Name: Red Mountains

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103313W

Latitude: 441511N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 9711/2960

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Range

 

Origin of Name:

Group of mountains in Wyoming, so named because formed of prophyry, which becomes dark red when exposed to the sun.

Source: Gannett

 

Group of mountains, elevation at highest point over 10,000 feet, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. These mountains are red in color.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named for the appearance of the mountains from a distance.  

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Red Mountain Range

 

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History:

The Red Mountain Range has for its chief one of the most picturesque peaks in the park, Mount Sheridan. The others are Factory Hill, probably so called on account of there being no factories anywhere near, and some miner mountains.

Source: Campbell

 

The Red Mountain Range is a small, detached group of mountains between Hart and Lewis Lakes. Its principal summit, Mt. Sheridan, affords probably the finest view to be had in that entire region.

Source: Chittenden

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Mount Sheridan

 

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