Abbie Waterman Peak, AZ

Abbie Waterman Peak

Pima County
Roskruge Map, 1893

The following is from Barnes:

In T. 12 s. Rs. 8 & 9 E. Hornaday, "Camp Fires on Desert and Lava", writes:  "North of Robles well-in-the-desert rose …. The Roskruge range, Sam Hughes butte, and the Abbie Waterman mountains.  Beyond Abbie's real estate holdings were the Silver Bell mines."  Arizona Gazetteer of 1881 says:  "The Abbie Waterman is a silver mine of great promise which is vigorously prospected by its owners."  A note in the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society Library of Tucson says the camp was first called "Silver Hill." Old  timers say that the peak was named for Abbie Waterman, wife of governor Waterman of California.  They claim that she was the first white woman to climb the peak. 

This is an error.  The identity of Abbie Waterman is well established through George Roskruge and others who knew her and her husband.  She was the wife of J.C. Waterman who came to Arizona from Missouri and lived at Oracle for several years. 

The peak was named for Abbie Waterman, but the range was named Waterman mountains q. v. for Gov. Waterman who was not related to her. 

The Arizona Memory Project has a copy of the Pima County: Official Map of Pima County, Arizona, Authorized by Board of Supervisors. Compiled and drawn by George J. Roskruge, ex-County Surveyor, 1893

The following link will show you Abbie Waterman Peak on the  Roskruge Map 1893
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