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    Default Clingmans Dome is now Kuwohi

    I just saw this article on CNN and thought you all would be interested:

    The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.

    The US Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news release from the park. The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.”
    https://www.cnn.com/travel/clingmans...nge/index.html

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    I read up on the history and battle for tallest peak between Clingman, Guyot and Mitchell.

    I also learned GSMNP built the clingman dome tower 1 foot taller than Mt Mitchell elevation.
    Trail Miles: 5,265.4
    AT Map 1: ✔ | 13-21'
    Sheltowee Trace: ✔ | 20-23'
    Pinhoti Trail: ✔ | 23-24'
    Foothills Trail: ✔ | 24'
    BMT: 168.3
    CDT: 210.9

    GSMNP900: 134.7
    AT Map 2: 279.4


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    There you go Gambit, Clingman, I mean Kuwohi will need new signage.

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    Same thing is happening in Colorado. Virtue signaling at its best. Native Americans have been poorly served by their government. This is a great step forward!

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