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 ...

The mountain is the highest point in the national park and the highest point in Tennessee. It’s noted by the paved spiral observation tower that straddles the state line. Thousands of years before the ...

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 ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is having its name restored to Kuwohi. Kuwohi means ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — In an eight to two vote, Knox County Commissioners approved a resolution supporting the name change of the tallest point in the Smokies. The Eastern Band of Cherokee ...

What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its traditional Cherokee name Kuwohi. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the ...

JACKSBORO, Tenn. (WATE) — The Campbell County Commission has become the second governing body in East Tennessee to declare symbolic support for renaming Clingmans Dome. The County Commission on Monday ...

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 ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A hiker suffering from a severe illness was rescued from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Tuesday by the Tennessee Army National Guard. The aircraft departed McGhee ...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed its highest point, an observation tower, for extensive renovations and repairs.The Daily Times of Maryville reports the Clingmans Dome Observation ...