Named for Lew Anderson, USFS District Ranger of Barton Flats, in 1921 by topographer Donald Mclain who updated maps of the San Gorgonio area, added new trail routes and supplied a number of place names. Anderson, Mclain’s boss, was reputed to have had a very winning personality.
Peak was on the original 1946 HPS Peak List. Weldon Heald climbed this peak in 1942.