Ron Chase: Climbing Mount Charles Thomas Jackson
By Ron ChaseSeniors Not Acting Their Age
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Distinctive Mount Jackson is located on the southwestern end of the Presidential Range in the New Hampshire White Mountains, New England’s most consequential mountaineering environment. Situated between less illustrious Mounts Pierce and Webster, I suspect most people assume Mount Jackson is named for the seventh president, Andrew Jackson. To quote one of the most intelligent people I’ve met, “Never assume anything.” Unlike the more prestigious Mounts Washington, Adams and Jefferson, Mount Jackson is not named for a president, but rather controversial 19
th century geologist Charles Thomas Jackson.