Mingus Mountain

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Mingus Mountain

Elevation	7,726 feet (2,355 m)^[1]
Location	Arizona, USA
Range	Black Hills
Coordinates	34°41′38″N 112°07′40″W / 34.69389, -112.12778
Topo map	USGS Hickey Mountain
Easiest route	Road

Mingus Mountain is a mountain located in the U.S. state of Arizona in the Black Hills mountain range. It is located within the Prescott National Forest near State Route 89A approximately midway between Cottonwood and Prescott. The summit can be reached via Forest Service roads that branch off from Highway 89A. From the mountain, there are views of the Verde Valley and the towns of Cottonwood, Jerome, and Clarkdale. The Woodchute Wilderness, north of the summit of 89A, also offers views and hiking trails. There are several National Forest campgrounds in the area and it is the transmitter location for Prescott full-service television station KAZT-TV and several low-power television stations serving Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Camp Verde and Prescott Valley.

According to the book, Roadside History of Arizona, by Marshall Trimble, "Mingus Mountain was named for Joseph and Jacob Mingus, two brothers who settled in the area in the 1880s and later operated a sawmill near the base of the mountain". Another source ^[2] attributes the name to William Mingus (d. 1911, Prescott, Arizona), a pioneer prospector who lived and worked on Mingus Mountain in the 1870s.

[edit] Trivia

The musician Justin Chancellor of the band Tool got married on Mingus Mountain on January 12, 1997.^[3]

The origins of the name MINGUS is thought to be from the Scottish Highland Clan, Menzies [1], pronounced "Mingees". Many Menzies' settled in the USA after the Jacobite Rising of 1745.