Name: Medicine Butte

County: Uinta

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Longitude:  1105429W

Latitude: 412108N

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Elevation: 8599/2621

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Feature Type: Summit

Origin of Name:

Named by the Indians because of the great variety of herbs and roots that the Indians used for medicine which were found on the slopes of the butte. Sometimes called “Fremont’s Monument” for John C. Fremont.

Source: WPA

Other Names: Fremonts Monument, Fremont's Monument

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Evanston

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