The disagreement over which party first reached the top of Grand Teton may be the greatest controversy in the history of American mountaineering. Though no definitive conclusion has ever been reached, Owen's party has been credited with the first undisputed successful ascent. After 1898, no other ascents of Grand Teton were recorded until 1923. He scaled the Grand Teton again in November 1924 to celebrate his 65th birthday and found the records he left at the summit 26 years earlier. In 1927, the second tallest peak in the Teton Range was named Mount Owen in his honor.