great smoky mountains clingmans dome news

Great Smoky Mountains National Park peak reverting to Cherokee name

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park back to its Cherokee name.

The Cincinnati Enquirer · 1d

Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies and consider it sacred.

Raleigh News & Observer on MSN · 1d

What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its traditional Cherokee name Kuwohi. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the change Sept. 18, the National Park Service announced.

USA Today2d

Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Cherokee people who consider the mountain sacred

The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain ...

1don MSN

It's official: Clingmans Dome renamed to honor Cherokee heritage

Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is officially renamed Kuwohi.

1don MSN

Great Smoky Mountains ditches name of Confederate general

The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution23h

Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains reverts to its Cherokee name, Kuwohi

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is America’s most visited national park, and Kuwohi is one its most popular sites, with more than 650,000 visitors ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results