Oregon's Swastika Mountain will soon be renamed – The Forward
The mountain predates the Nazis and took its name from a shuttered town where a cattle rancher branded his cows with a swastika symbol.
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The mountain predates the Nazis and took its name from a shuttered town where a cattle rancher branded his cows with a swastika symbol.
Swastika Mountain, located about 30 miles outside Eugene, Ore., was named after a local ranch in the early 1900s. Now it's in the process of being renamed.
Two proposals—Umpqua Mountain and Mount Halo—have so far been submitted to the Oregon Geographic Names Board.
The mountain predates the Nazis, and took its name from a shuttered town where a cattle rancher branded his cows with the swastika.
Swastika Mountain, located about 30 miles outside Eugene, Ore., was named after a local ranch in the early 1900s. Now it's in the process of being renamed.