Barronette Peak

Barronette Peak

1977
Highest point
Elevation 10,354 ft (3,156 m) [1]
Coordinates 44°58′31″N 110°05′19″W / 44.97528°N 110.08861°W / 44.97528; -110.08861Coordinates: 44°58′31″N 110°05′19″W / 44.97528°N 110.08861°W / 44.97528; -110.08861 [1]
Geography
Location Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent range Absaroka Range
Topo map Abiathar Peak

Barronette Peak el. 10,354 feet (3,156 m) is a mountain peak in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park in the Absaroka Range. The peak is named for Collins Jack (John H. Yellowstone Jack) Baronette (1829–1901). It was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878. When named, the name was misspelled Barronette and it retains the official misspelled name today.[2]

Jack Baronette was an early Yellowstone guide and entrepreneur. He built and operated the first bridge across the Yellowstone River near the confluence of the Lamar River in 1871 to service miners traveling to Cooke City, Montana. In 1870, as a resident of Helena, Montana he participated in the search for and rescue of Truman C. Everts, lost during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1870. In 1884, he was considered for the superintendency of Yellowstone.[3]

Images of Barronette Peak
Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette 
Barronette Peak, ca 1890 
January, 2010 
Barronette Peak panorama 

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Barronette Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
  3. ↑ Culpin, Mary Shivers (2003). For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: A History of Concession Development in Yellowstone National Park-1872-1966. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Yellowstone Center for Resources.
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