14,000 foot Colorado mountain tied to 1864 massacre renamed Mount Blue Sky
A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado's Indigenous people.
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A towering mountain southwest of Denver has been renamed in honor of Colorado's Indigenous people.
On one cold November morning in 1864, more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, mostly women and children, were murdered in one of the worst massacres in American history.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially renamed Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky during the Council of Geographic Names Authorities conference Friday afternoon.
Members of US Board on Geographic Names vote to change name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue sky at request of tribes Federal US officials renamed a Colorado mountain that was previously named after a disgraced governor of the state who led a massacre against Indigenous people . Members of the US Board
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially renamed Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky during the Council of Geographic Names Authorities conference Friday afternoon.