Name: Dead Indian Hill

County: Park

Authority Name:

Latitude: 444526N

Longitude: 1092228W

Elevation: 8645 Feet

Feature Type: Summit

Origin of Name: According to a story, some whites were attacked by Indians here. To escape the whites rigged up a dummy dead Indian and put it in full view of the Indians during the night. Seeing the “corpse” the Indians would not attack and left the locality.

Source: WPA

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