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Harvard Peak, Colorado paperweight by Geo-Situ
Harvard Peak, Colorado paperweight by Geo-Situ
 
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Product Type: Accessories
MapLink Code: GSU_PW_HARVARD
Coverage: |United States|MA|

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3 1/4 inch diameter
Cast in fine pewter
Felt backing
With soft fleece pouch
In clear-vinyl covered box

PLACE NAME: Mount Harvard
ELEVATION: 14,420 ft.
COORDINATES: N38 55' 28'' W106 19' 12''
LOCATION: Sawatch Range, Colorado, USA
MARKERSLEUTH PHOTO CONTRIBUTOR: No Station Found

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.
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