Jackson

Jackson (also referred to as Jackson City"Jackson") is a town located in Jackson County, Wyoming, and one of the many locations that Joel and Ellie reach during their journey across the United States in The Last of Us and where they reside during The Last of Us Part II."Tommy's Dam""Jackson" Maria and Tommy helped grow the town into a thriving community for survivors.How you doing, baby brother?
== History ==
At some point following the initial outbreak, FEDRA took over the hydroelectric dam. It was later abandoned.
Sometime after Tommy left the Fireflies, he came across a town in Wyoming which had been made into a settlement by Maria and her father. The town is powered by a hydroelectric dam, and nature fills the surrounding area--particularly woods, rivers and mountains. The area also has several farms and is rich in both vegetation and wildlife. However, the dam is constantly being raided by bandits.
=== Events of The Last of Us ===
==== Restoring the dam and fighting bandits ====
Joel and Ellie travel to Jackson County in hopes of seeing Joel's brother Tommy in the town of Jackson. Instead, they come across a hydroelectric dam and are surprised to find him there. Tommy introduces them to his wife Maria and warmly welcomes them. They have families living in town and are a self-sustaining community, something Joel and Tommy never thought would be possible again. Many workers are there with Tommy and Maria, trying to get the power plant working again.
Soon after arriving, the townsfolk manage to get a generator working again, bringing power back online to the nearby town. Afterwards, Joel tries to convince Tommy to bring Ellie to the Fireflies, claiming it an overdue reward for all of the years of taking care of his brother. Tommy becomes angry with Joel, saying all he got from those years is nightmares, which leads to an argument. However, they stop when a group of bandits attack the plant. Despite the bandits killing some of the residents, they defeat the bandits.
Seeing Joel's care for Ellie, Tommy agrees to take her to the Fireflies, much to Maria's displeasure. In retaliation for Joel giving her away, Ellie takes a horse and runs off. Joel and Tommy pursue her, encountering enemies on the way. The pair find Ellie at a ranch house where Ellie and Joel have another argument before bandits ambush them again. Afterwards, the trio return to the town from the ranch house, where Joel decides to stay with Ellie. Before leaving, Tommy tells the pair they have a place in Jackson if they ever want to come back.Adios
==== Accepting Joel and Ellie ====
After the events in Salt Lake City, Joel and Ellie return to Jackson, driving most of the way until they reach a collapsed section of the road overlooking the town. They walk through the woods to the overlook, and the two stop. Ellie confesses her survivor's guilt to Joel, who consoles her, saying that surviving is a struggle, but they have to keep "finding something to fight for." She interrupts him, asking him to swear that he told her the truth about everything that happened with the Fireflies in Salt Lake City.I swear
Weeks later, the pair are revealed to have been accepted into the Jackson community, with Ellie even getting her own place in the converted garage of Joel's house. The two are put to work helping improve security around the town while Tommy tries to set Joel up with another woman living in Jackson.The Last of Us: One Night Live
=== Events of The Last of Us Part II ===
==== Relative peace and facing infected hordes ====
Joel and Ellie integrated well into the community; Joel moved into a large house, and Ellie converted the house's garage into a home of her own. Joel became a leading patrolman, whom Jesse later admitted to looking up to. Ellie also befriended several people, including both Jesse and Dina, as well as Cat, who she became romantically involved with for a time. She regularly patrolled with Jesse, Dina, and Joel."Seattle Day 2" 
Between 2034 and 2038, Jackson remains a thriving community. However, the infected have migrated into the area in the form of hordes, especially in the winter months. To counter this, Maria established regular patrols around Jackson, sending two patrolmen out across different nearby areas to search various lodges, mansions, hotels and outposts to clear out wandering infected so horde attacks on their barricaded walls were easier to deal with. They created a notice board to designate where patrols where going. The areas around Jackson they patrol are: Teton County, Wilson Valley, Hoback Pass, Elk Creek, Alpine Valley and Colten Bay. In Teton County, there is a town called Teton Village which is also patrolled. Along with residential neighborhoods, this village features a supermarket, pharmacy, and a library that Eugene Linden had turned into a residence sometime before his death.
To keep track of infected nesting in the different areas, the patrolmen make notes in various log books located in safe outposts within the areas they traverse to. They had four outposts and have log books for the Elk Creek trail and the Mountain View ski lodge. Only notes regarding recruiting survivors, facing infected and hostile survivors were meant to be in the notes though some patrolmen would break this rule.
The patrolmen regularly rotate between areas, always traveling in pairs. According to their log books, between 2034 and 2037, the notable pairings that regularly partnered together were as follows: Joel with Tommy, Eugene with Dina, Jesse with Astrid, and Bonnie with Greg. Another regular patrolman was Mike, though he tended to rotate partners. Tara was another notable patrolman.Tara's invitation Ellie also occasionally went on patrol, though only ever with Joel and Tommy. Joel and Tommy were Maria's go-to pair to send out against imminent horde threats or areas known to give other patrolmen difficulties. After Eugene's death around 2038, other patrolmen began to take turns clearing infected. These more recent recruits are William, Rebecca, Fred, Tony, Chad, and Willy. Ellie also replaced Eugene as Dina's primary partner. Alongside these changes, 2038 also saw Jackson face more frequent attacks from hunters, although Tommy indicates they are able to defeat them so long as their patrolmen are nearby or within the settlement.
Regarding life in the main town, it is revealed to house several horses, cows and chickens, and maintains a thriving farm and greenhouses. The town is filled with markets, stores, welding shops, pubs and eateries, and even a cemetery to lay their dead to rest. The people within the town live in relative peace, resembling the times before the outbreak, able to have dance parties and family events in the church hall.
==== Conflict with the WLF ====
On March 2nd, a Jackson patrolman reported that around seven hundred infected were spotted between all four of their outposts in the night. Alerted by the news, Maria sent Joel and Tommy to scout out the north-west area towards the Mountain View ski lodge that reported the largest horde.
Concurrent to Tommy and Joel heading there on patrol, Abby Anderson from the Washington Liberation Front in Seattle, Washington brought with her a group of friends and colleagues whom she led to the area to find, capture, and interrogate Tommy with the goal of learning about Joel's whereabouts. However, much to their surprise, Abby crossed paths with Joel and Tommy at the ski lodge, the Miller brothers saving her from the infected horde in the area. Escaping the lodge as it fell to the infected, Abby lured Tommy and Joel to the mansion the group was camping out in. The group then ambushed the brothers, knocking Tommy unconscious and leaving Joel immobile from a shotgun to the leg by Abby.
A while after, as Abby was torturing Joel, Ellie discovered the mansion and was seized by some of Abby's friends. Ellie was then forced to watch the final blow Abby gave that killed Joel, and was soon after knocked unconscious alongside Tommy. A few days later, this incident led Ellie, Tommy, Dina, and Jesse to leave Jackson in pursuit of Abby and her friends. Ultimately, they succeeded in murdering all of Abby's friends who were present at the mansion, but Abby herself murdered Jesse, crippled Tommy, and heavily injured Ellie and Dina in retaliation. Nevertheless, Ellie, Dina and Tommy managed to return to Jackson safely."Seattle Day 3"
By 2039, the community is still thriving, with Dina and Ellie able to live on a farm a few miles from the settlement. They were also accompanied by Dina's newborn son JJ, whom she had with Jesse before he died. Maria also remains the leader, though she has separated from Tommy after his revenge quest left him bitter and crippled."The Farm"
== Known inhabitants ==
*Adam 
*Alex
*Astrid
*Bobby
*Bonnie
*Buckley 
*Callus 
*Cat
*Cedric
*Chad
*Christine
*Claire Linden
*Dina
*Earl
*Ellie Williams
*Esther
*Eugene Linden 
*Eric 
*Fred
*Greg
*Gustavo
*Heather
*Houser
*Japan 
*Jesse 
*JJ
*Ismael
*Jeremy
*Joel Miller 
*Joey
*Jonny
*Kailey
*Katherine
*Kelly
*Khanh
*Kristen 
*Max
*Maria Miller
*Mike
*Mina 
*Robin
*Ruby
*Scott
*Seth
*Shimmer 
*Sidney 
*Steve
*Tara
*Tammy
*Tommy Miller
*Tony
*Veronica
*Wendy
*William
*Willy
== Gallery ==
=== The Last of Us ===
JacksonCounty.png|Joel, Tommy and Ellie overlooking the town of Jackson.
The Dam.jpg|Joel and Tommy observe the generator.
Tommy's Dam.jpg|The front of the dam.
Jackson.png|Ellie and Joel returning to Jackson.
File:Jackson guard 2.jpg|Jackson people guarding the walls
File:Jackson guard.jpg|A Jackson guard
File:Jackson guard 3.jpg|Another Jackson guard
File:Jackson dam workers.jpg|Jackson dam workers fixing the generator
File:Jackson dam staff.jpg|Jackson dam staff working
File:Jackson dam worker.jpg|Jackson dam worker taking cover
File:Jackson dam worker 2.jpg|Jackson dam worker fighthing bandits
=== The Last of Us Part II ===
Ellie in Jackson.png|Ellie in the church of Jackson.
Dead Jackson teenagers.jpg|Dead Jackson teenagers.
Jackson wall.jpg|Jackson's secure walls.
Jackson dartboard.jpg|A dartboard in the Jackson pub.
Jackson instruments.jpg|Instruments in the Jackson pub.
Jackson bakery.jpg|A bakery in Jackson.
Jackson butchers.jpg|A butchers in Jackson.
Tommy in ski lodge.jpg|The Jackson ski lodge.
Jackson noticeboard.jpg|A noticeboard in Jackson.
Jackson snowman.jpg|Children playing the snow in Jackson.
Jackson BBQ.jpg|The Jackson BBQ.
Jackson square.jpg|Jackson square.
Jackson farming3.jpg|Ellie approaching the Jackson greenhouses.
Jackson farming2.jpg|Farming in Jackson.
Jackson farming.jpg|A Jackson greenhouse.
Jackson fire.jpg|People around a fire in Jackson.
Jackson tools.jpg|The workshop in Jackson.
Jackson ladder.jpg|The town information board in Jackson.
Jackson daycare1.jpg|A big Jackson day care.
Jackson daycare2.jpg|A small Jackson day care.
Jackson patrols.jpg|The Jackson patrol time table.
Jackson cows2.jpg|Cows in Jackson.
Jackson lookout logbook.jpg|A Jackson log book.
Jackson afar.jpg|Jackson from afar.
Jackson cemetary.jpg|The cemetery in Jackson.
== References ==
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fr:Comté de Jackson
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Category:Locations in Wyoming