Barronette Peak

Barronette Peak
1977
Highest point
Elevation	10,354 ft (3,156 m)[1]
Coordinates	44°58′31″N 110°05′19″W[1]
Geography
Location	Yellowstone National Park, Park County, Wyoming
Parent range	Absaroka Range
Topo map	Abiathar Peak

Barronette Peak, elevation 10,354 feet (3,156 m), is a mountain peak in the Absaroka Range, in the northeast section of Yellowstone National Park. The peak is named for Collins Jack (John H. "Yellowstone Jack") Baronette (1829–1901). It was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1878, which misspelled it as Barronette; the peak retains the official misspelled name today.[2]

Jack Baronette was an early Yellowstone guide and entrepreneur. He built and operated the first bridge across the Yellowstone River near the confluence of the Lamar River in 1871 to service miners traveling to Cooke City, Montana. In 1870, as a resident of Helena, Montana, he participated in the search for and rescue of Truman C. Everts, lost during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition of 1870. In 1884, he was considered for the superintendency of Yellowstone.[3]

Images of Barronette Peak

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  Barronette Peak's namesake, Jack Baronette
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  Barronette Peak, ca 1890
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  January, 2010
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  Barronette Peak panorama

See also

• Mountains and mountain ranges of Yellowstone National Park

Notes

1. "Barronette Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Whittlesey, Lee (1988). Yellowstone Place Names. Helena, MT: Montana Historical Society Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-917298-15-2.
3. Culpin, Mary Shivers (2003). For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People: A History of Concession Development in Yellowstone National Park-1872-1966. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Yellowstone Center for Resources.