The highest point in Tennessee will once again be known as Kuwohi after the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians successfully lobbied the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. The federal board on Sept. 18 ...

The Kuwohi Observation Tower, formally known as Clingmans Dome, is a must-see when visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There are so many great hikes in North Carolina, but I would put ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The name change proposal for Clingmans Dome to become Kuwohi, the Cherokee word for "mulberry place," on ...

COLUMBIA, Missouri. (WVLT) - The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wednesday ...

Later this month, the Knox County commissioners will vote on whether to join a growing list of jurisdictions in Appalachia supporting changing the name of Clingmans Dome, the highest point in the ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — 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 ...

You can’t get any closer to the sun in Tennessee than when you stand atop Clingmans Dome, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s jewel topped by an observation tower along the state line. From the ...

In July, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribal Council voted to support a resolution to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi – which translates to the Mulberry Place. Since then there has been growing ...

Long before the misty peaks along the Tennessee-North Carolina border were called the Great Smoky Mountains, the tallest of them was known not as Clingmans Dome but as Kuwohi. In Cherokee, it means ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — Are you hoping to check out Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before the year ends? You'll have to hurry, or else you will have a long, ...