This story was updated to add new information. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is dropping the name of a Confederate general in favor of its ...

Sat, February 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC Agali — This name comes from the Cherokee word for "sunshine." Sitanka — This Sioux term means "big foot" and represents bravery and leadership. Peta — With ...

Long before the Great Smokies’ highest peak was named in 1859 for Thomas Clingman, a U.S. senator who would later become a Confederate brigadier general, the Cherokee people knew it by a different ...

The Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak will be renamed Kuwohi, restoring its original Cherokee name after over 150 years. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved the change, requested by the ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — 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 new name for the site in Great Smoky Mountains National Park means “mulberry place.” Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agali — This name comes from the Cherokee word for "sunshine." Sitanka — This Sioux term means "big foot" and represents bravery ...