Humphreys Peak is the highest point in the U.S. state of Arizona and is located in Coconino County.
Named about 1870 for General Andrew A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, who authorized the 100th Meridian Survey. However, a General Land Office map showed in 1903 San Francisco Peak applied to this feature (apparently borrowed from San Francisco Mountain on which the peak stands). Thus the United States Geographic Board approved the variant name in 1911. In 1933, the application of the names was rectified.
Humphreys Peak should not be confused with Mount Humphreys, a taller peak in the Sierra Nevada.
Kendrick Peak (35.4081°N, 111.8507°W) is one of the highest peaks in the San Francisco volcanic field north of the city of Flagstaff in the U.S. State of Arizona and is located on the Coconino Plateau in Coconino County.
Kendrick Peak is between 2.7 and 1.4 million years old and consists primarily of dacite and rhyolite flows that were partly buried by andesite according to the USGS.
In the year 2000 the Kendrick Wilderness and Kendrick Peak were involved in a large wildfire, the results of which are still quite evident to hikers or visitors to the peak.
On May 23, 1863, Humphreys was transferred to the command of the 2nd Division in the III Corps, under Maj. Gen.
Humphrey's new position was on the Emmitsburg Road, part of a salient directly in the path of the Confederate assault, and it was too long a front for a single division to defend.
Humphreys was promoted to major general of volunteers on July 8, 1863, and finally acceded to Meade's request to serve as his chief of staff; he did not have much of a division left to command.
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