Samuel Hitt Elbert Edward Moody McCook, was reappointed Governor. Samuel Elbert was appointed to the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado in 1877 where he served until 1889. Elbert served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1879 to 1883. Samuel Elbert died on November 27, 1899. Elbert County, Colorado; Elbert, Colorado; and Mount Elbert, the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains, are named in honor of Samuel Hitt Elbert. Grateful miners named Mount Elbert after the governor because he brokered a treaty with the Ute tribe, which opened up more than of Indian reservation to mining and railroad activity.
Mount Redoubt (Washington) the larger mountain's name. Nodoubt Peak was named by a group of geologists who climbed the peak in 1967. Mount Redoubt (Washington) Mount Redoubt is a mountain in the North Cascades range in Whatcom County, Washington state. The peak is located to the Canada–US border, east-northeast of Mount Shuksan. It is the 21st highest peak in the state, with a height of and a prominence of . Redoubt is in the Skagit Range, a sub-range of the North Cascades, in the Custer-Chilliwack Group which includes Mount Spickard, Mount Redoubt, Mount Custer and Mox Peaks, among others. Redoubt, Bear, and Depot