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<\/p>\nThe National Park Service declared that Mount Doane in Yellowstone National Park would henceforth be known as First Peoples Mountain.<\/p>\n
According to the EPA, the first national park in America had a \u201coffensive name\u201d that was changed.<\/p>\n
The US Board on Geographic Names upheld the ruling with a 15-0 majority.<\/p>\n
Located 10,551 feet east of Yellowstone Lake is the Wyoming mountain.<\/p>\n
Previously, the peak had the name Gustavus Doane in honor of the explorer.<\/p>\n
Doane was born in Illinois in 1840, raised in California, and attended the University of the Pacific in Santa Clara before joining the Second Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry\u2019s \u201cCalifornia Hundred,\u201d a federal volunteer force.<\/p>\n
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A mountain in Yellowstone National Park that was named for a US Army colonel who assisted in organizing a killing of Native Americans has had its name changed by a government tribunal.Matthew Brown, File\/AP Photo<\/p>\n
He resigned to obtain an appointment as a lieutenant with the first regiment, Mississippi Marine Brigade, after rising to the rank of sergeant by 1864, according to Montana State University.<\/p>\n
In 1867, Doane was named mayor of Yazoo City, Mississippi, following the Civil War.<\/p>\n
After a year, he submitted an application for an army commission and was granted a position as a second lieutenant in the US Cavalry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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