The Spanish Peaks can be seen for many miles and have been used for for hundreds of years as a landmark by those passing through the area. The Ute and Comanche Indians called the mountains Wahatoya which means Breasts of the Earth or Breasts of the World.
A third was destroyed on the deck of the carrier USS Forrestal when a missile fired accidentally from another plane hit either the plane next to McCain's or, less likely, his own aircraft, triggering a disastrous fire that killed 134 sailors and nearly killed McCain.
In August 1915, while serving at Fort Bliss in Texas, Pershing was alerted to a fire at his family's home at the Presidio of San Francisco. In the blaze, his wife and three daughters died of smoke inhalation. The only one to escape the fire was his six year-old son, Warren.