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Some say that Mt. Timpanogas resembles a sleeping maiden. From
this angle the foreground mountain obscures part of the view,
but you can see the head on the far right and the feet to the
far left. Some references say that this mountain is named after
the Timpanogas tribe, but because "timpanogas" translated means
"rock canyon" (there is a very high and narrow rock canyon
leading along the base of this moutain and up to the plateau
that I am standing on) I think it is more likely that the tribe
became known after their location rather than the location named
after the tribe. The Timpanogas tribe inhabited the area when
the Mormon pioneers arrived, and would later be subjects of the
Battle Creek Massacre at present day Pleasant Grove (March 10,
1849) followed by the Battle at Fort Utah on the Provo
River (February 1850.) |
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