Mount Starr King
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Two mountains are named Mount Starr King in honor of Thomas Starr King
(1824—1864):
Thomas Starr King
Thomas Starr King was an American Unitarian and Universalist minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War. Starr King spoke zealously in favor of the Union and was credited by Abraham Lincoln with preventing California from becoming a separate republic...
(1824—1864):
- Mount Starr King (New Hampshire)Mount Starr King (New Hampshire)Mount Starr King is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Thomas Starr King , and is part of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains. Mt. Starr King is flanked to the east by Mount Waumbek, and to the northwest by Haystack Mountain...
- Mount Starr King (California)Mount Starr King (California)Mount Starr King is a symmetrical granite dome in Yosemite National Park, whose highest point is above sea level.Climbing Starr King's dome requires technical skills or equipment and is rated class 5 in the Yosemite Decimal System....