Hedges Peak

Hedges Peak
Highest point
Elevation 9,669 ft (2,947 m) [1]
Coordinates 44°46′39″N 110°28′47″W / 44.77750°N 110.47972°W / 44.77750; -110.47972 (Hedges Peak)Coordinates: 44°46′39″N 110°28′47″W / 44.77750°N 110.47972°W / 44.77750; -110.47972 (Hedges Peak) [1]
Geography
Location Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent range Washburn Range
Topo map USGS Mount Washburn

Hedges Peak el. 9,669 feet (2,947 m) is a mountain peak in the Washburn Range in Yellowstone National Park. The peak was named in 1895 by geologist Arnold Hague to honor Cornelius Hedges[2] (1837–1907), a member of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1871 and prominent Montana lawyer. Hedges accounts of the expedition in Helena Daily Herald newspaper contributed to the campaign to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1895 the peak had been named Surprise Peak by geologist J.P. Iddings in 1883.[3]

Images of Hedges Peak
Hedges Peak's namesake, Cornelius Hedges 

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Hedges Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 153.
  3. ↑ Whittlesey, Lee (1996). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. pp. 128–29. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
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