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.
Cayoosh Range which are in the Cantilever Range west of Lytton. The second-highest peak in the Cayoosh Range is Mount Marriott at 2735 m (8973 ft), due south of D'Arcy (N'quatqua); it is not named for the hotel-empire family of the same name but for an RCAF officer who was killed in action in World War II. Other summits include Cayoosh Mountain at 2561 m (8402 ft), Mount Oleg at 2587 m (8488 ft), Saxifrage Mountain at 2501 m (8205 ft), and Mount Rohr at 2423 m (7949 ft). Cayoosh Range The Cayoosh Range is the northernmost section of the Lillooet Ranges,