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{{short description|Mountain in Wyoming, United States}}
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'''Barronette Peak''' el. {{convert|10354|ft|m}} is a mountain peak in the northeast section of [[Yellowstone National Park]] in the [[Absaroka Range]]. The peak is named for Collins Jack (John H. ''Yellowstone Jack'') Baronette (1829–1901). It was named by the [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden|Hayden]] Geological Survey of 1878. When named, the name was misspelled ''Barronette'' and it retains the official misspelled name today.<ref name=Places>{{cite book |last=Whittlesey |first=Lee |title=Yellowstone Place Names |publisher=Montana Historical Society Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=0917298152 |year=1988 |pages=19}}</ref>
'''Barronette Peak''', elevation {{convert|10354|ft|m}}, is a mountain peak in the [[Absaroka Range]], in the northeast section of [[Yellowstone National Park]]. The peak is named for Collins Jack (John H. "Yellowstone Jack") Baronette (1829–1901). It was named by the [[Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden|Hayden]] Geological Survey of 1878, which misspelled it as ''Barronette''; the peak retains the official misspelled name today.<ref name=Places>{{cite book |last=Whittlesey |first=Lee |title=Yellowstone Place Names |publisher=Montana Historical Society Press |location=Helena, MT |isbn=0-917298-15-2 |year=1988 |pages=19}}</ref>


Jack Baronette was an early Yellowstone guide and entrepeneur. He built and operated the first bridge across the [[Yellowstone River]] near the confluence of the [[Lamar River]] in 1871 to service miners traveling to [[Cooke City-Silver Gate, Montana|Cooke City, Montana]]. In 1870, as a resident of [[Helena, Montana]] he participated in the search for and rescue of [[Truman C. Everts]], lost during the [[Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition]] of 1870. In 1884, he was considered for the superintendency of Yellowstone<ref>{{cite book |last=Culpin |first=Mary Shivers |title=For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: A History of Concession Development in Yellowstone National Park-1872-1966 |publisher=Yellowstone Center for Resources |location=Yellowstone National Park, WY |year=2003 |url=http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/concessiondevel.htm}}</ref>.
Jack Baronette was an early Yellowstone guide and entrepreneur. He built and operated the first bridge across the [[Yellowstone River]] near the confluence of the [[Lamar River]] in 1871 to service miners traveling to [[Cooke City, Montana]]. In 1870, as a resident of [[Helena, Montana]], he participated in the search for and rescue of [[Truman C. Everts]], lost during the [[Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition]] of 1870. In 1884, he was considered for the superintendency of Yellowstone.<ref>{{cite book |last=Culpin |first=Mary Shivers |title=For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: A History of Concession Development in Yellowstone National Park-1872-1966 |publisher=Yellowstone Center for Resources |location=Yellowstone National Park, WY |year=2003 |url=http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/concessiondevel.htm}}</ref>


{{gallery
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|title=Images of Barronette Peak
|title=Images of Barronette Peak
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|File:JackBaronette.JPG|Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette
|File:JackBaronette.JPG|Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette
|File:BarronettePeakYNPca1890.jpg|Barronette Peak, ca 1890
|File:SodaButteCreek1890.jpg|Barronette Peak, ca 1890
|File:BarronettePeak2010YNP.jpg|January, 2010
|File:BarronettePeak2010YNP.jpg|January, 2010
|File:Barronette Peak3.jpg|Barronette Peak panorama
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mountains and mountain ranges in Yellowstone National Park]]
*[[Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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{{Mountains of Wyoming}}
{{Tower Roosevelt}}
{{Tower Roosevelt}}
{{Wyoming}}
{{Wyoming}}


[[Category:Mountains of Wyoming]]
[[Category:Mountains of Wyoming]]
[[Category:Mountains of Yellowstone]]
[[Category:Mountains of Yellowstone National Park]]
[[Category:Mountains of Park County, Wyoming]]

Latest revision as of 00:33, 29 December 2023

Barronette Peak
1977
Highest point
Elevation10,354 ft (3,156 m)[1]
Coordinates44°58′31″N 110°05′19″W / 44.97528°N 110.08861°W / 44.97528; -110.08861[1]
Geography
Map
LocationYellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent rangeAbsaroka Range
Topo mapAbiathar Peak

Barronette Peak, elevation 10,354 feet (3,156 m), is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range, in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park. The peak is named for Collins Jack (John H. "Yellowstone Jack") Baronette (1829–1901). It was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878, which misspelled it as Barronette; the peak retains the official misspelled name today.[2]

Jack Baronette was an early Yellowstone guide and entrepreneur. He built and operated the first bridge across the Yellowstone River near the confluence of the Lamar River in 1871 to service miners traveling to Cooke City, Montana. In 1870, as a resident of Helena, Montana, he participated in the search for and rescue of Truman C. Everts, lost during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1870. In 1884, he was considered for the superintendency of Yellowstone.[3]

Images of Barronette Peak
  • Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette
    Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette
  • Barronette Peak, ca 1890
    Barronette Peak, ca 1890
  • January, 2010
    January, 2010
  • Barronette Peak panorama
    Barronette Peak panorama

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b "Barronette Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
  3. ^ Culpin, Mary Shivers (2003). For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: A History of Concession Development in Yellowstone National Park-1872-1966. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Yellowstone Center for Resources.
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