders Deaths from typhoid fever