The first name change happened in 1859, when Arnold Guyot, a geographer and professor, named the area after Clingman.

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

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

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

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, ...

Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort to officially restore the mountain and to recognize its ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted 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 ...

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

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved a formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to change ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — UPDATE (9/18): The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved restoring the "Kuwohi" name to Clingmans Dome with a vote of 20-0. In 2022, the Eastern Band of ...

Mary was cremated and her ashes spread in a private ceremony on Clingmans Dome (Kuwohi) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in August 2024. Mary was born in Hastings, Nebraska on October 12 ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team has found construction companies already lining up and looking to cash in if the Browns decide to build a dome. We investigated after we saw a post on the ...