Olga D. Schultz Mauger, 21, disappeared on September 17, 1934, in the mountains above what is now Togwotee Mountain Lodge, in the Togwotee Pass area straddling Fremont and Teton counties, Wyoming — six days after marrying Carl Ralph Mauger in Harrison, Nebraska. The couple, on an elk-hunting honeymoon based at a camp near the Stalnaker hunting lodge roughly 36 miles from Dubois, had hiked for miles when Olga told Carl she was tired and stayed behind, resting on a rock within earshot of the nearby pass road, while he climbed a ridge to scout for elk. When Carl returned an estimated 20 to 30 minutes later, Olga was gone. Searchers recovered an empty sandwich bag near the spot; some accounts report no further trace, including tracks, was ever found. She was last seen wearing tan breeches, a blue shirt, and a gray pullover sweater, with high-laced boots and a small hatchet in her belt. She is described as 5'5" to 5'9", 120–150 pounds, with black hair.
A search effort led by Fremont County authorities and forest ranger K.C. "Sunny" Allan grew to more than 300 people, including Civilian Conservation Corps crews, game wardens, and Native American trackers with bloodhounds — reportedly the largest search in Wyoming history at that time — before an early-season snowstorm forced its suspension; it was not resumed with any result. Carl Mauger was held for questioning for several months; investigators also checked whether he was a man wanted in Denver on an unrelated larceny charge and determined he was not. He was never charged in connection with Olga's disappearance. In 1941, after Olga was declared legally dead, Mauger obtained a divorce from her and married Ella Tkach, a prior girlfriend. The case remains open and unsolved, documented in NamUs (case #MP27783) and by the Fremont County Sheriff's Office (case #C-15-02025). Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jason Cox at the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, 307-332-5611.
