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Mount Humphreys

Name: Mount Humphreys

 

County: Park

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1100348W

Latitude: 442008N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 10853/3308

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Summit

 

Origin of Name:

Mountain, altitude, 11,000 feet, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. ... Named by Capt. J. W. Barlow, 1871, for Gen. A. A. Humphreys, then Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army.  

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named after an army officer who aided Captain Barlow who was the Chief of the Corps. 

Source: WPA

 

Other Names:   

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Eagle Peak

 

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