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C onservative group Advance Colorado has filed a petition to President Donald Trump seeking to reverse the 2023 renaming of ...
Fourteener enthusiasts will have to go a long way this summer to climb one of the state’s most recognizable 14,000-foot ...
DENVER — A group in Colorado wants to revert the name of Mount Blue Sky to Mount Evans, arguing the decision to scrap the ...
Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state's disgraced territorial governor John Evans, has been given a new name -- Mount Blue Sky -- by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
The mountain that towers high above Metro Denver was renamed Friday as Mount Blue Sky. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names decided to rename 14,265-foot Mount Evans during a virtual meeting ...
A group in Colorado is seeking to revert the name of Mount Blue Sky to Mount Evans, arguing the decision to scrap the name of ...
GEORGETOWN, Colo. (KRDO) -- The summit of Mount Evans has closed to vehicle traffic for the season. The uppermost portion of the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, miles 9-14, is now closed, but the lower ...
Mount Evans was named after Colorado Territorial Gov. John Evans in 1895. In June 1864, Evans ordered all “friendly Indians of the plains” to relocate to “places of safety.” ...
Colorado’s Mount Evans is likely to get a new name soon, after years of Native American activism. By Matt Whittaker Contributor Sept. 12, 2023, at 1:06 p.m. The Renaming of Colorado's Mt. Evans ...
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Mount Evans, a familiar fourteener and backdrop to the west of the Denver skyline, was named for John Evans, territorial governor from 1862-1865. Evans was forced to ...
Mount Evans, the Colorado fourteener named after the state’s disgraced territorial governor, now has a new name: Mount Blue Sky. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted 15-1 on Friday afternoon ...
MOUNT EVANS, Colorado (KCNC) — By now Mount Evans was expected to be renamed Mount Blue Sky, but the Northern Cheyenne tribe has objected to the process. “That’s their prerogative that’s ...