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| Mt. Rainier |
A controversy that has swirled, mist-like, about the peaks
and valleys from Oregon to Alaska is that of the names of the great mountains
that stand like guardian angels over the forests and fields of the Pacific
Northwest. Christened with the names of admirals, presidents, and close friends
by European explorers, there have always been a few who have argued that these
mountains should instead be referred to by their original monikers given to
them by the local tribes that inhabited the region before the pioneers.
