San Francisco Peaks

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Weatherford, Flagstaff, Arizona

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Description

The popular San Francisco Peaks is a group of seven mountain peaks that were first explored in the 1500s. Many maps today call the peaks 'San Francisco Mountain,' but many people, especially locals, either call it 'The Peaks' or 'San Francisco Peaks. The Navajo Tribe refers to the Peaks as 'Dook'o'oosííd,' which can be translated to 'the summit which never melts' or 'the mountain which peak never thaws.' The seven peaks include Aubineau Peak named after Julius Aubineau, who built the first sewage system in the area - the Inner Basin water system; Agassiz Peak named after Harvard Swiss zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, who made a fossil study during the Pacific Railroad survey through the area; Doyle Peak named after cattleman and guide Allen Doyle; Fremont Peak named after 'the Pathfinder of the West' John Charles Fremont, who searched for an overland route to the Pacific in 1842 and served as a territorial governor of Arizona from 1878-1882; Humphreys Peak named after Brig. Gen. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, who had been a captain in the Ives Expedition in 1851; Rees Peak named after B.C. Rees, who came to Flagstaff in 1905 as a 'health seeker' and events led to him becoming a clerk of the Superior Court in 1918; and Schultz Peak named after Charles H. Schulz, a sheep man who lived in the pass ad was one of the earliest settlers in Flagstaff.

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Location

Lat: 35.346709 Lng: -111.678084