Puff the Tragic Wagon
Jr. Member
- Oct 16, 2021
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- Fisher F19
- Primary Interest:
- Prospecting
I'm still wondering why a mountain range in Arizona would be named the Big Lue Mountains. I think I remember, from one of the LUE threads, that Hardrock Hammond borrowed the map, from it's owner, and let KvM and others, copy the LUE map before he returned it to the owner, who lived in Arizona. I wonder if the maps owner, or somebody in his family, had something to do with naming the mountain range. Also, why would he have the LUE map, in the first place? Did somebody in his, or her, family create the map?
I don't have any top notch research tools, but if somebody does, maybe you would look for information about a family named Lue, Leaux, L'eaux or Laue, who have lived in Arizona.
The mountains were named for the Lue Ranch owned by Eugene Johnson, circa 1884-1906, whose cattle brand was LUE.