The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years ...

The highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, has officially returned to its Cherokee name ...

After 165 years, officials have changed the name of a popular Great Smoky Mountains peak that honored a Confederate general.

Jason Sponseller/Shutterstock Out with the old, in with the new as they say. Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced ...

Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an ...

The highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be renamed Kuwohi, reverting to its Cherokee name after more ...

The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies ...

The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...

The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...

What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years ...