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This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hill and her friend Mary Crowe, who are tribal ...
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Visiting Kuwohi (& Why They Changed Clingmans Dome's Name)The View From Kuwohi/Clingmans Dome Observation Tower. Once you reach the top of the trail, you’ll be met with a 54-foot-tall observation tower that was built back in 1959.
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is having its name restored to Kuwohi. On ...
The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, ... The 6,643-foot Kuwohi is one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with more ...
The mountain has always been known as Kuwohi to the Cherokee people. The mountain was named Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey that named the mountain for Thomas Lanier Clingman who was a ...
Kuwohi translates to “mulberry place,” the park service said. Clingmans Dome was named after Thomas Lanier Clingman, a Confederate brigadier general and U.S. representative and senator from ...
Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the national park and the destination of many visitors who've made the steep hike to its summit, will now be called Kuwohi, according to the National Park Service.
The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hill and her friend Mary Crowe, who are tribal ...
The mountain has always been known as Kuwohi to the Cherokee people. The mountain was named Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey that named the mountain for Thomas Lanier Clingman who was a ...
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