Last November, Colorado's Geographic Naming Advisory Board unanimously recommended approving the change to Mount Blue Sky, a name supported by the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma.

Evans had denied any role in the massacre, in which hundreds of Colorado militia troops, led by Col. John Chivington, attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho women, children and elders on the ...

Mount Evans no more. The name of the 14,000 foot mountain closest to Denver is now Mount Blue Sky, inspired by a name for the Arapaho tribal members, known as the Blue Sky People. The U.S. Board ...

But it was Mount Blue Sky that attracted unanimous support from Colorado’s 14-member geographic naming advisory board and from the tribes that sent representatives to the meeting.

Paolo Zialcita/CPR News A sign on Mount Evans Road welcomes visitors to the mountain, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Updated 3:21 p.m.

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.

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 to ...

The former Mount Evans viewed from near Idaho Springs in Colorado's Rocky Mountains in 2016. On Sept. 15, 2023, federal officials renamed the prominent peak Mount Blue Sky.

A Colorado group is seeking to revert the name of Mount Blue Sky to Mount Evans, arguing the decision to scrap the name of the former territorial governor from the peak was ideologically driven.

Mount Evans, at 14,265 in elevation at the peak, is shown in Clear Creek County, Colorado, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. It was renamed by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to Mount Blue Sky on ...