Name: Gallatin Range

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1105303W

Latitude: 445500N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 9003/2744

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

Range, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., watershed between Gallatin and Gardiner Rivers. Named after the river, for Albert Gallatin, distinguished statesman, which was so named by Lewis and Clark, 1805. The river rises in Gallatin Lake, on the west slope of the range.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Other Names: East Gallatin Range, Pyramid Mountains, Upper Madison, West Gallatin Range

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Joseph Peak

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury

http://www.treasury.gov/education/history/secretaries/agallatin.shtml

 

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