Mt Abram, Ouray County, CO (2) by Tim Stewart Via Flickr: CO (Ouray County) Abrams Mountain, also known as Mount Abram or Mount Abrams, is a 12,801-foot-elevation mountain summit located on the shared boundary of Ouray County with San Juan County in southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated four miles south of the town of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. This iconic feature of the Ouray landscape can be seen for many miles while driving Highway 550 south from Montrose toward Ouray, and it dominates the San Juan Skyway from Red Mountain Pass to Ironton Park. The mountain's name, which has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, was in use before 1906 when Henry Gannett published it in the Gazetteer of Colorado. The name commemorates Abram Cutler (born November 2, 1832), the first judge of Ouray County and notary public who administered the oath to Ouray's original town board. Originally a civil engineer, he assisted Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden with the 1874 survey of this area, so the possibility exists that Hayden named the mountain to honor Cutler. The nearby Cutler Creek which is just north of Ouray was also named for Abram Cutler, and the Cutler Formation takes its name from the creek. (1) References (1) Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrams_Mountain
