Mountain, altitude, 10,250 feet, Yellowstone National Park ... . Named by Captain J.W. Barlow, 1871, a military member of 1871 Hayden Expedition, for General Philip H. Sheridan, who supported the effort to preserve the wonders of the park. (Decisions, 1930)
Other Names:
Brown Mountain, Red Mountain, Yellow Mountain
County:
Teton
Feature Category:
Land Features; Yellowstone National Park
Description:
The Red Mountain Range has for its chief one of the most picturesque peaks in the park, Mount Sheridan. The others are Factory Hill, probably so called on account of there being no factories anywhere near, and some miner mountains. (Campbell) The Red Mountain Range is a small, detached group of mountains between Hart and Lewis Lakes. Its principal summit, Mt. Sheridan, affords probably the finest view to be had in that entire region. (Chittenden, 1895)
