Reynolds Peak
Raymond Peak

Sat, Sep 7, 2002

With: Steve Sywyk

 Etymology
Reynolds Peak
Raymond Peak
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Raymond Peak (10,014 ft.)

Named by Whitney Survey in 1865

Also Lake, Meadows, Creek

"The Whitney Survey named the peak in 1865 for Rossiter W. Raymond, a US mineral examiner and commissioner of mining statistics in the Treasury Department. (Maude; Gudd, Gold, 417.) He also surveyed and wrote reports on the mines in Alpine County. (Alpine Heritage, 29.) Theron Reed's map of the Silver Mountain Mining District, 1864, shows 'Raymond Dist.' and 'Raymond,' settlement. The lake, meadows, and two creeks were first named on the 15-minute quad, 1956."
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada

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