"Named by the USFS for Henry Harrison Markham (1840-1923),
18th Governor of California
(1891-95). He moved to Pasadena, after service in the Union Army and law
practice in Wisconsin. He prospered in Real Estate and mining ventures, and
also served in Congress as a prominent Republican. His term in Sacramento was
beset by labor unrest and an economic depression. His greatest mistake was to
order the dissolution of the California Board of Forestry which was primarily
responsible for having caused the Forest Reserve in which his peak is located
to be created. Nonetheless this peak was later named at the urging of a group
of prominent Pasadena citizens headed by Professor Lowe.
Previously this summit had also been known as 'Square Top', and
'Table Mountain'.
Name first appears on USGS Pasadena topo (1900).
Peak was on the original 1946 HPS Peak List. Weldon Heald
climbed this peak in 1942."
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