Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1918 — Country’s Highest Mountains. [ARTICLE]

Country’s Highest Mountains.

The ten highest mountains in the United States are Mt. McKinley, in Alaska, 20,300 feet; Mt. Whitney, California, 14,501 feet; Mt. Rainier, Wash ington, 14,408; Mt Elbert Colorado, 14,402 feet; Gannet Peak, Wyoming, 13,785 feet; King’s Peak, Utah, 13,498 feet; Truchas Peak, New Mexico, 13, 306 feet; East Peak, Nevada, 13,141* feet; Granite Peak, Montana, 12,850 feet; San Francisco Peak, Arizona, 12,611 feet. The highest point in Ohio is near Bellefontaine, Logan county, 1,550 feet; highest point in Indiana, Carlos City, Randolph county, L 210; highest point in Illinois, Mt Charles, in Joe Daviess county, 1,241 feet