Slover Mountain | |
Map: | California |
Location: | San Bernardino County, California, United States |
Elevation Ft: | 1184 |
Coordinates: | 34.0649°N -117.3423°W |
Topo: | USGS San Bernardino South |
Other Name: | Mount Slover, Marble Mountain |
Slover Mountain (Mount Slover, Marble Mountain) is a former[1] 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. The Colton Joint Unified School District's continuation high school is named after the mountain.[2]
The mountain was known as Tahualtapa ("raven hill") by Native Americans and Cerrito Solo ("little solitary hill") by the colonial Spanish.
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.[3] The Colton Liberty Flag formerly stood atop the mountain.[4]
Before the mountain was mined for marble and limestone, it stood as the tallest in the San Bernardino Valley, at 1184feet.[4]