History
Landscape painter Abby Williams Hill, of Tacoma, Washington, was contracted by the Great Northern Railway Company to paint pictures of the North Cascades, and she first painted Mount Booker in 1903.[2] At the time of Hill's painting, the mountain had not yet been named; newspaper critics called it "No-name mountain."[2]
Abby Hill wrote to the National Geological Survey to determine the mountain's name, and the agency offered her the opportunity to name it.[7] She had previously traveled to visit Booker T. Washington (d. 1915), and she attended his lectures in Tuskegee, Alabama, in the fall of 1901. She was also very moved by her experiences with Jim Crow laws in the South, as well as by Washington's lectures.[7] As a result, Abby Hill named the mountain in honor of Booker T. Washington.[2]
Climbing history
The first ascent of the Northeast face of Mt. Booker was completed by Dan Davis and John Holland on August 22, 1964
References
1. ^{{cite gnis |id=1516795 |name=Booker Mountain|accessdate=2015-03-14}}
2. ^1 2 The Washington Historical Quarterly, The Washington University State Historical Society, 1920, pg 212
3. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Fields|first=Ronald|title=Abby Williams Hill and the lure of the West | pages = 44–47 | edition=1st | year=1989 | publisher=Washington State Historical Society | isbn=9780917048630}}