Petition Filed To Change Name Of Mount Evans To Mount Blue Sky

Mt. Evans Colorado

Petition Filed To Change Name Of Mount Evans To Mount Blue Sky

By Jesse Sarles

December 2, 2020 at 10:22 am Filed Under:14ers, Colorado News, Mount Evans, Sand Creek Massacre (CBS4) – Two Colorado Indian tribes have filed an official petition with the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to change the name of Mount Evans. The iconic 14er on Colorado’s Front Range is one of only a few in the state that’s accessible by road. Mount Evans, Colorado’s fifth highest peak, is named after Territorial Governor John Evans, who is responsible for conducting the strategy during the Sand Creek Massacre. In 1864, U.S. Army Colonel John Chivington and the 3rd Colorado Cavalry attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado. Chivington was appointed by Evans.