Hello.
From the WPA Guide to Arizona - Route 66:
"...the three SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS, 12.5 m., Humphreys (12,611 alt.),
Agassiz (12,340 alt.), and Fremont (11,940 alt.). Their names honor
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (1810-83), who surveyed for a railroad to
the Pacific, was an authority on river hydraulics, a corps commander
of the Army of the Potomac, and became chief engineer in the army;
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-73), the geologist and zoologist
noted for his classification of marine fossils and theory of the
glacial epoch; and John Charles Fremont (1813-90), governor of Arizona
territory (1878-82)..."
source: WPA Guide to Arizona - Route 66
http://members.aol.com/hsauertieg/rt66/wpa_az.htm
Additional source:
"The San Francisco Peaks, just north of Flagstaff, are an amazingly
symmetrical group of three mountain peaks. The tallest peak, Mount
Humphreys, is the highest point in Arizona, at 12,611 feet. The next
highest is Agassiz Peak with an elevation of 12,340 feet, and the
third is Fremont Peak at 11,940 feet. The names honor Andrew Atkinson
Humphreys (1810-1883), who surveyed for a railroad to the Pacific,
Jean Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a geologist and zoologist noted for
his classifications of marine fossils and theory of the glacial epoch,
and John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), Territorial Governor of Arizona
from 1878-1882. The 17th century Franciscans at Oraibi village gave
the name San Francisco to the peaks to honor St. Francis of Assisi,
the founder of their order."
source: Ronz Travelz- Postcards
http://members.fortunecity.com/rd_80/travels.htm
Or Google cache:
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:dRMcTX7dbBMJ:members.fortunecity.com/rd_80/travels.htm+Agassiz+peak+%22san+francisco+peaks&hl=en
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search strategy:
"san francisco peaks"
"san francisco peaks" Agassiz named
"Atkinson Humphreys" "francisco peaks"
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