Coverage dated November 17, 2022

Panel OKs name change of Colorado mountain tied to massacre

Headline from WFMZ Allentown

A Colorado state panel has recommended Mount Evans, a prominent peak near Denver, be renamed Mount Blue Sky. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board voted unanimously Thursday for the change

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WFMZ Allentown
Panel OKs name change of Colorado mountain tied to massacre (opens WFMZ Allentown)
Published Nov 17, 2022
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A Colorado state panel has recommended Mount Evans, a prominent peak near Denver, be renamed Mount Blue Sky. The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board voted unanimously Thursday for the change
Summit Daily
Colorado board votes to change name of mountain honoring governor blamed for Sand Creek Massacre to Mount Blue Sky (opens Summit Daily)
Published Nov 17, 2022
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The state’s Geographic Naming Advisory Board on Thursday voted unanimously to strip the name of disgraced territorial governor John Evans from a Clear Creek County fourteener and recommended Mount Blue Sky as the new name, honoring Cheyenne...
Fox News
Colorado panel approves name-change of Mount Evans to cut tie to tribal massacre (opens Fox News)
Published Nov 17, 2022
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A Colorado state panel suggested to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. The original name is tied to the massacre of more than 200 Native Americans.

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