What is in a name, and where do the names of our mountains come from? PART 2

(Two weeks ago we ran PART 1 of the Names of Our Mountains)

Local Southwest Colorado author Jeff Burch is researching the histories of the names of the mountains around Silverton and wants your help. Jeff Burch is asking for any and all information on these mountains. What follows may be interesting reading for local mountaineers, hikers and mountain watchers, and trigger some memory of where the n…