Mt. Yale, Colorado lapel pin
Mt. Yale, Colorado lapel pin
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- SKU: GSU_PN_YALE
- 1 inch diameter Cast in fine pewter Military clutch back Mounted on story card PLACE NAME: Mount Yale ELEVATION: 14,196 ft. COORDINATES: N38° 50' 39'' W106° 14' 31'' LOCATION: Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA The naming of a set of peaks in the Sawatch Range dominates their stories. In 1865, Professor Josiah Dwight Whitney, a graduate of Yale University and former director of the California Geological Survey, accepted a position with Harvard. In 1869 he led the first class of the Harvard Mining School on an exploration of the Sawatch Range. He named two notable peaks at the time--Mount Harvard, after the sponsoring institution and Mount Yale after Whitney's alma mater. This set the precedent for naming peaks in this range after universities and inspired collegiate rivalries.
- Type: Lapel Pin
- Subtype: Pins
- Language: English
- Regions Covered: Central U.S., North America
- Countries Covered: United States
- States Covered: Colorado
- Folded Size: N/A
- Unfolded Size: N/A
- Weight: 1 oz