sentences:  According to Lee Whittlesey, Eagle Peak was named in 1885 by geologist Arnold Hague for its resemblance to a "spread eagle".Another source states that it was named in 1878 by Jack Newell, who killed a golden eagle on the mountain that year.Up until the 1930s, most park officials and geologists believed that Electric Peak near Gardiner, Montana was the park's highest peak, not Eagle Peak.