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

Kuwohi, as Clingmans Dome is known by the Cherokee ... the spelling had been “Kuwahi” but a later update from the EBCI ...

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

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 ...

A developer is proposing a large inflatable sports dome for a site south of Interstate 80 and west of the Brookside Marketplace shopping center in Tinley Park, according to plans under review by ...

The Iron Dome is a mobile air defence system developed by Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets, artillery shells, and mortar bombs fired from distances of 4 to 70 km. It was ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

FORMER EXECUTIVE Councilor Russell Prescott threaded the needle and won a tight Republican primary in the 1st Congressional District by maximizing his base and minimizing support for his ...