Disaster Peak

Disaster Peak is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The summit is located in the Trout Creek Mountains.

Disaster Peak
Disaster Peak
Highest point
Elevation2,344 m (7,690 ft) [1]
Coordinates41°57′34″N 118°11′40″W [1]

Disaster Peak was named after an 1864 [2]confrontation between prospectors and the Paiutes, resulting in the deaths of G. W. Dodge, J. W. Burton and two others.[3][4][5][6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Disaster Peak
  2. "Report from the Indian Hunters". Gold Hill Daily News. Gold Hill, Nevada. June 9, 1864. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 36.
  4. Angel, Myron, ed. (1881). History of Nevada. Oakland, Cal., Thompson and West. p. 169. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  5. Annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, for the year 1865 (Report). Office of Indian Affairs. 1865. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  6. Michno, Gregory (2007). The Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict, 1864-1868. Caxton Press. p. 63. Retrieved February 7, 2020.


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