Public invited to comment on options for renaming Mount Evans – CBS Denver
By Anna Maria Basquez
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colorado (CBS4) – Mount Blue Sky is a name that could replace Mount Evans by the state and Clear Creek County after a long process. The county will invite public comment this Tuesday.
Mount Blue Sky is one of five possible names for the iconic gateway to the Rocky Mountains.
“The Southern Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribe supports (the name of) Mount Blue Sky,” said Randy Wheelock, Clear Creek County Commissioner. “They have submitted this application to the federal government.”
However, the process is lengthy, Wheeler said.
There are five suggestions for the name change:
- Mount Blue Sky (of the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe)
- Mount Cheyenne-Arapaho (from the Northern Cheyenne tribe)
- Mount Soule (from a private party)
- Mount Rosalie (from a private party)
- Mount Evans (renamed after another member of the Evans family; from a private party)
“Ultimately, the Bureau of Geographic Names decides,” he said. “It is looking for input from the state government and local jurisdiction. They are also sending information to all 534 Native American tribes to see if they have any comments or objections.”
The district recommendation will be determined by March 15, he said.
“The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board (CGNAB) and the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) are acting on five proposals to change Mount Evans’ name this year,” county officials said in a statement. “Both have asked Clear Creek County for our official county recommendation to inform their decisions. The mountain is currently named for former Colorado Territory Governor John Evans, who was in office during the Sand Creek Massacre of November 29, 1864.”
Two Native American tribes didn’t want their names included in their naming suggestions “so they wouldn’t be bothered,” Wheelock said. Another name in the proposal wants it renamed Mt. Evans but rededicated to another member of the Evans family.
Public comment will take place virtually at 6pm on March 8th at the meetings link and the zoom link for all three March meetings is: HTTPS://ZOOM.US/J/167562115.
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