The first name change happened in 1859, when Arnold Guyot, a geographer and professor, named the area after Clingman.
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‘A refuge:’ Advocate shares history behind Kuwohi after Clingmans Dome name changeThis week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...
Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an ...
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the ...
The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...
It was the latest development in a years-long effort to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi (koo-WHOA-hee), the traditional Cherokee name for the mountain the structure is built on. It means ...
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. Eastern Band of the Cherokee ...
Kuwohi is once again the name of a popular summit in Great Smoky Mountains National Park following a vote to change it from Clingmans Dome. Photo from the National Park Service What was formerly ...
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