Clagett Butte el. is a mountain peak

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in the Gallatin Range in

Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...

. Clagett Butte is an isolated summit west of

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between Clematis Creek and Snow Pass. The Snow Pass trail passes approximately south of the butte. Clagett Butte was named in 1926 by park photographer Jack Ellis Haynes and then superintendent

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to honor William H. Clagett (1838–1901), the Montana Territorial Delegate who put forth the ''Act of Dedication'' bill in Congress to create Yellowstone National Park. Prior to 1926, the butte had several different names. In 1885, park guide G. L. Henderson called it ''Temple Mountain''. That was the accepted local name for many years. In 1887, members of the

Arnold Hague Arnold Hague (December 3, 1840 in Boston, Massachusetts – May 14, 1917 in Washington, D.C.) was a United States geologist who did many geological surveys in the U.S., of which the best known was that for Yellowstone National Park. He also had as ...

geological survey called it ''Sentinel Butte'' and later in 1897, ''Signal Butte'' but these names never became official.

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