Birch Mountain
Mt. Bolton Brown
Mt. Prater
Mt. Tinemaha

Mon, Apr 30, 2007 		Etymology
Birch Mountain
Mt. Bolton Brown
Mt. Prater
Mt. Tinemaha
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Mt. Bolton Brown previously climbed Wed, Aug 9, 2006
Mt. Prater previously climbed Wed, Aug 9, 2006

Birch Mountain (13,602 ft.)

Named by BGN in 1938

"Namer unknown. The peak is identified in a Chester Versteeg photo in SCB 11, no. 4, 1923: opp. 422. A BGN decision in 1938, confirming the name, states: 'The original Paiute name for the mountain is said to be paokrung and mean "mountain of stone."'"
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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