The Haley Cabin
Haley Cabin is named for Jack Haley, who came to western Wyoming around 1898 to work as a tie hack, cutting and hauling timber for the millions of ties needed by the Union Pacific Railroad to foot its 8,342 miles of iron rails. Tie camps in the area employed up to one hundred men, the biggest economic venture ever to reach the upper Green River Valley. Today guests at the Flying A Ranch ride through areas where they can see remains of camp cabin foundations.
Jack Haley, like many of the valley's early settlers, got his start in ranching with a stake from tie company wages. He leased his pasture to big cattle men down the river and took pride in keeping his fences in good order. He went so far as to let all the wire down each fall and then nail it up again in the spring. That way, he said, the deep winter snow never broke it down. Jack made himself available to help his neighbors with their haying, and was known for being adept at tanning leather.
Jack kept a garden where he annually grew almost one hundred pounds of onions to see him through the winter. In fact, he lived mostly on beans, potatoes and of course, the onions. In the spring his neighbors would give him tails of beavers they had trapped. It was said that Jack would cook up about a dozen beaver tails with three gallons of beans and then eat himself into a stupor.
Haley Cabin has a queen-size bed, shower, kitchenette, living room with fireplace, and a covered deck with views of the upper lake and mountain range.