One of the most visited national parks in the country and a major tourist attraction for Middle Tennesseans now has a new ...

This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...

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

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

Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an expelled U.S. senator-turned-Confederate brigadier general who, as a lawyer, ...

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

Kuwohi is 6,643 feet and is the third-highest mountain east of the Mississippi River. It was named Clingmans Dome in 1859 by ...

The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the ...

Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is officially renamed Kuwohi.

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

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 ...