North America's highest mountain was earlier named for gold prospector Frank Dinsmore, a native of Auburn.A prospector, Frank Densmore, spoke so enthusiastically after seeing the mountain from Lake Minchumina in 1889, that it was known for years among prospectors as "Densmores Peak." [Link]Dinsmore returned to Auburn in 1897 to visit his ailing father. The Lewiston Evening Journal published an interview:Mr. Dinsmore is a son of Mr. Charles Dinsmore, brother of Mr. Hiram Dinsmore of Dinsmore & Greenleaf, and he has lived in the West twenty-three...
Friday, 22 April 2011
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