Slover Mountain (Mount Slover, Marble Mountain) is a former
mountain
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in
Colton, in southwestern
San Bernardino County
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and the
Inland Empire
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region of
Southern California
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. Now a
hill
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, it was
surface mined for limestone in the 20th century.
The
Colton Joint Unified School District's
continuation high school is named after the mountain.
The mountain was known as Tahualtapa ("raven hill") by Native Americans and Cerrito Solo ("little solitary hill") by the colonial Spanish.
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History
The hill was named after a local 19th century hunter, Isaac Slover, who lived near it and who died in 1854 in the Cajon Pass from injuries caused by a bear.marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...
and limestone
Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...
, it stood as the tallest in the San Bernardino Valley
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, at .[
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References
External links
Cement Mountain by Ben Sakoguchi
at the ''Los Angeles Times
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''
Landmark flag in Colton is retired
at '' The Press-Enterprise''
More than half-sorry about Slover Mountain
at the ''Los Angeles Daily News
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History of Slover Avenue
at the city of San Bernardino's website
Former landforms
Mountains of San Bernardino County, California
Hills of California
Colton, California
History of San Bernardino County, California
Mountains of Southern California
Natural history of San Bernardino County, California
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