Mount Princeton is a

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and prominent

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of the

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in the

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of the

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of North America. The

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is located in

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, southwest ( bearing 225°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County,

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, United States. The mountain was named in honor of

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Mountain

While not one of the highest peaks of the Sawatch Range, Mount Princeton is one of the most dramatic, abruptly rising nearly 7,000 feet above the

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valley in only 6 miles.Mount Princeton on Summitpost
/ref> The first recorded ascent was on July 17, 1877, at 12:30 pm by

William Libbey William A. Libbey III (March 27, 1855 – September 6, 1927) was an American professor of physical geography at Princeton University. He was twice a member of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team, and rose to the rank of colonel in the New Jersey Nationa ...

.Merritt, J. I. (1997) "The Once and Future Mountain" ''Princeton Alumni Weekly'' Princeton University
/ref> It is likely that various miners had climbed the peak earlier.
/ref> The name ''Mount Princeton'' was in use as early as 1873, and the peak was most likely named by

Henry Gannett Henry Gannett (August 24, 1846 – November 5, 1914) was an American geographer who is described as the "father of mapmaking in America."Evans, Richard Tranter; Frye, Helen M. (2009).History of the Topographic Branch (Division) (PDF). ''U.S. Geo ...

, a Harvard graduate and chief topographer in a government survey led by

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.Borneman, Walter R. and Lampert, Lyndon J. (1994) ''A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners'' (3rd ed.) Pruett, Boulder, Colorado,

Historical names

*Chalk Peak *Mount Princeton – 1906 *Princeton Mountain

References

External links

Mt. Princeton on 14ers.com

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San Isabel National Forest

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