Mount Evans

Mount Evans is a mountain located in the Front Range of north-central Colorado, west-southwest of Denver. It stands at 14,264 feet (4,348 meters) high. The mountain is named after John Evans, who was the governor of Colorado Territory from 1862 to 1865, and also a founder of Northwestern University and the Colorado Seminary, which later became the University of Denver. Communities such as Evanston, Illinois, and Evanston, Wyoming, are also named in his honor. Mount Elbert, while also in Colorado, is the highest peak in the state and the Rocky Mountains at 14,440 feet.123