Editing Mount Elbert (section)

==History==
[[File:Samuel Elbert.gif|right|thumb|Mount Elbert was named after [[Samuel Hitt Elbert]]]]
Mount Elbert was named by miners in honor of [[Samuel Hitt Elbert]], the governor of the then-[[Territory of Colorado]], because he brokered a treaty in September 1873 with the [[Ute people|Ute]] tribe that opened up more than {{convert|3000000|acre|km2}} of [[Indian reservation|reservation]] land to mining and railroad activity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/elbert.html|title= Samuel Hitt Elbert|access-date=4 September 2013|publisher= Colorado Governor's Index }}</ref> The first recorded ascent of the peak was by H.W. Stuckle in 1874, who was surveying the mountain as part of the [[Hayden Survey]].{{Sfn|Enright|2009|p=12}}

Originally measured as {{convert|14,433|ft|m}} in height, Mount Elbert's elevation was later adjusted to {{convert|14,440|ft|m}} following a re-evaluation of mapped elevations, which sparked protests. The actual change was made in 1988 as a result of the [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]]; it seems the original measurement resulted from the Sea Level Datum of 1929.<ref name=Elbert>{{Cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mount-elbert/150325|title=Mount Elbert|access-date=14 May 2013|publisher=Summitpost Organization|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002609/http://www.summitpost.org/mount-elbert/150325|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.skyrunner.com/story/coheights.htm|title=No tall tale: State higher than thought|access-date=4 September 2013|publisher=Denverpost}}</ref>{{Sfn|Enright|2009|p=12}} A matter of some contention arose after the [[Great Depression]] over the heights of Elbert and its neighbor [[Mount Massive]], which differ in elevation by only {{convert|12|ft|m}}. This led to an ongoing dispute that came to a head with the Mount Massive supporters building large piles of stones on the summit to boost its height, only to have the Mount Elbert proponents demolish them.{{Sfn| Dziezynski|2012|p=153}} The effort was ultimately unsuccessful and Mount Elbert has remained the highest peak in Colorado.<ref name=Elbert/> The first motorized ascent of Elbert occurred in 1949, when a [[Jeep]] was driven to the summit, apparently to judge suitability for [[skiing]] development.{{Sfn| Dziezynski|2012|p=153}}