Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has formally recommended that Mount Evans be renamed to Mount Blue Sky, and the final decision now lies with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
That board will make the final decision on the renaming of the 14,264-foot mountain, which is south of Georgetown and west of Evergreen.
"The process leading to, and resulting in the CGNAB’s recommendation to rename Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky was well developed including with a broad diversity of stakeholders, Tribal consultation, local government buy-in and leadership, and significant public input, including feedback from living descendents of then Territorial Governor John Evans. Local buy-in and leadership is a critical element in this process and both the Mt.
"His role, including as a founder of both the University of Denver and Northwestern University, his role in bringing the railroad to Denver forever changing the course of the city and the state, his impact on the medical profession, and his opposition to slavery and close relationship to Abraham Lincoln in his early life in Illinois are an important part of our history," it reads.
On Friday after this was announced, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet said they supported this official recommendation to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.
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