Subject	Places. Colorado. Peaks [From: Hart, John Lathrop Jerome: "Fourteen Thousand Feet...]
Title	Western History Subject Index
Description	1=--f d t the Crestone Group names, I shall give an j; De ore ea example of diversity among the same authorities in a group near Denver, which was easily accessible in a settled region. This group comprises three mountains near Wellington Lake, and I choose them because they are near my mountain home. Authority 1 2 3 Freeman Pk. (No Name) inia Pk Vir . g 1874 Hayden, Wheeler, 1877 Craig Mt. Deer Pk. Buffalo Pk. U.' S. G. S., 1891 Green Mt. Buffalo Pk. Stormy Pk. Forest Service, 1918 Green Mt. Freeman Pk. Windy Pk. VII Stormy Pk l ff . o a Bu Roger Toll, 1923 Virginia Pk.. The names that my parents taught me were again different: Green Mt., Windy Mt., and Stormy Mt. None of these mountains is a peak; none is even domed; all are long ridges. After seeing this confusion, 'we may be happy that the Crestone problem is simpler. [From: Hart, John Lathrop Jerome: "Fourteen Thousand Feet: a history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks." Denver, Colorado Mountain Club, 1925]
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