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'{{for|other mountains named Mount Jefferson|List of peaks named Mount Jefferson}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Nigger Mountain | photo = Mount Jefferson-27527-2.jpg | photo_caption = Looking north across the town of Jefferson and the southern flank of Phoenix Mountain, as seen from the upper overlook at Mount Jefferson State Natural Area | elevation_ft = 4664 | elevation_ref = | prominence = | location = [[Ashe County, North Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]] | range = | coordinates = {{coord|36|24|11|N|81|27|48|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title}} | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Jefferson | first_ascent = | easiest_route = [[Driving|Drive]], [[hiking|hike]] }} '''Mount Jefferson''' is a [[mountain]] located in [[Ashe County, North Carolina|Ashe County]], [[North Carolina]]. The mountain is part of the [[Mount Jefferson State Natural Area]]. The mountain has an elevation of {{convert|4665|ft|m|0}} above sea level, and it sharply rises more than 1,600 feet above the towns of [[Jefferson, North Carolina]] and [[West Jefferson, North Carolina|West Jefferson]]. A paved road leads to the mountain's summit; on a clear day the summit affords sweeping views of the surrounding countryside, the towns of Jefferson and West Jefferson, and the [[Appalachian Mountains]] in Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The mountain has a secondary peak at the eastern end of its ridge which is marked as Luther Rock on trails and as Luther Overlook on USGS maps. Bentley.C w here ==History== Before the [[American Civil War]] the mountain was a popular hiding place for slaves who had escaped from their captors in the central and eastern sections of North Carolina. As a result, legend has it, the peak was named "Nigger Mountain,"<ref>{{cite book|last=Inscoe|first=John C.|title=Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hea586e-L0QC&pg=PA31|date=1 December 2001|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-7122-9|page=31}}</ref> According to another source, Nigger Mountain was named from its black granite coloration.<ref>{{cite book|last=Byrd|first=Fay|title=Wilkes County Bits and Pieces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vz7GAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA338|date=19 October 2010|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-557-49244-2|page=338}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=December 2017}} It was later called "Larson Mountain"<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/koDURbwaR38 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201208173144/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koDURbwaR38 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koDURbwaR38| title = NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Says N-Word on a Live Stream | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> for many years until finally, in an effort to find a name that is not an ethnic slur, the mountain was renamed Mount Jefferson after the town at its base. [[File:Luther Rock.png|thumb|upright=1.8|Panorama from Luther Rock Peak of Mount Jefferson, North Carolina.]] ==See also== * [[Mount Jefferson State Natural Area]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/moje/main.php North Carolina State Park - Mount Jefferson] * {{Gnis|1020940|Mount Jefferson}} {{Mountains of North Carolina}} [[Category:Mountains of North Carolina|Jefferson]] [[Category:Mountains of Ashe County, North Carolina]] {{AsheCountyNC-geo-stub}}'