Sonora Peak
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Fri, Aug 16, 2002 		Etymology
Sonora Peak
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Sonora Peak (11,459 ft.)

Named by Wheeler Survey in 1878

Also Pass

"The pass took its name from the town of Sonora, established in 1848 by Mexican miners from the state of Sonora. (Gudde, Place Nmaes, 316-17.) The first printed record of the name 'Sonora Pass' is in the report of the Pacific Railroad Survey of 1853 under Lt. Tredwell Moore. This is shown on Goddard's map of 1857 as being about eight miles south of the present Sonora Pass, in the NW 14/ sec. 12, T. 4 N., R. 21 E. -- "Emigrant Pass" on the Tower Peak 15-minute quad. William H. Brewer was probably the first to use 'Sonora Pass' in reference to its present location, in 1863. 'July 17 we came on up the pass and camped at a little grassy flat, near the summit of Sonora Pass, at the altitude of 9,450 feet...' (Brewer, Up and Down, 423.) The peak probably was named by the Wheeler Survey; it is on atlas sheet 56D, 1878-79.
- Peter Browning, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
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