Name: Battle Lake

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1070022W

Latitude: 410909N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 9239/2816

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Lake

 

Origin of Name:

Located on the west side of the divide, named for the mountain, so called because of an Indian skirmish in the early days. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, was one of the early vacationers in Wyoming. While fishing at Battle Lake, near Saratoga, the frayed ends of a bamboo fishing rod gave him the idea for materials to use in the invention of the incandescent light.   

Source: WPA 

 

Other Names:   

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Bridger Peak

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

 

Pictures: