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Also, the namesake of this mountain was forced to resign over the incident: > Evans was forced to resign the governorship in 1865 for his role in instigating t
by tivert 3y ago
Also, the namesake of this mountain was forced to resign over the incident:
> Evans was forced to resign the governorship in 1865 for his role in instigating the Sand Creek massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Evans_(Colorado_governor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Evans_(Colorado_governor))
I'm kinda of surprised the mountain was named for him, given that. It looks like he only took office in 1862, but it looks like his daughter was married to a later governor, so maybe that had something to do with it.
Though I'm still generally opposed to changing long-established names, because of the annoyance and confusion it causes (and will forever cause). Very, very few people even know or care about the person anything was named after.
- kibwen 3y ago> I'm kinda of surprised the mountain was named for him, given that. Consider that the largest military base in the United States was named in honor of a general of the CSA. On the other hand, he was generally regarded as an incompetent leader hated by his own men, and that "the losses suffered by Bragg's forces are cited as highly consequential to the ultimate defeat of the Confederacy", so maybe it makes sense why the Union would want to memorialize him...