Colorado mountain gets new name
COLORADO (KRQE) - A Colorado mountain named after a controversial governor is getting a new name. The state's geographic naming advisory board unanimously approved a request from two Native tribes to rename Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. Durango offers homeowners $8,000 to build apartment units on their propertyThe area was named after Governor John Evans, the territorial governor who resigned after an 1864 massacre of more than 200 Native people. The Arapaho are known as the Blue Sky People.
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