Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, could undergoe a name change back to the name the Cherokee used for time immemorial. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council last week approved a resolution to forward an application to the federal government asking that the 6,643-foot high summit be renamed Kuwohi, a Cherokee word that means
Campgrounds and roads closed Monday in Great Smoky Mountains Natinoal Park due to a forecast calling for "dangerously high winds" and extreme fire danger.