Show FRO TS PEAK There has been a considerable amount of discussion among old timers as to which of the great peaks in this county Is the real Fremont Peak Captain H G Nickerson some years ago to settle the question wrote to General Fremont to identify the peak The captains letter reached General Fremont and in reply the great man said that he would look over his papers and secure the necessary data and would send the same to the cap tain at an early date Shortly afterwards General F mont died and thus this source to secure information was cut on Speaking of this matter a few days ago tie Hon John Fosher says Billy Haynes irenuns Haynes and himself spent three months in the mountains in 1S76 and while nshing In Barrets lake in a body of water at an elevation of 9000 f tone t-one and a half miles long and three quarters of a mile wide they were vis ited on the 26th of July by F W Chit tenden of the United States geological survey who was accompanied by Doctor Kndllch Mr Howe and Mr Clymar This party were on their way t what was supposed to be l Fremonts peak which overlooks Barret lake Mr Chlttendon invited in-vited Mr Fosher to accompany the party next day They were mounted on mules mounte and left the lake at 8 oclock in the morn ing and arrived on the summit at 1 oclock They left their mules at an altitude al-titude of 12000 feet and climbed up the balance of the way on foot On the north side of the peak they found a monument which had been built up seven or eight feet and on the south side of this monument monu-ment under a ledge of stone they found a letter written by Harry Young when he was on the same peak with his geological 1 geologi-cal survey party of 1874 The Chittendon party discussed the identity of this peak and having General Fremonts report with them they came to the conclusion that Fremont peak was a high mountaintop I mountain-top something like 40 miles northwest of the peak upon which they were standing Mr Fosher said that the trangular which was put in position showed the party were standing on a peak 13757 feet above the level of the sea From the top of this peak they looked down on Barretts lake and with a glass could plainly seethe see-the Haynes boys fishing on a raft on the lake They could even see the tish as they were hauled up by the sportsmen The point where the party left their mule was on a sort of a divide on one side of which they could see the big Sandy and on the other Green river Lander Clipper |