Name: Battle Mountain

 

County: Sublette

 

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Longitude:  1103125W

Latitude: 431646N

 

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Elevation: 6870/2094

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Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

So named because it was nearby that a skirmish between the Indians and a posse of officers and settlers took place. It was not really a battle. Some of the Shoshone and Bannock Indians had been giving the settlers of Jackson Hole considerable trouble by killing game illegaly and acting in a very threatening manner so they were rounded up and arrested in 1895. As they were being brought back for trial the Indians made a dash for liberty. One Indian was killed but the others escaped. From this skirmish the mountain was named Battle Mountain. 

Source: WPA

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Bull Creek

 

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