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History of 4,000-feet mountain predates Nazi Germany, may soon be dubbed Mount Halo after a chief who led the area’s Indigenous Yoncalla Kalapuya tribe in the 1800s
A final decision on the new name for the mountain outside Cottage Grove will be made in December.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The name of a mountain south of Eugene, Oregon, will soon be changed. The Oregon Geographic Names Board confirmed Wednesday that Swastika Mountain, which refers to a symbol of the German Nazi Party, will be changed, KOIN-TV reported .
When two 19-year-old hikers vanished on Oregon's Swastika Mountain, the modest butte in the middle of nowhere ended up rising in prominence due to its offensive name. Now the Oregon Geographic Names Board is considering naming the mountain after Chief (Halo) Halito.