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Looking over to the ever prominent and beautiful Heavens Peak and it's very long water fall with no name. To Heavens left is McPartland, a very beautiful peak in its own right.
According to Place Names of Glacier National Park by Jack Holterman, Mount Vaught was called the "Big Old Man," or Kwilqa Nul, by the Kootenai Indians.
The first recorded climb of the mountain known today as Vaught was in the late 1890’s or early 1900’s by L. O. Vaught, a prominent attorney from Jacksonville, Illinois, who spent his summers in the park for many years.
Around 1895, L. O. Vaught was apparently involved along with one of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Walter M. Clements, and other notables including George Bird Grinnell and William C. Pollock in negotiations with the Blackfoot Nation regarding the “Ceded Strip”. These names are associated with Glacier National Park’s early history as well as a number of mountains. Vaught was a major player in establishing Glacier National Park.
According to Place Names of Glacier National Park by Jack Holterman, Mount Vaught was called the "Big Old Man," or Kwilqa Nul, by the Kootenai Indians.
The first recorded climb of the mountain known today as Vaught was in the late 1890’s or early 1900’s by L. O. Vaught, a prominent attorney from Jacksonville, Illinois, who spent his summers in the park for many years.
Around 1895, L. O. Vaught was apparently involved along with one of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Walter M. Clements, and other notables including George Bird Grinnell and William C. Pollock in negotiations with the Blackfoot Nation regarding the “Ceded Strip”. These names are associated with Glacier National Park’s early history as well as a number of mountains. Vaught was a major player in establishing Glacier National Park.