This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...as follows; the reason for selecting most of the names is so obvious that no explanation is needed. Camp Muir, in 1888, Mr. Muir was of my party. Upon reaching that point in the ascent, Mr. Muir suggested it as a good place to spend the night, saying that the presence of pummice in large quantities indicated the absence of wind. Beehive in the cleaver higher up was so called by its fanciful resemblance to the old style beehive. In 1889 I gave the name Gibralter to that frowning battlement which must be conquered in the ascent from the south side. Elysian Fields and the Summerland are names given by me to two beautiful parks on the northeast and east slopes respectively, on account of their delightful location and surroundings. Interglacier received its name, in 1886, from the fact that it does not head in the upper slopes, neither is it a tributary to any other glacier. St. Elmo"s pass received its name from a fine exhibition of St. Elmo"s fire that occurred while we were spending a night there. In the midst of a thunder storm that was booming in the valleys below we noticed balls of St. Elmo"s fire gathering on the ends of our alpenstocks, that were standing upon each side of our rocky beds. Raising our extended fingers upward they became illuminated with electric fire; our tinware was easily located by the light it emitted. There are several names of minor interest that have not found their way on the maps. It seems to me that it would be a commendable work for the Mountaineers to make a lexicon of all the recognized names, giving their origin while it is possible to do so. It also seems right that the club should give names to many points of interest not so designated. The story of the new "National Monument" set aside in the Olympic mountains,...