Ben Johnson Mountain (formerly Negro Ben Mountain) is a summit in

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, in the

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, with an elevation of . The mountain was named for Ben Johnson, a local African-American blacksmith. The summit historically was known as Ni**er Ben Mountain until the name Negro Ben was officially adopted in 1964. As of October 24th, 2020 the name has officially been changed by the Oregon Geographic Names Board to his full name Ben Johnson.

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