Places: CA-Abbott

Abbott Creek-4,101' (Verplank Ridge)  (36.7721691,  -119.0164991)
 Mount Abbot-13,701' (Mount Abbot)  (37.3863240,  -118.7848432)

Description:
Named by the Whitney Survey; the name appears on Hoffmann’s map, 1873. Erroneously spelled “Abbott” on some maps and in many references to the mountain.

Henry Larcom. Abbot, born in Massachusetts, 1831; still living in Cambridge, Mass., 1925; graduated U. S. Military Academy, second lieutenant, 1854; captain, 1862; major, 1865; lieutenant-colonel, 1880; colonel, 1886; major-general of volunteers, 1865; retired, 1895; brigadier-general, retired, 1904; LL.D., Harvard, 1886; joint author, with Captain Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, of the classic Report on the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River, 1861; member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon, 1855. First ascent by Joseph N. Le Conte, James S. Hutchinson, Duncan McDuffie, July 13, 1908. (S.C.B., 1909, VII:1, p. 13.) Second ascent 1922, by William H. Staniels and party. (California Alpine Club Trails, 1922, II:1, pp. 57-58.)    From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar


From GNIS:

• Abbott Creek. 4.5 mile long tributary of Mill Flat Creek.
•  Mount Abbot. In the Seirra Nevada, on the Inyo County and Fresno County boundary, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) northwest of Mount Dade and 0.96 km (0.6 mi) southeast of Mount Mills. Also called Mount Abbott

Trips:

• February 7, 2023 - Sherri and Gary did a few hours snowshoeing on the North Boundary Trail
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References:

•  Summit Post
• Wikipedia
• Climb On blog
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