First of all, some readers might have missed this post from last month, due to technical issues. You can read that post here. In summation, the mountain was named for the Shaffer Brothers—Peter J.and Uriah. When they departed the Honey Lake Valley in 1868 there whereabouts were unknown. It should be duly noted, in many instances, then and even today, former residents passing are chronicled in the local press. That was not the case with the Shaffers. Thanks to David Zoller he did some sleuthing and found that the two men by 1880 became fruit growers in Los Angeles County where they both died in the early 1900s.

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