(Image courtesy of Google Earth) Geographic Naming Board mulls Kit Carson name changeThe board that decides the name of geographic features in Colorado declined to vote on changing the name of Kit Carson Mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range to one of several proposed names during a meeting on January 25. However, they stated that the process of changing the name is still ongoing, and they will be reaching out to local communities and native tribes in the area to discuss possible name changes. Kit Carson Mountain is interesting in that the mountain has several different named high points that honor failed NASA rocket missions: Challenger Point and Columbia Point were named in 1985 and 2003, respectively. (One high point is currently unnamed.)…
Geographic Naming Board mulls Kit Carson Mountain name change due to controversial historical figure