Goodbye Evans, Hello Blue Sky

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Fred Mosqueda, the Arapaho Coordinator for the language and culture program within the Education Department of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma. thinks Mount Blue Sky is a name for everyone.

It is such a happy name. It is for a beautiful ceremony. It is for beautiful people. This was our homeland here - so, when we come to Colorado, when we look west and we see Mount Blue Sky, [we will] feel happy. We [will] feel like we are at home.



Four other names were proposed through the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board to replace Mount Evans: Mount Cheyenne-Arapaho, Mount Evans (to honor Evans daughter instead), Mount Rosalie, and Mount Soule. But the Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners voted on March 15, 2022, to recommend Mount Blue Sky to the state and federal naming boards and Governor Polis.

Hey, I have an idea. Why not name Mt Evans after the Governor's daughter.
It will not cost anything to change the maps, the road signs, etc