Mount Rainier

Chapter 38

=Crystal Mountain.= On the southwestern slope of the mountain, overlooking Indian Henrys Hunting Ground. Elevation, 6,300 feet above sea level.

=Cushman Crest.= On the southern slope, overlooking Nisqually Glacier.

Named in honor of the late Congressman F. W. Cushman, of Tacoma.

=Dege Peak.= Overlooking Yakima Park in the northern part of the Park.

Origin of name not ascertained.

=Denman Falls.= On the western slope, in St. Andrews Creek. Named by Ben Longmire in honor of A. H. Denman of Tacoma, enthusiastic mountaineer and photographer.

=Devils Dream Creek.= On the southern slope of the mountain, a tributary of Pyramid Creek. Origin of name not ascertained.

=d.i.c.k Creek.= Flowing from Elysian Fields to the Carbon River in the northwestern portion of the Park. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Division Rock.= At the lower end of North Mowich Glacier, on the northwestern slope of the mountain.

=Doe Creek.= A tributary of Ipsut Creek in the northwestern portion of the Park.

=Double Peak.= Near the southeastern boundary of the Park. The height is marked at 6,200 feet. The name was suggested by its form.

=Eagle Cliff.= Overlooking Spray Creek in the northwestern portion of the Park.

=Eagle Peak.= Near the south-central boundary of the Park. Elevation, 5,955 feet above sea level.

=Echo Cliffs.= In the northwestern portion of the Park above Cataract Creek.

=Echo Rock.= On the northwest slope near Russell Glacier. Major E. S.

Ingraham named it Seattle Rock because it may be seen from that city.

He does not know who changed the name.

=Edith Creek.= On the southern slope, a tributary of the Paradise River. In 1907, Jules Stampfler, the guide, was getting out a series of stereopticon views and he needed a name for that creek. He does not remember Edith"s full name. She was a member of one of his parties.

=Edmunds Glacier.= On the western slope. In June, 1883, the glaciers were visited by Vice President Oakes of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and United States Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont. One result of that trip was an order to build what has since been known as the Bailey Willis trail to the northwestern slopes of the mountain.

Another subsequent result was the naming of the glacier in honor of Senator Edmunds.

=Elizabeth Ridge.= Near Crater Lake in the northwestern corner of the Park. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Elysian Fields.= One of the beautiful park regions on the northern slope. The name was given by Major E. S. Ingraham in 1888. Elevation, 5,700 feet above sea level.

=Emerald Ridge.= On the southwestern slope of the mountain, dividing the lower parts of the Tahoma and South Tahoma Glaciers. The name is descriptive, but by whom it was first suggested has not been ascertained.

=Emmons Glacier.= On the northeastern slope. This is the largest glacier on the mountain. For a long time it was called White Glacier because it gave rise to the river of that name. The river"s name came from the glacial whiteness of its waters. The present name is in honor of S. F. Emmons, who, with A. D. Wilson, made the second successful ascent of the mountain in 1870.

=Eunice Lake.= In the northwest corner of the Park near Tolmie Peak.

Bailey Willis named it Tolmie Lake in 1883; but it was not so mapped officially, and the name was changed to honor Mrs. W. H. Gilstrap of Tacoma. She and her husband were frequent visitors to the Crater Lake region.

=Fairy Falls.= On the southeastern slope, in the upper waters of Stevens Creek. Elevation, 5,500 feet above sea level.

=Falls Creek.= Rises in North Park and flows across the boundary at the northwestern corner of the Park.

=Fay Peak.= In the northwestern portion of the Park, overlooking Crater Lake. Elevation, 6,500 feet above sea level. The name was given in honor of Miss Fay Fuller of Tacoma, who in 1890 was the first of her s.e.x to attain the summit of Mount Rainier.

=Fir Lake.= A small lake in the southeastern corner of the Park.

=Fish Creek.= A tributary of Tahoma Creek in the southwestern corner of the Park.

=Fishers Hornpipe Creek.= On the southern slope of the mountain, a tributary of Pyramid creek. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Flett Glacier.= Near Ptarmigan Ridge on the northwestern slope. The name is in honor of Professor J. B. Flett of Tacoma, one of the most enthusiastic explorers of the mountain.

=Florence Peak.= In the northwestern corner of the Park. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Frog Heaven.= On the south-central slope of the mountain, to the west of Narada Falls.

=Frozen Lake.= In the northern portion of the Park, just south of Mount Fremont.

=Fryingpan Glacier.= There are two conflicting theories about this name. One is that some campers lost a frying pan in the river, giving it that name, which was later extended to the glacier. The other is that Professor I. C. Russell named the glacier from its fancied resemblance to a frying pan, and that the name was later extended to the river. On the east-central slope of the mountain.

=Garda Falls.= In Granite Creek, a tributary of Winthrop Creek, in the north-central portion of the Park. Named by C. A. Barnes in honor of Miss Garda Fogg of Tacoma.

=George Lake.= See Lake George.

=Gibraltar.= This famous and forbidding cliff of rock just southeast of the summit was named by the Ingraham party in 1889. Elevation, 12,679 feet above sea level.

=Glacier Basin.= On the northern slope of the mountain. It is a rather steep but attractive little park, with a small lake and good spring water. Inter Glacier is at its head and Inter Fork pa.s.ses through it.

Miners at Starbo Camp maintain a little waterpower sawmill, and they have for years worked at prospective mines on the slopes of the Basin.

They have built a wagon road to their camp, by use of which tourists will soon become well acquainted with the beauties of Glacier Basin and the surrounding regions. Elevation, 6,000 feet above sea level.

=Glacier Island.= On the southwestern slope of the mountain. The name is descriptive, as the island lies between the lower parts of Tahoma and South Tahoma Glaciers.

=Goat Island Mountain.= On the northeastern slope of the mountain, between Emmons Glacier and Summer Land.

=Goat Island Rock.= In the lower portion of Carbon Glacier, in the northwestern portion of the Park.

=Golden Lakes.= A cl.u.s.ter of beautiful lakes in and near Sunset Park, close to the west-central boundary of the Park. At sundown they glow like molten gold.

=Gove Peak.= In the northwestern portion of the Park. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Governors Ridge.= Toward the east-central boundary of the Park. The name was suggested by Superintendent Ethan Allen of the Park.

=Grand Park.= A high and extensive area in the northern portion of the Park. The miles of relatively level ground, flower-strewn and ornamented with circular groves of alpine firs and hemlocks, with deer abundant every summer, make the name an appropriate one.

Elevation, 5,700 feet above sea level.

=Granite Creek.= In the north-central portion of the Park. It is a tributary of Winthrop Creek.

=Grant Creek.= A tributary to Spray Creek in the northwestern portion of the Park. Origin of name not ascertained.

=Green Lake.= In the northwestern corner of the Park.

=Green Park.= North of Sourdough Mountains, in the northeastern part of the Park.

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