B-40 MP 163

BILL WILLIAMS MOUNTAIN
ELEVATION 9,264 FT.

THIS MOUNTAIN WAS NAMED FOR A COLORFUL MOUNTAINEER, GUIDE AND TRAPPER WHO IS GENERALLY CREDITED WITH BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN TO EXPLORE NORTHERN ARIZONA - 1830 OR EARLIER. WILLIAMS LIVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AMONG THE OSAGE AND UTE INDIANS, AND EARLIER HAD BEEN A BAPTIST CIRCUIT RIDER IN MISSOURI. HE WAS KILLED BY INDIANS IN 1849.