Name: Gannett Peak

 

County: Fremont

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1093915W

Latitude: 431104N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 13799/4206

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Peak, altitude 13,785, 9 1/2 miles north of Fremont Peak, Wind River Range, Continental Divide, Fremont and Sublette Counties, Wyo. Name given to mountain in 1906.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

At 13,799 feet, it is the highest peak in Wyoming, named after Henry Gannett who was Chief Geographer (Topographer) of the United States Geological Survey from 1882 to 1896.

Source: WPA

 

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History:

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Mount Jackson

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

"The Father of Government Mapmaking   Henry Gannett" by Jerry Penry in The American Surveyor, November, 2007

http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Penry-HenryGannett_November2007.pdf

 

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