| Show U K U t 1 d i ld riak IN 0 AV A EA H 1 C W R AM 5 A 74 M V M D 0 apu kno W A I 1 u ko akey a re V P 0 X aa y Z M art aa 4 X V V sq sy by ELMO SCOTT WATSON cantly tho announcement was made that tho the united states goo gravile grap uc board had approved of 0 tho the tho the names which had been selected for three hitherto unnamed peaks in the range on tho the boundary between yellowstone national park and tho the shoshone national forest in wyoming so BO arthur peak cody peak and plenty coos peak perpetuating the names of ft a president of tho the states a famous scout dudlah fighter and showman and a noted chief of tho crow indians indiana join the list of mountains that servo serve as everlasting monuments to individuals these names were suggested by tho the cody club of cody wyo tho the national park service and the national forest service in response to a request rondo made by william it handy of df irelena cadastral engineer of tho the united states public lic survey office that these peaks bo be named mr bandy has had charge of the boundary survey between tho the park and the forest which has been in progress during tho the post past yearned yearn year and nd he be discovered three prominent unnamed peaks cody coay peak with an elevation or of feet was named in honor of col william F cody 4 B buffalo bill it to la located near Pal laska tepee which was the hunting hun ting lodge built by colonel cody tit at tho the junction u of middle creek and the north fork of the shoshone river many years ago hero buffalo bill entertained many distinguished visitors whom lie he took on hunting bunting trips through this region the peak can bo be seen been from the cody road leading through the shoshone national forest into tho the yellowstone national park arthur peak ha having ng an elevation of feet was named in honor of president Ident chester A arthur who was waa tho first president to enter the yellowstone park in 1883 the peak Is located calla south of reservation peak pon on the divide between middle and canfield creeks the highest peak or of these three was named in honor of chief plenty cos far many years chief of the crow Ind indiana lans it has hai an elevation of feet and Is located between arthur and atkins peaks plenty coos died on march 4 this year at his homo home at pryor not knowing that this honor had been conferred on him b by the united states stat government plenty coos Is the anglicized version of tho the crow indian name naino aleek aleck alica aboosh meaning many achievements or plenty coups coup being the french word for stroke or blow though he was the son of a chief plenty coos did not inherit his title but won it on the gold field of battle for during his career as a warrior against the tribal enemies of the crows lie he counted coup no less than 80 times during the sioux war of 1870 77 ho he led the crow allies hofgen of gen george crook and performed valor ous oua service at the battle of tho the rosebud on juno june 17 1870 when chief crazy horse of the bioux bloux fought crook to a standstill and ahda retreated to the big indian camp on the little big horn born river where rethe the sioux chief was the leading figure in overwhelming custers Cu stera seventh cavalry after the indian wars were over plenty coos led his people in following the white maos mans road he was the first of the crows to take cp farming and he became a successful cattle ralser falser the outstanding leader of tho the crows he bo represented hta his people at many councils in washington and on november 11 1921 ho he was the leading representative of the rod red raco race at the burial of the unknown soldier in arlington at the time of MI his death plenty coos was the last of the really great chiefs so BO that it to Is singularly appropriate that a mountain peak in the runge range which bears the name of hla big people the Ab or the sparrow hawk people or crows ab should I 1 perpetuate ills his fame for future americans both white and red but plenty coos Is not thornly the tho only indian chief whose fame Is preserved in tb the p name of a mountain in the white mountains of now new hampshire there are peaks named for osceola the ahe seminole who kave gave the united states gov erni nent so much trouble about a century ngo ago and for tecumseh the great shawnee leader whose resistance to the white race ended only with hi his death at the battle of tho the thames lur dur ing the war of 1812 colorado has a mountain named red cloud to recall the namo name or of the great sioux war chief and tho the washakie Wash akle needles in wyoming to Is a perpetual monument to nomo old chief Wa loof of the Sho shoshones onea who like plenty coos fought on the side elde of tho the i bilte man in general crooks army against the sioux and in and down in the great smoky mountains or north carolina they lp ae talling tall ing of naming a foot peak dequoy 4 t 4 A V AWN k I 1 nil 41 A 4 1 t i Z aft ah ab In honor of tho the cadmus of 0 the cherokees Cherok ces sequoyah or georgo george guess the indian artist who devised an alphabet for his people it Is said bald that now hampshire leads all other american states lu in the number of mountains named for famous persons although her peaks aro are not na as high as those in other states she makes up for this in tho the numbers and in the dignity of tho the names she has a presidential range composed of 0 peaks all of them more than feet high which bear tho the names of five of our early chief executives washington adams jefferson madison monroe and elsewhere in the state mountains honoring two other 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 la Is ft a perpetual reminder of that most versa tile american benjamin franklin other historic names on peaks in the white mountain state are field clinton willey starr king and crawford crowford other states which have named their mountain peaks for presidents are washington which has a mt ML adams oregon which has a mt washington and it a ML hit Jefre jefferson colorado which has a lincoln a wilson and a U S grant montana which has a cleveland nevada which has a grant tin and utah which lias has a wilson and in alaska in tho the lofty grandeur of its 1 feet tho the highest mountain in north america stands lit aft mckinley named in 1800 2890 in honor of william mckinley so soon boon become to one of our 11 martyr presidents alaska also has a quincy adams to recall the fame of tho the second of that line who served in the white house statesmen generals explorers scientists and a great variety of other notables who left their imprint upon our libi history tory have also left their imprint upon our geography in mountains named for them starney peak the highest in south dakota la Is named for gen con W S iwarney II 11 arney mexican and civil war veteran and famous indian tighter fighter penk penic in wyoming recalls gen jolin john 0 fremont tho the Ila pathfinder thInder western explorer civil war general and prudential candidate and colorado has a aft sherman named in honor of grants right hand man lu in the civil war and commander of the army when it was engaged in subduing the indians in tho west gen william tecumseh sherman Sher mao some time ago idaho honored her famous senator william E H borah by naming the highest point in tho state after him borah peak feet and alaska lias has peaks named after three other famous senators henry cabot lodge of massachusetts joseph benson foraker of af ohio and 11 ellhu root of now york also it night might be mentioned that alaska has hag a peak named for a ma man n upon whom american boyhood looka locks with the deepest affection daniel carter beard the pioneer in the boy scout movement the list of scientists who have left their names on our high places Is a long one perhaps the outstanding one Is louis agassiz the swiss naturalist who became a teacher in this country and whose name Is preserved in mountain peaks beaks tn in arizona california and utah california also has honored in the samo same way joseph R whitney american geologist john muir the scotch naturalist who won his greatest fame in this country samuel P langley tho the american astronomer and pioneer in aviation john tyndall the british physicist john leconte the american entomologist charles darwin the english naturalist immortal for his theory of evolution alexander winchell american ican geologist and john r griesson ri esson tho the swed swedish ish inventor and designer of the craft that revolutionized naval warfare the Alo monitor of civil war fame utah has n peak which bears the name of ferdinand V hayden nay doii american geologist and explorer to colorado goes the distinction ot having perhaps the best known mountain peak in the united states pikes peak named for zebulon montgomery pike palce a native of now new jersey whose fame as an explorer came to a tragic end during the war of 1812 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 louisiana territory in 07 it was during the latter expedition that ho he discovered the peak which now bears his name although it to Is pretty certain that lie ho was not the first american to gaze upon that lofty summit that had been done several years before by an american adventurer named james pursley or purcell of kentucky more than that pike himself never reached the summit of this mountain that honor falling to the lot of a later explorer edwin james the botanist and geologist who accompanied com compa panted nied the exploring expedition of maj stephen it long to bo the rocky mountains in 1818 20 in recognition of his feat of climbing the mountain long named it james peak but in later yeara yeam that was changed to honor the name of its discoverer and became pikes peak not the least of the fame of this mountain lies iles in the fact that an expression coined during the gold rush to colorado tn in the late fifties has become a symbol of amerlean american determination on the canvas tops of the prairie schoon ets ers which wound their way across the pral ties of the great west were painted these words pikes peak or rust dust I 1 and that expression pres slon la Is still frequently heard when an american declares his firm purpose ato reach his goal no matter what diffIcult difficulties les lie ile before him not only was a member of the long expedition the first to climb pikes peak but it also climbed another peak which today bears baars the name of stephen 19 long and longs longa peak in the rocky mountain national park Is second only in fame to its sister mountain tn 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 tho the air col charles lindbergh not all of the peaks in tho the UnIt united cI states which bear tho the names of men pay tribute to americans alone for two famous mounta mountains on the pacific coast ark arc named for british naval off officers leers in oregon mount alood raises its hoary head high above the surrounding coun country and looks down from the height of feet apon the columbia river this mountain was first discovered by white men in 1702 1792 no one knows pat just which member of vers expedition first saw caw it ard gave it a name in honor of admiral samuel hood of his maJe navy people in washington have had a long dispute over one of their most famous peaks la Is it proper to say mount tacoma or mount rainier seattle insists upon honoring the name 0 i rear admiral rainier of the british I 1 ravy navy aither than that of taoan ta oma a rival city C by newspaper Mew paper union |
