You posted to tell other people to stop posting?
Good strategy to keep it off the top of the list...
Petition to rename Kit Carson
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
LOL. Plus, the vote hasn't actually happened yet, so it's a good reminder!highpilgrim wrote:You posted to tell other people to stop posting?
Good strategy to keep it off the top of the list...
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
+1 ha hahighpilgrim wrote:You posted to tell other people to stop posting?
Good strategy to keep it off the top of the list...
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It's been four minutes since anybody posted in this thread; are there any new developments?
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I'm going to keep posting until everyone else stops this nonsense...
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
Hunter S Thompson
Walk away from the droning and leave the hive behind.
Dick Derkase
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
Just this email I received two days ago. Thanks Jim, Shaun, Mr. Pilgrim, Terry and *especially* SES_17, for getting this thread back on to the home page! I might have forgotten all about it! Cheers :DJim Davies wrote:It's been four minutes since anybody posted in this thread; are there any new developments?
- Thank you for the copy of the interview; we shall add it to the case, and make the Board members aware of its content. This case will be, as all are, analyzed and judged on its own merits. We are sure that various organizations have topic specific guidelines; even rules, but we can comment that no rules are enforced universally in the naming process (other than commemorative naming) in the United States. It is acceptable for the highest point (any point) on a mountain to have a different geographic name, and so that is not normally a factor. The opinion of the county and town are important because those representatives are elected to represent the local populace. Also, the recommendation of the State Names Authority is highly important. Everyone's opinion is important and considered. Once again, the staff will analyze every aspect of these proposals and make all information available to the members of the Board, who will also make their own interpretation in relation to policy and vote accordingly.
We shall let you know the Board's Decision.
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
And we have closure: The BGN voted to deny the name change.
By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD, THE GAZETTE
A southern Colorado fourteener will continue to be named for Civil War hero and Western icon Kit Carson, after an effort by the San Luis Valley town of Crestone to rename it.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names today voted 10-0 to deny a proposal to rename the 14,265-foot peak "Mount Crestone."
Some locals say the mountain was wrongly named after Kit Carson a century ago, and is in fact called "Mount Crestone" by everyone in the community. But board members, meeting in Washington, felt to rename it would cause confusion.
There are two other similarly-named fourteeners in the area, "Crestone Peak" and "Crestone Needle."
"It’s inconclusive whether the names got switched back in 1906 or whatever. Even if it did, it's been that way for over 100 years," said board executive secretary Lou Yost.
Read the story here: http://www.outtherecolorado.com/blogs/n ... ntain.html
By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD, THE GAZETTE
A southern Colorado fourteener will continue to be named for Civil War hero and Western icon Kit Carson, after an effort by the San Luis Valley town of Crestone to rename it.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names today voted 10-0 to deny a proposal to rename the 14,265-foot peak "Mount Crestone."
Some locals say the mountain was wrongly named after Kit Carson a century ago, and is in fact called "Mount Crestone" by everyone in the community. But board members, meeting in Washington, felt to rename it would cause confusion.
There are two other similarly-named fourteeners in the area, "Crestone Peak" and "Crestone Needle."
"It’s inconclusive whether the names got switched back in 1906 or whatever. Even if it did, it's been that way for over 100 years," said board executive secretary Lou Yost.
Read the story here: http://www.outtherecolorado.com/blogs/n ... ntain.html
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
Also , they declined to name the summit Kit Carson Peak, or Tranquility Peak. I think...scottrappold wrote:And we have closure: The BGN voted to deny the name change.
Fred
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Re: Petition to rename Kit Carson
Denied. 10-Zip. Ha! Thanks for the update, Scott - good story, too.
Very clever!JoeyJ wrote:Maybe USBG board member Lou Yost could petition for his own name change- and switch the first letter of his first name, with the first letter of his last name?
: - )