Equality, Raven Peak mulled as names for Grand Teton summit with disgraced leader’s name

Equality, Raven Peak mulled as names for Grand Teton summit with disgraced leader’s name: Mount Grizzly 399, Mount Liberty ruled out by state naming board.

Wednesday, July 2, 1975. Dead Savage Spring.

A child fishing with his father found the body of Old Faithful Lodge cook Donald Watt Cressey, the senior cook at Old Faithful Lodge in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.

Cressey had died in the same hot spring in which Yellowstone Park concessioner employee Brian Parsons had been fatally burned in July 1967. 

After Cressey's death the hot spring was named "Dead Savage Spring" by the U.S. Geological Survey, "savage" being Yellowstone Park lexicon for a park concessioner employee.

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Tuesday, July 1, 1975. ARPANET.

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Mount Blue Sky, was Mount Evans.

That's the story, Mt. Evans in Colorado has been renamed Mt. Blue Sky.

The mountain was named after Colorado Territorial Governor John Evans.  The Civil War era Governor was obviously popular enough at the time, but his association with the Sand Creek Massacre has caused his memory to tarnish over the years.  That association may be noted here:

June 24

1864   Colorado Governor John Evans warns that all peaceful Indians in the region must report to the Sand Creek reservation or risk being attacked.  This set in motion that lead to the chain of events that caused the infamous Sand Creek Massacre, The Battle of Red Buttes, and the Battle of Platte Bridge Station.

The even itself is discussed here:

November 29

1864         Sand Creek Massacre in which Colorado militia attack Black Kettle's Cheyenne band in Colorado.  Black Kettle was at peace, and the attack was unwarranted.  The unit would muster out shortly thereafter.  The attack would drive many Cheyenne north into Wyoming and western Nebraska, where they would link up with Sioux who were already trending towards hostility with the United States.  This would result in ongoing unbroken armed conflict between these tribes and the United States up through the conclusion of Red Cloud's War.

In 2020, current Colorado Governor Polish established The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board which suggested the new name, which was approved by the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.  Clear Creek County approved the renaming in 2022.

Evans' reassessment is an example of how such reappraisals have occured post World War Two. Evans was forced to resign as a result of the Sand Creek Massacre and was accused of a cover-up in regard to it, but nonetheless, as late as 1963 he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.  Charitable in many things, other than his views on the fate of Native Peoples, various things were named for him, including Mount Evans, a World War Two destroyer and the Evans Chapel at the University of Denver, the latter of which he had built in memory of a daughter.

Today In Wyoming's History: Albany County Commissioners vote to change name of lake.

Today In Wyoming's History: Albany County Commissiones vote to change name of ...: 

Albany County Commissiones vote to change name of lake.

The Albany County Commissioners have voted to change the name of Swastika Lake, in the Medicine Bow National Forest, to Samuel H. Knight Lake, after the famous Wyoming geologist.

One county commissioner, interestingly the only Republican one on the board, which shows how different Albany County's politics are compared to the most of the rest of Wyoming, slammed the move as "Communists".  Testimony by others dismissed that proposition, however, and indeed historical evidence showed that Native Americans objected to the use of the word as long ago as the 1940s.

The commissioner action now goes to the Wyoming board that deals with geographical names and, if they approve the change, on to the Federal Government.

Offensive place names in Wyoming renamed.

The following Wyoming place names were renamed by the Federal Government in Wyoming, after the old place names were found to be offensive.  This was part of a nationwide effort by the Federal Government.

1594741	South Sage Creek	South Squaw Creek	Stream	Campbell County	Wyoming	44.7135941	-105.6455617
1594941	Duck Butte	Squaw Butte	Summit	Campbell County	Wyoming	44.7843412499999	-105.246964199999
1594940	Muskrat Butte	Squaw Butte	Summit	Fremont County	Wyoming	43.0591256	-107.828970499999
1580849	Mawikwe Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Bayfield County	Wisconsin	46.8785428999999	-91.0646315
1581733	Apple Lake	Squaw Lake	Lake	St. Croix County	Wisconsin	45.1808294599999	-92.6154217899999
1594943	Bear Buttes	Squaw Buttes	Summit	Crook County	Wyoming	44.8072068999999	-104.544957999999
1594942	L Quarter Circle Butte	Squaw Butte	Summit	Sheridan County	Wyoming	44.8899868	-106.2253094
1594946	Sage Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Campbell County	Wyoming	44.6833159999999	-105.579448099999
1594947	L Quarter Circle Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Sheridan County	Wyoming	44.8447074999999	-106.1139148
1594945	Platte Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Natrona County	Wyoming	42.8096869	-106.3794728
1594944	Pannaite Naokwaide	Squaw Creek	Stream	Teton County	Wyoming	43.3818731	-110.7404796
1594950	Marys Lake	Squaw Lake	Lake	Fremont County	Wyoming	42.8832915099999	-109.1216754
1594949	Maxwell Hill	Squaw Hill	Summit	Platte County	Wyoming	41.8016389	-105.029973699999
1594951	Slate Mountain	Squaw Mountain	Summit	Platte County	Wyoming	41.9249713	-105.230535799999
1594955	Sugar Butte	Squaw Teat Butte	Summit	Hot Springs County	Wyoming	43.7798565	-108.989108
1594952	Kuchunteka’a Toyavi	Squaw Peak	Summit	Park County	Wyoming	44.90176377	-109.796724299999
1594953	Slate Rock	Squaw Rock	Summit	Platte County	Wyoming	41.9249713	-105.230535799999
1594954	Little Sandy Peak	Squaw Teat	Summit	Sublette County	Wyoming	42.3605086999999	-109.245402499999
1601412	Middle Fork Sagebrush Creek	Middle Fork Squaw Creek	Stream	Sublette County	Wyoming	42.6002289999999	-109.224849199999
1594956	Crow Woman Buttes	Squaw Teats	Summit	Park County	Wyoming	44.10947	-108.57647
1603298	Two Ocean Basin	Squaw Basin	Basin	Teton County	Wyoming	43.7427263	-110.1146291
1603299	Tuka Naa’iya Po’I Hunu’u	Squaw Canyon	Valley	Teton County	Wyoming	43.51795469	-111.0020607
1603300	Lake Mountain Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Albany County	Wyoming	41.1263633	-106.065287999999
1603301	Dugway Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Carbon County, Natrona County	Wyoming	42.3613538999999	-106.1383502
1603303	Popo Agie Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Fremont County	Wyoming	42.8480139999999	-108.734284
1599499	East Fork Sagebrush Creek	East Fork Squaw Creek	Stream	Sublette County	Wyoming	42.5974512	-109.224849199999
1603302	Sagebrush Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Sublette County	Wyoming	42.5721727999999	-109.2806836
1603304	Paamus Naokwaide	Squaw Creek	Stream	Lincoln County	Wyoming	43.1424232999999	-110.933262499999
1603307	High Park Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Washakie County	Wyoming	44.1160726	-107.2595127
1603309	Kuchunteka’a Naokwaide	Squaw Creek	Stream	Park County	Wyoming	44.8813338	-109.655171999999
1603308	North Fork Hoodoo Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Park County	Wyoming	44.3463423	-109.098476099999
1603305	Paateheya’ateka’a Naokwaide	Squaw Creek	Stream	Teton County	Wyoming	43.3927052	-110.806593899999
1603306	Fireweed Creek	Squaw Creek	Stream	Fremont County, Teton County	Wyoming	43.6405022	-110.136571799999
1603310	Paantsugu Seepaithe	Squaw Flat	Flat	Lincoln County	Wyoming	43.1415901	-110.9324292
1603313	Roaring Mountain	Squaw Mountain	Summit	Converse County	Wyoming	42.49338771	-105.8442236
1603315	Horseshoe Peaks	Squaw Peaks	Summit	Converse County	Wyoming	42.3423887599999	-105.417778799999
1604476	South Fork Popo Agie Creek	South Fork Squaw Creek	Stream	Fremont County	Wyoming	42.7810685	-108.854009899999
1604491	Nahguch Hollow	Squaw Hollow	Valley	Sweetwater County	Wyoming	41.1751025299999	-109.5734302
1603311	Huu’na Waippe Naokwaide	Squaw Fork Canyon	Valley	Lincoln County	Wyoming	43.1428982099999	-110.938116899999
1604531	West Fork Sagebrush Creek	West Fork Squaw Creek	Stream	Sublette County	Wyoming	42.5974512	-109.224849199999
1605139	Bear Rock	Squaw Rock	Summit	Goshen County	Wyoming	41.6716400999999	-104.263846
1603317	Deer Spring	Squaw Spring	Spring	Natrona County	Wyoming	42.46253987	-106.081307499999