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Name History (Windom Peak)Title: Naming of Windom Peak Entered by: 14erFred Added: 5/14/2010, Last Updated: 5/14/2010 Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. Windom was named by the U.S. Geological Survey when they mapped the Needles Mountains in 1902. The namesake of Windom was William Windom (1827-1891), congressman, senator, and Secretary of the Treasury under President James Garfield. |
