places: CA-Williamson

Mount Williamson-14,383' (Mount Williamson) (36.6560456, -118.3112048)
Williamson Bowl-11,808' (Mount Williamson) (36.6596569,   -118.3256495)
Williamson Creek-7,182' (Mount Williamson) (36.7021558,     -118.2903727)

Description:
“Farther observations, by Mr. King, showed that a point about two miles northeast of Mount Tyndall was a little higher than this mountain; it was named [by Clarence King] in honor of Major R. S. Williamson, of the United States Engineers, so well known by his topographical labors on the Pacific coast, especially in connection with the United States railroad surveys.” (Whitney Survey: Geology, 1865, p. 382.)
Robert Stockton Williamson (1824-1882); graduated U. S. Military Academy, 1848, and commissioned in Topographical Engineers; first lieutenant, 1856; captain, 1861; major of Engineers, 1863; lieutenant-colonel, 1869; in charge of surveys in California for Pacific Railroad Survey, 1853, and in northern California and Oregon, 1855. (Pacific Railroad Survey Reports, XI, 1859, pp. 74-75, 77-78.)
First ascent by William L. Hunter and C. Mulholland about 1884. (S.C.B., 1894, I:3, p. 87; S.C.B., 1922, XI:3, p. 253—See, also, S.C.B., 1894, I:3, pp. 90-92; 1897, II:1, pp. 24-27; 1904, V:1, pp. 46-48; 1923, XI:4, p. 440; 1925, XII:2, pp. 192-193; 1926, XII:3, p. 307.)    From Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

They [King and "Dick" Cotter] reached the summit of Mount Tyndall (14,025 feet) and from that point beheld and named Mount Williamson (14,384 feet) and Mount Whitney (14,496 feet). Lack of provisions prevented an attempt to reach the latter.   From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 5  Chapter 2


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