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Digest #5159
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Congrats, Susan and David! by "fplobdell" deadbugman
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Re: Congrats, Susan and David! by cuber86
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Colorado completion. by
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The Origin of State Highpoint Names by highptlw
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Re: The Origin of State Highpoint Names by "Scott Surgent" surgent1

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Congrats, Susan and David!
Tue Sep 29, 2015 5:46 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"fplobdell" deadbugman

Hearty congratulations to Susan Paul and David Johnson on their completions of the county HPs of Colorado.  Susan finished on Vermilion Peak in San Juan County on Sept. 19 and David completed on Gwynedd Mtn. in Mineral County on Sep. 26.  They are, respectively, the 36th and 37th compl eters of the Centennial State, and the first two to finish this year.

Thanks to Dave Covill and Andy Martin for this information.

Fred Lobdell
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Re: Congrats, Susan and David!
Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:24 am (PDT) . Posted by:
cuber86
Huge, huge congrats to both of you!!!! Susan, I know you've been wanting this for a long time. Wish I could've been there for both of your finishers...

Oh, and make sure you sign the famed ice axe. Or else Dave Covill WILL track you down ;)

~Chris G (ChrisinAZ)
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Colorado completion.
Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:
Susan / David,

Welcome to the CO CoHP completion club! A tough, complex state to finish. Nice job.

Last I saw, it was Mitchler trolling the planet with the CO ice axe. Maybe he left it in Agrihan?

Jobe Wymore
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The Origin of State Highpoint Names
Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:56 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
highptlw


THE ORIGIN OF STATE HIGH POINT NAMES



INTRODUCTION -



I was requested by John Mitchler to research the Indian names for State highpoints and develop a list. I agreed as I thought this would be a very interesting exercise and it has. My research found four State highpoints that still retain their Native American names and ten more State highpoints that went by a Native American names in the past. That left 36 state high points with no references to Native Americans. It became apparent to me I needed to add more to this list and I decided to broaden this list to include a general origin of State high point names. By doing so I was able to increase my list of State highpoints with named origins to 41 States.



Many state highpoints have been named after explorers, geologists, surveys and military commanders.



The recent renaming of Mt Mc Kinley to Denali by President Obama is not the first time a highpoint has been renamed and may not be the last time either. Mt Rainier, WA is being considered to being renamed its original. The present name Rainier was actually a portly British Admiral Rainier who actually fought against America during the Revolutionary War yet bears the name of Washingtons highest point!



Clingmans Dome, Tennessee was named after Senator Thomas Clingman who supported the Confederacy and who refused to resign his Senate seat; being one of ten Senators expelled from the Senate in absentia.



Mount Mitchell, North Carolina was named after Elisha Mitchell a geologist who died trying to prove that Mount Mitchell was the highest mountain in North Carolina, after slipping from a cliff near a 40 foot waterfall, hitting his head and drowned. The stories go on and on as you will read below.



Alabama - Cheaha Mountain 2,405 ft  Creek Indian word for high place is Chaha. http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2565 http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2565 looks like a nice place for a future HP Convention.

Alaska- Denali  The Great One 20,310 ft - The name Denali is a based on the Kyukon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyukon_language name of the mountain, Deenaalee translated as "the high one". The Koyukon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyukon are a people of Alaskan Athabaskans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan_Athabaskans settling in the area north of the mountain. A gold prospector, William Dickey, named it Mount McKinley in 1896, after President William McKinley. The state of Alaska officially changed the name to Denali in 1975. On August 31, 2015, with President Barack Obama's approval, Sally Jewell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior officially renamed the mountain Denali http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/30/politics/obama-alaska-denali-climate-change/. Discovered in 1794 by British explorer George Vancouver Denali was first summited on June 7,1913 by Hudson Stuck, Walter Harper, Harry Karstens and Robert Tatum were the first to reach the south summit.

Arizona  Humphreys Peak  12,633 ft (Hopi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_language: Aaloosaktukwi, Navajo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_language: Dook?o?oos?d

In the 1500s, Spanish Conquistadors searching for gold came upon the Peaks and named them Sierra Sinagua, which means mountains without water. The name didnt really stick because the Conquistadors quickly left in search of the Grand Canyon and other gold. In 1629, some Franciscan Friars who were doing missionary work in the area named the mountain San Francisco Peak in honor of patron St. Francis of Assisi (note that this was more than 100 years before the city of San Francisco in California was founded). On many maps today, the official name is printed as San Francisco Mountain, but most people call it the Peaks or San Francisco Peaks.

G.K. Gilbert gave Humphreys Peak its moniker in 1873. He named the mountain after his superior officer, Brig. Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, who was a captain with the Ives Expedition in 1851.
Arkansas  Magazine Mountain  2,753 ft -No information available.



California  Mount Whitney  14,495 ft - In July 1864, the members of the California Geological Survey named the peak after Josiah Whitney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Whitney, the State Geologist of California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California and benefactor of the survey. During the same expedition, geologist Clarence King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_King attempted to climb Whitney from its west side, but stopped just short. In 1871, King returned to climb what he believed to be Whitney, but having taken a different approach, he actually summited nearby Mount Langley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Langley. Upon learning of his mistake in 1873, King finally completed his own first ascent of Whitney, but did so a month too late to claim the first recorded ascent. A month earlier on August 18, 1873, Charles Begole, A. H. Johnson, and John Lucas of nearby Lone Pine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Pine,_California, had become the first to reach the highest summit in the contiguous United States. As they were fishermen, they called the mountain Fisherman's Peak. But in 1891, the United States Geological Survey's Board on Geographic Names decided to recognize the earlier name of Mount Whitney. The name Whitney has remained, resisting a movement after World War II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II to rename the mountain for Winston Churchil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchilll.

Colorado  Mount Elbert  14,433 ft -The mountain was named in honor of Colorado statesman Samuel Hitt Elbert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hitt_Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the State and was Governor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado#Governors_of_the_Territory_of_Colorado of the Territory of Colorado 1873-1874. Henry W. Stuckle of the Hayden Survey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Survey was the first to record an ascent of the peak in 1874. The mountainous terrain is categorized as Class 1 to 2 Level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System or A+ in mountaineering parlance. Mount Elbert is referred to as the "gentle giant" that tops all others in the Rocky Mountains.

Connecticut  Mount Frissell  2,372 Ft - No information available.

Delaware  Ebright Azimuth  442 ft - "Ebright Azimuth" is not a person's first and last name. James and Grant Ebright owned the property on which the benchmark was placed.

Florida  Britton Hill -345 ft - Named after the lumber mill baron who developed the area, William Henry Britton, the record setting peak is marked by a stone marker in the middle of a dilapidated rotunda.

Georgia - Brasstown Bald  Enotah  4,784 ft - The mountain is known to the native Cherokee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee people as Enotah. It is named for the former Cherokee village of Brasstown,


Hawaii - Mauna Kea  White Mountain  13, 796 ft - Mauna Kea is called the White Mountain because of the snow that covers its summit. Mauna Kea is a short version of Mauna a Wakea, a name that connects it to the sky father, Wakea.


Mauna Kea, also known by its original name Mauna a Wakea is a sacred place for Hawaiians. Wakea, sometimes translated as "Sky Father" is considered the father of the Hawaiian people.



While it is the dwelling place of the goddess Poli'ahu http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/culture/poliahu.html it is also associated with the Hawaiian deities Lilinoe and Waiau. The summit was considered the realm of the gods and in ancient times was kapu (forbidden) to all but the highest chiefs and priests. Occasionally Hawaiian ali'i (royalty) would make the long trek to the top, the last royal visitor being Queen Emma in 1881 who led her companions on the arduous 6 hour journey to the top to see the summit and rejuvenate herself in sacred Lake Waiau.



Charles F. Goodrich an American missionary on August 26, 1823, Joseph F. Goodrich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Missionaries_to_Hawaii, an American missionary, made the first recorded ascent in a single day; however, a small arrangement of stones he observed suggested he was not the first human on the summit.



Idaho- Borah Peak -12,662 ft - Borah Peak (also known as Mount Borah or Beauty Peak) The mountain was nameless until it was discovered to be higher than Hyndman Peak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyndman_Peak, previously regarded as the state's highest point. In February 1934, the U.S. Geological Survey named it for William Borah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Borah, the prominent senior U.S. Senator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate from Idaho, who had served for nearly 27 years at the time. An outspoken isolationist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_non-interventionism, the "Lion of Idaho" ran for president two years later in 1936 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_presidential_election#Republican_Party_nomination, but did not win the Republican nomination, and died in office in 1940.



Illinois  Charles Mound  1,235 ft - Elijah Charles, one of the region's first permanent settlers, arrived in 1828 and settled at the base of the mound and the hill assumed his name.



Indiana  Hoosier Hill  1,257 ft - The best evidence, however, suggests that "Hoosier" was a term of contempt and opprobrium common in the upland South and used to denote a rustic, a bumpkin, a countryman, a roughneck, a hick or an awkward, uncouth or unskilled fellow. Although the word's derogatory meaning has faded, it can still be heard in its original sense, albeit less frequently than its cousins "Cracker" and "Redneck."



Iowa- Hawkeye Point  1,670 ft - The Hawkeye State is a popular nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the Iowa State web site, Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name. The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight years before Iowa became a state, named after Chief Blackhawk.


Kansas- Mountain Sunflower - 4,039 feet Mount Sunflower is the highest point in Kansas. It is located at the far west side of Kansas on the Harold Family Ranch in Wallace County.

Kentucky  Black Mountain  4,139 ft No information available.

Louisiana  Driskill Mountain  535 ft - Louisianas Driskill Mountain is just a few miles southwest of Ruston. In 1859 James Christopher Driskill bought 324 Louisiana acres with this mountain thrown in, and descendants of his nine children still inhabit the area today.



Maine  Mt Katahdin  5,268 ft -Translation: The Greatest Mountain-the storm god Pamola is known to frequent its summit http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Mount-Kahtadin-Maines-Highest-Mountain.htm http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/Mount-Kahtadin-Maines-Highest-Mountain.htm He first recorded climb of "Catahrdin" was by Massachusetts surveyors Zackery Adley and Charles Turner, Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Turner,_Jr. in August 1804. In the 1840s Henry David Thoreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau climbed Katahdin, which he spelled "Ktaadn"; his ascent is recorded in a well-known chapter of The Maine Woods.



Maryland  Hoye Crest  3,360 ft - Located just inside of Maryland along Backbone Mountain is Hoye-Crest. At an elevation of 3,360 feet (1,020 m), it is the highest point in the state of Maryland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland. The location, named for Captain Charles Hoye, founder of the Garrett County https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_County,_Maryland Historical Society.


Massachusetts  Mt Greylock Wawanotewat  3,487 ft- Chief Graylock was a Western Abenaki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abenaki_people warrior chieftain. In 1723 war broke out between the British and the French, Chief Graylock sided with the French and led many daring raids against the British in the Connecticut River Valley. http://www.berkshireweb.com/sports/hiking/graylock.html http://www.berkshireweb.com/sports/hiking/graylock.html The mid-1720s conflict known as Dummer's War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Rale%27s_War (also known as Greylock's War, Three Years War, Lovewell's War, Father Rasle's War, or the 4th Indian War) was perhaps the most pitched series of battles and raids between the region's English colonists and groups of the Wabanaki Confederacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabanaki_Confederacy. The mountain was known to 18th century English settlers as Grand Hoosuc(k). In the early 19th century it was called Saddleback Mountain because of its appearance.

Michigan  Mount Arvon 1,978 ft - No information available.

Minnesota  Eagle Mountain  2,301 ft Mo information available.



Mississippi  Woodall Mountain  806 ft - Northeast Mississippi proudly features their states high point, named for Civil-War veteran and county sheriff Zephaniah Harvey Woodall, Jr. The mountain itself saw battle action as well: the Battle of Iuka was fought close by, and it is believed Union General William S. Rosecrans used the prominence as an observation post.

Missouri  Taum Sauk  1,772 ft - Indian Chief of the Piankashaws http://missouri-vacations.com/taum-sauk-mountain-state-park/index.htm http://missouri-vacations.com/taum-sauk-mountain-state-park/index.htm Taum Sauk was an honored chieftain of the Piankashaw tribe who inhabited the area in the early nineteenth century. The mountains loveliest feature, the 132-foot Mina Sauk Falls, is named for his daughter who cast herself from this height after the execution of her forbidden Osage lover.

Montana - Granite Peak - 12,799 ft - Granite Peaks first ascent was made by Elers Koch, James C. Whitham and R.T. Ferguson on August 29, 1923 after several failed attempts by others. It was the last of the state highpoints to be climbed.

Nebraska  Panorama Point  5,426 ft - Art Henrickson and Claude Alden discovered the highest point in October 1951 using a WWI altimeter.



Nevada  Boundary Peak  13,140 ft - No information available.

New Hampshire - Mt Washington Agiocochook  6,288 ft - Home of the Great Spirit or Mother Goddess of the Storm The first European sighting of Mount Washington was by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano http://gonyc.about.com/od/photogalleries/ss/Empire-State-Building-103rd-Floor_10.htm (1485-1528), who first noted "high interior mountains" from the coast in 1524 as he sailed north. First ascent Darby Field accompanied by two Abenaki Indians in June 1642 http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/MtWashingtonFacts.htm http://climbing.about.com/od/usstatehighpoints/a/MtWashingtonFacts.htm

New Jersey High Point  1,803 ft - The land for High Point State Park, donated by Colonel Anthony R. and Susie Dryden Kuser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_R._Kuser of Bernardsville, New Jersey, was dedicated as a park in 1923.


New Mexico  Wheeler Peak  13,161 ft - was named after George Montague Wheeler, who led expeditions to map the vast area Already leading expeditions in the area after the Civil War, Formerly named Taos Peak, after the nearby town of Taos, New Mexico, it was renamed Wheeler Peak in 1950.



New York Mount Marcy  5,344 ft - Indian name is Tahawus which means Cloudsplitter http://www.highpeaksclimbing.com/ADKS/Marcy/Marcy.htm http://www.highpeaksclimbing.com/ADKS/Marcy/Marcy.htm First climbed on August 5, 1837 by William Redfield named after New York Governor Marcy who narrowly missed being nominated for President in 1852 and served as Secretary of State from 1853 to 1857. Dont we know someone like that today who followed a similar career path? Hillary Clinton. From NY Senator to US Secretary of State to Presidential candidate.


North Carolina  Mount Mitchell  6,684 ft Andre Michaux, a French scientist and botanist, is believed by some historians to be the first European to climb Mt. Mitchell in 1789. Found in Yancey County http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/629/entry, Mount Mitchell is the largest mountain in North Carolina. The tall peak is part of the 15-mile long Black Mountain Range; the range itself contains six of the ten tallest mountains in the eastern United States. At 6,684 feet, Mount. Mitchell remains the highest point in the state as well as in the eastern part of the country.


Andre Michaux, a French scientist and botanist, is believed by some historians to be the first European to climb Mt. Mitchell in 1789. John Fraser, an English counterpart to the French botanist Michaux, explored the region during the late 1700s. Fraser fir trees, naturally found in the Black Mountains, are named for the English botanist.

Mount Mitchell is named in honor of Elisha Mitchell, a professor who taught at the University of North Carolina http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/733/entry. In the mid-1830s, Mitchell explored the Black Mountains and studied its height of through barometer readings. During this time, many scientists had assumed Grandfather was the tallest peak in North Carolina, but these claims were eventually rebutted by Mitchells study.

After Professor Mitchell revisited the region in 1838 and 1844, he determined that the highest point in eastern America was in the Black Mountains, rather than in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, as was previously believed (Powell, p. 769). Mitchell concluded that Mount Mitchell was 6,672 feet tall, only twelve feet off the true height of the mountain.

Congressman and former student of Mitchells, Thomas Clingman http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/750/entry, debated whether Mitchells calculations were correct. After Mitchell had made his calculations, Professor Mitchell and Congressman Clingman argued over the location of North Carolinas highest mountain. During the summer months of 1857, Mitchell sought to build upon his claim and he embarked on a hike on Mount Mitchell. However, his journey proved fatal when he slipped and fell from cliff near a 40-foot waterfall, hitting his head and drowning; he was sixty-three years old.

After Mitchells death his body was eventually interred at the summit of Mount Mitchell. Governor Zebulon Vance http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/557/entry became an ardent support of Mitchells evidence, and the mountain was named in his honor.

North Dakota  White Butte  3,506 ft- Name comes a chalky white color resulting from the bentonite clay found in the local rocks and soil.

Ohio  Campbell Hill  1,549 ft -To European settlers, Campbell Hill was first known as Hogue's Hill or Hoge's Hill, perhaps a misspelling of the name of the person who first deeded the land in 1830, Solomon Hoge. Solomon Lafayette Hoge was born on July 11, 1836 in nearby Pickrelltown, a short distance southeast of Bellefontaine. In 1898, the land was sold to Charles D. Campbell, in whose name Campbell Hill is now known. Campbell sold the hill and surrounding land to August Wagner, who was the original brewer of Augustiner and Gambrinus beers.

Oklahoma Black Mesa  4,973 ft No information available.

Oregon  Mount Hood  Wy-East - 11,239 ft - The first white men discovered the mountain on October 29, 1792, when British Navy Lt. William E. Broughton and his crew (representing King George III) saw it from the Columbia River near the mouth of the Willamette River. Broughton named the peak for famed British naval officer Admiral Samuel Hood (who never saw the mountain). First climbed on August 14, 1845 by 3 members of the Barlow party - Sam Barlow, Joel Palmer and Phillip Locke.



Pennsylvania  Mount Davis Negro Mountain  3,213 ft - The high point was named for John Nelson Davis, an early settler, American Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War veteran, surveyor, and naturalist known for his studies of the mountain's flora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora and fauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna. During the Civil War, Davis served in the 102nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E. Details behind the naming of Negro Mountain are not precisely known and a number of local stories have circulated in the past. The various stories seem to share, however, a couple of elements. One is that of a band of white soldiers or hunters skirmishing with Indians on the mountain during colonial times. The other is the presence with the whites of an African-American https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American companion  variously named "Nemisis" or "Goliath" indicating his great strength or size  who accompanied the whites and died valiantly during the fight. The most popular version of the story] takes place during the French and Indian War, in the year 1756, when frontiersman Colonel Thomas Cresap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cresap is known to have led a force against Native Americans on the mountain. A member of his force, a black slave or a scout named "Nemisis," was killed in the battle. The mountain was accordingly named "Negro Mountain" in his honor.



Comment: Another state highpoint name steeped in controversy. AK, WA & PA.



Rhode Island - Jerimoth Hill  812 ft - is named for Jerimoth Brown, a fellow who owned the hill and much of the surrounding land in the late 1800s. According to Foster historian Viola Ulm, most people pronounce the name incorrectly. "It's Jer-eye-moth," she told a Providence Journal reporter in 2002.

South Carolina  Sassafras Mountain  3,554 ft - No information available.

South Dakota - Harney Peak  7,242 ft - "Hinhan KagaPaha" making of owls, the mountain of the sacred owl or the sacred scary owl of the mountain  called by the Lakota people. It is the sacred site where Black Elk received his Great Vision and thus, the Black Elk Wilderness, which borders the peak, is named after this revered religious leader of the Oglala Lakota.

Harney Peak was named for General William S. Harney, a military officer who served in the U.S. Army from 1818 to 1863. Harney fought pirates in the Caribbean, served in the Seminole http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1800s/p/Second-Seminole-War-1835-1842.htm and Black Hawk Wars, and commanded the 2nd Dragoons in the Mexican-American War http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/Mexican-AmericanWar/a/The-Mexican-American-War.htm in the late 1840s. General Harney entered the history of the Black Hills in 1855 when he led troops against the Sioux at the Battle of Ash Hollow, one of the first battles of a 20-year war waged against the Plains Indians. After the battle the Sioux nicknamed him "Woman Killer" because women and children were killed. It's ironic that his name is now attached to one of the sacred mountains of the Sioux.



Although many Native Americans, including Black Elk http://www.netplaces.com/philosophy-book/the-forgotten-philosophers/the-medicine-wheel.htm, climbed Harney Peak, its first recorded ascent was by Dr. Valentine McGillycuddy on July 24, 1875. McGillycuddy (1849-1939) was a surveyor with the Newton-Jenney Party, which was looking for gold in the Black Hills, and later was an Army surgeon, who tended Crazy Horse http://archaeology.about.com/cs/military/bb/littlebighorn.htm at his death. He was later mayor of Rapid City and the first Surgeon General of South Dakota. After his death at age 90 in California, McGillycuddy's ashes were interred atop his below Harney Peak. A plaque reading "Valentine McGillycuddy, Wasitu Wacan" marks the spot. Wasitu Wacan means "Holy White Man" in Lakota.

Tennessee  Clingmans Dome - Kuwahi  6,643 ft -The Cherokee know the mountain as Kuwahi or Mulberry Place and consider it a sacred place. According to legend, medicine people would come to the mountain to fast and pray, seeking guidance from the Creator, then they would return to the people of Kituhwa with the guidance and instructions. Clingmans Dome name after Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812  November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate from the state of North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina between 1858 and 1861. During the Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War he refused to resign his Senate seat and was one of ten senators expelled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress from the Senate in absentia. He then served as a general in the Confederate States Army.

Texas  Guadelupe Peak - 8,749 ft - Guadalupe is a Spanish place name, the site of a famous convent, which means "river of the wolf" in Arabic. In the 16th century Our Lady of Guadalupe supposedly appeared in a vision to a native Mexican man, and she is now regarded as a patron saint of the Americas.

Utah  Kings Peak  13,528 ft - The peak was named for Clarence King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_King, a surveyor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveying in the area and the first director of the United States Geological Survey. Kings Peak is generally regarded as the hardest state highpoint which can be climbed without specialist rock climbing skills and/or guiding.



Vermont Mount Mansfield  Mozodepowadso- 4,393 ft - Abenaki word means mountain with a head like a moose. http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/whats-in-a-name-sleuthing-a-mountain-called-mansfield/Content?oid=2243973 http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/whats-in-a-name-sleuthing-a-mountain-called-mansfield/Content?oid=2243973 The name Mansfield was suggested in 1777 by Dr. Thomas Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_%28American_revolutionary%29, an American revolutionary and Boston Tea Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party participant. French explorer, Samuel Champlain discovered Mt Mansfield in 1607. https://books.google.com/books?id=9Jc6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=samuel+champlain++mt+mansfield&source=bl&ots=4S5wvplcAq&sig=cg3IUhfVDEjsAwjHwmBgsH36dMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIs47B_4_3xwIVyHs-Ch1uggnJ#v=onepage&q=samuel%20champlain%20%20mt%20mansfield&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=9Jc6AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=samuel+champlain++mt+mansfield&source=bl&ots=4S5wvplcAq&sig=cg3IUhfVDEjsAwjHwmBgsH36dMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIs47B_4_3xwIVyHs-Ch1uggnJ#v=onepage&q=samuel%20champlain%20%20mt%20mansfield&f=false

Virginia  Mount Rogers  5,729 ft -The mountain is named for William Barton Rogers, a Virginian educated at the College of William & Mary, who taught at William & Mary and the University of Virginia, became Virginia's first State Geologist, and went on to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.



Washington  Mount Rainier T-Swaq 14,411 ft - the sky wiper, it touches the sky - or Tahoma is "that frozen water http://www.thinkbabynames.com/names/1/water". From the Puyallup Tribe http://www.thinkbabynames.com/names/1/tribe.


Mount Rainier was once known by its many native names. Now, an alliance of tribal members is moving forward with a proposal to restore an original name to this Northwest landmark. But a long bureaucratic process lies ahead. British explorers named Mount Rainier for a Navy captain who fought to put down the American Revolution. During the American Revolutionary War, Rainier was severely wounded on 8 July 1778, while capturing a large American privateer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privateer. He was promoted in rank and went on to become Captain of the 32-gun frigate HMS Astraea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Astraea_%281781%29. He commanded her on the Jamaica Station from 1786 to 1790.

In 1790, he became the commander of HMS Monarch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Monarch_%281765%29. On 8 May 1792, George Vancouver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vancouver named Mount Rainier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier in modern-day Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_%28U.S._state%29 after Captain Rainier:

"The weather was serene and pleasant, and the country continued to exhibit between us and the eastern snowy range the same luxuriant appearance. At is northern extremity, Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22E.; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, after my friend, Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguish by the name of Mount Rainier, bore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rainier,_junior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rainier,_junior





Puyallup tribal member Robert Satiacum says what he's proposing is not a name change so much as a restoration. "When they showed up here it got changed. They changed it. That's part of the process I think when you conquer," Satiacum says.

The question then becomes which original name to use.

"Tahoma, Tacobeh, Pooskaus, Tacoma ... There are all these different names," he says.

Tahoma  the mountain that was God

Satiacum says members of his group pondered and prayed before choosing Ti'Swaq&#39;.

"And what that means is the sky, the sky wiper. It touches the sky," Satiacum says.

Satiacum's Alliance to Restore Native Names is first seeking the support of the National Park Service. A Mount Rainier spokesman says the agency doesn't currently have a position and may not take one.

Then it's on to the Washington and U.S. Boards of Geographic Names, a process that could take years. Those panels typically demand evidence of broad local support for any name change.

Native names for other Northwest peaks:

Mt. Adams = Pah Do Mt. Baker = Kulshan Mt. Hood = Wy'East Mt. St. Helens = Suek


West Virginia  Spruce Knob  4,861 ft - No information available.

Wisconsin  Timms Hill  1,951 ft - Town closest to Timms Hull is called Ogema, derived from the Anishinaabemowin word ogimaa meaning "chief. Origin of state's name: Based on an Indian word "Ouisconsin&quot; believed to mean "grassy place.

Wyoming- Gannett Peak  13,804 ft - Named for Henry Gannett geographer, mapmaker and astronomer. On June 7, 1922, the U. S. Geographic Board officially confirmed that the mountain, the highest point in Wyoming, would henceforth be named for the father of American map-makingHenry Gannett. Gannett Peak is the highest peak in the Wind River Range and the ... The first ascent was made in 1922 by Arthur Tate and Floyd Stahlnaker.





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Re: The Origin of State Highpoint Names
Tue Sep 29, 2015 11:06 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
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On 29 September 2015 at 18:56, highpt43@optimum.net [cohp] <
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> *Iowa- Hawkeye Point*  *1,670 ft* - The *Hawkeye State* is a popular
> nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the Iowa State web site, Two
> Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name.
> The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight
> years before Iowa became a state, named after Chief Blackhawk.
>

The highpoint was not known until the 1980s - it was believed the IA
highpoint was Ocheyedan Mound. At some point in the last 15 years it got
the name "Hawkeye Point". Is it official?

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> *Nevada  Boundary Peak*  *13,140 ft* - No information available.
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> The original survey line (Von Schmidt) between CA and NV was off by a mile
or so. The correct boundary cuts immediately south of the little bump that
is Boundary Peak, placing it barely inside Nevada. I am not sure if the Von
Schmidt line placed the peak in California. This could be something to
expand upon for the article.

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> *Oklahoma Black Mesa*  *4,973 ft* No information available.
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> It's a huge mesa that stretches across New Mexico and Colorado and appears
dark from a distance.

There are about a million "Black Mesas" in the west, along with all the Red
Mountains and Pine Mountains.

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