Slover Mountain

Slover Mountain
Mount Slover, Marble Mountain
Slover Mountain in 1891
Highest point
Elevation1,184 ft (361 m)[1]
Coordinates34°03′54″N 117°20′32″W / 34.0649°N 117.3423°W / 34.0649; -117.3423
Naming
Native nameTahualtapa (Tongva)
Geography
Slover Mountain is located in California
Slover Mountain
Slover Mountain
San Bernardino County, California, United States
Topo mapUSGS San Bernardino South

Slover Mountain (Mount Slover, Marble Mountain) is a former[2] mountain in Colton, in southwestern San Bernardino County and the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Now a hill, it was surface mined for limestone in the 20th century.[2] The Colton Joint Unified School District's continuation high school is named after the mountain.[3]

The mountain was known as Tahualtapa ("raven hill") by Native Americans and Cerrito Solo ("little solitary hill") by the colonial Spanish.[4]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Slover Mountain
  2. ^ a b Ferrell, David (2002-05-09). "Mountain Shifts Slowly From Stone to Cement". Los Angeles times. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. ^ "Slover Mountain High School Homepage". Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Muckenfuss was invoked but never defined (see the help page).