Show amsk i w JB asi 11 fi M I 1 t K f DO you iknou mai g wissi ws 1 K 1 uiko they 1 aj 1 are ai J 11 V W i f u 1 ff A K J r w b s by ELMO SCOTT WATSON the announcement waa made that the united states geographic board had approved of the the names which had been selected for three hitherto unnamed peaks in the range on the boundary between yellowstone na park and the shoshone national forest in wyoming so arthur peak cody peak and plenty coos peak perpetuating the dameg ot a president of the united states a famous scout indian fighter and showman and a noted chief of the crow indians join the list of mountains that berve as everlasting monuments to individuals these names were suggested by the cody club of cody wyo the national park service and the national forest sen ice in response to a request made by william R handy of helen i cadastral engineer of the united baates public survey office that these peaks be named mr bandy has had charge of the boundary survey between the park and the forest which has been in progress during the past year and be discovered three prominent unnamed peaks cody peak with an elevation of waw ctet was named in honor of col william buffalo 11 it Is located near I 1 tepee which was the hunting lodge built by colonel cody at the junction of middle reek and the north fork of the shoshone bho shone river years ago here buffalo bill entertained distinguished visitors whom he took on hunting trips through this region the peak a be seen from the cody road leading through the shoshone national forest into the yellowstone national park arthur peak having an elevation of feet wis named in honor of president chester A arthur who was the first president to enter the yellowstone Tellow stone park in 1883 the peak Is located south of reservation peak on the divide between middle and canfield creeks the highest peak of these three was named in honor of chief plenty coos for many years chief of the crow indians it has an elevation of 10 feet and Is located between arthur and atkalns peaks plenty coos died on march 4 this year at his home at pryor not knowing that this honor had been conferred on him by the united states government plenty choa Is the anglicized version of the crow indian name aleek abea aboosh meaning many achievements or plenty coups coup being the french word for stroke or blow though be was the sn of a chief plenty coos did not inherit his title but won it on the field of battle tor during his career as a warrior against the tribal enemies of the crows he counted coup no less than 80 times during the sioux war of 1876 77 he led the crow allies of gen george crook and performed valor ous service at the battle of the rosebud on june 17 1870 when chief crazy horse of the sioux fought crook to a standstill and then retreated to the big indian camp on the little big horn river where the sioux chief was the leading figure in overwhelming custers seventh cavalry after the indian wars were over plenty coos led his people in following the white mans road he was the first of the crows to take up farming and he became a successful cattle 1 the outstanding leader of the crows he represented bis people at many councils in washington and on november 11 1021 he was the leading representative of the red race at the burial of the unknown soldier in arlington at the time of his death plenty coos was the last of the really great chiefs so that it Is singularly appropriate that a mountain peak in the range which bears the name of his people the Ab or the sparrow hawk people or crows should perpetuate his fame for future americans both white and red but plenty coos Is not the only indian chief fame Is preserved in the name of a mountain in the white mountains of new hampshire there are peaks named for osceola the seminole who gave the united states government much trouble about a century ago and tor tecumseh the great shawnee leader whose resistance to the white race ended only with his death at the battle of the thames during the war of 1812 colorado has a mountain named red clowa to recall the name of the great sioux war chief and the washakie Wash akle needles in wyoming Is a perpetual monument to noble old chief washakie Wash akle of the shoshones Sho who like plenty coos fought on the side of the white man in general crooks army against the sioux and in 1878 77 and down in the great smoky mountains of north carolina they are talking of naming foot peak fw ah in honor of the cadmus of the cherokees sequoyah or george duoss the indian artist who devised an alphabet tor his people it Is said that new hampshire leads all other american states in the number of mountains named or famous persons although her feiks are not as high as those in other states she makes up tor this in the numbers and in the dignity of the names she has a presidential range composed of peaks all of them more than feet high which bear the names of five of our early chief executives washington adams jefferson madison monroe and elsewhere in the state mountains honoring two jtb er presidents jackson and lincoln then there are two honoring men who nearly became president clay and webster one in honor of a famous foreigner who was a friend of the young republic lafayette and another which Is a perpetual reminder of that most versatile american benjamin franklin other historic names on peaks in the white mountain state are II ancock field clinton walley starr king and crawford other states which have named their moun tain peaks for presidents are washington which has a mt adams oregon which has a mt wash ington and a mt jefferson colorado which has a lincoln a allson and a TJ S grant mon tana which has a cleveland nevada which has a grant and utah which has a allson and in alaska in the lofty grandeur of its feet the highest mountain in hiorth Amerl ci stands sit mckenley named in 1896 in honor of WU mckenley so soon to become one of our martyr presidents alaska alo his a adams to recall the fame of the second of that line who served in the white house statesmen generals explorers scientists and a great variety of other portables potables po tables who left their imprint upon our history have also left their imprint upon our geography in mountains named for them peik the highest in south dakota Is named for gen W S IIa raey mexican and civil war veteran and famous in dian fighter JF remont peak in wyoming recalls gen john C fremont the pathfinder refet explorer civil war general and presidential candidate and colorado has a alt sherman heres the answer if you ere unable to identify the men elioe picture ire hown above they re the following 1 col W F cody buffalo bill cody peak tn wyoming elevation feel 2 zebulon monta omery pike pike feet peak in colorado elevation 1410 3 president william mckenley ml me kinley in alaska elevation feel 4 chief plenty coot plenty coo peak in wyoming elevation feet 5 gen stephen H long long peak aa colorado elevation feet 6 president Pret ident A arthur arthur peak in elevation feet 1 L named in honor ot grants right hand man in the civil war and commander of the army when it was engaged in subduing the indiana in the west gen william some time ago idaho honored her famous sen ator william E borah by naming the highest point in the state after him borah peak 12 feet and alaska has peaks named after three other famous senators henry cabot lodge of massachusetts joseph benson foraker of ohio and ellhu root of new york also it might be mentioned that alaska has a peak named for a rain upon whom american boyhood looks with the deepest affection daniel carter beard the pioneer in the boy scout movement the list of scientist who have left their on our high places Is a long one perhaps the outstanding one Is louis agassiz the swiss natu who became a teacher in this country and whose name Is preserved in moun tain feiks in arizona california and utah california also hab honored in the same way joseph R whitney Amerl cin geologist john melr the scotch naturalist who won hla breit est fame in this country samuel P langley the american astronomer and pioneer in aviation john tendall the british physicist john le conta the american entomologist charles dar win the english naturalist immortal for his theory of evolution alexander winchell amer acin geologist and john the swedish inventor and designer of the craft that bevolo lionized naval warfare the monitor of civil war fame uenh a peak which heirs the name of V american geologist and explorer to colorado goes uie distinction 01 havin perhaps the best known mountain peak in the united stites pikes peak named for zebulon montgomery pike a native of new jersey whose fame aa an explorer came to a tragic end during the ar of pikes explorations in the west included an expedition to trace the mississippi river to its source in 1805 00 and an exploration of the newly acquired lou issana territory in 07 it was during the latter expedition that he discovered the peak which now bears his name although it Is pretty certain that he was not the first american to gaze upon that lofty summit that had been done several years before by an american ad named james pursley or purcell of kentucky more than that pike himself never reached the summit of this mountain that hon or falling to the lot of a later explorer ed win james the botanist and geologist who accompanied compa nied the exploring expedition of maj stephen long to the rocky mountains in in recognition of his feat of climbing the mountain long named it james peak but in later years that was changed to honor the name of its discoverer and became pikes peak bisot the least of the fame of this mountain lies in the fact that an expression coined during the gold rush to colorado in the late fifties his become a symbol of american alon on the canvas tops of the prairie schoon ers which wound their way across the pral ries of the great west were painted these words pikes peak or basti and that ex pres slon Is still frequently heard when an american declares his firm purpose to reach hia goil no matter what difficulties lie before him not only was a member ot the long alon the first to climb pikes peak but it also climbed arother peak which today bears the name of stephen long and longs peak in the rocky mountain national park Is second only in fame to its sister mountain in colorado recently colorado has added another to its list of mountains which honor famous men by giving a peak the name of that fearless explorer of the air col charies lindbergh not all 0 the peaks in the united states which bear the names of men pay tribute to americans alone for two famous mountains on the pacific coast are named for officers in british naval oregon mount alood raises its hoary head high above the boks down from surrounding country and the height of feet 18 ahls upon S d sc by white fl men in 1702 no one knows fars itt of expedition w d admiral L eave lt a balne ln bonor of samuel nood of bis maje navy ln ston have had a long dis 0 of it nap thear iahost camou s sf by union |