What is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the second-highest peak in the contiguous United States?
Answer Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert is the Rocky Mountains' highest peak, named in honor of Samuel Hitt Elbert, a Colorado politician who was instrumental in the state's formation and served as the Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1873 to 1874.
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