The '70s lives on in NH.
Posted on 01/20/2024 10:04:49 AM PST by billorites
The agency responsible for standardizing geographical name spellings throughout the federal government has decided against a proposal by a New Hampshire woman to change the name of Mount Washington in Coös County to Agiocochook, but did say it can be used on federal products alongside the official name.
In a letter to Kris Pastoriza of Easton, the U.S. Board on Geographical Names said: “We regret to inform you that the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, at its Jan. 11, 2024 meeting, did not approve your proposal to change the name of Mount Washington in and on the White Mountain National Forest to Agiocochook.
“The decision cited the local and State opposition to the change, a lack of input from federally recognized Tribes, and a reluctance to change a longstanding name.
“The members noted that the name Agiocochook is recorded as a variant name in the BGN’s database entry for Mount Washington, and as such it is permitted to be shown, where warranted, on Federal products alongside (or below) the official name.”
Pastoriza said it was unlikely the board would support her proposal.
“Given the letters sent from the various New Hampshire agencies to the BGN, opposing the name change, it seemed very unlikely that the federal government would support it,” Pastoriza said in an email Friday.
She quoted from the portion of the letter stating Agiocochook can be used on federal products alongside or below Mount Washington where warranted.
“Anyone is also free to call any mountain by any name they wish, or no name at all, and might find they see it more clearly,” Pastoriza said.
She had also proposed Baker River be changed to Asquamchumauke, which has not yet been voted on by the BGN.
Eight commissioners for the state and the executive director of Fish and Game drafted letters of opposition to changing the name of Mount Washington and the Baker River.
They included the Departments of Safety, Education, Transportation, Natural and Cultural Resources, Environmental Services, Administrative Services, Business and Economic Affairs, Health and Human Services.Some claimed the name change would increase danger in search and rescue missions and loss of tourism revenue, which Pastoriza said were unsupported by data.
Pastoriza urged the U.S. Board of Geographic Names to change the name of Mount Washington to Mount Agiocochook as it was known by native Americans before European settlement, because the first U.S. President owned slaves, and that the name for the Baker River be changed to the native Asquamchumauke River, noting Lt. Thomas Baker, for whom it is now named and his troops destroyed a Pemigewasset native village near Plymouth in 1712.
Paula Tracy contributed to this report. Nancy West is the founder of IndepthNH.org and a veteran reporter with 40 years of experience.
The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
yes, pubs are evil too....but if we had gotten just a few more congresscritters elected, if we didn't have pubs and conservatives voting for that nice clean black man or that southern baptist the Toon. and I know that happened and I think there were many freepers fooled as well...
I still wonder what would have happened to our country if it was Mike Ditka who was elected senator and not that "clean black man" homosexual satan....
we've had choices and we blew it...
The Communist Purge Continues To Grow Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!
We have to rename Mt. Washington to something unpronounceable because “Washington owned slaves”. Spit.
It’s interesting that the Indian tribes had no interest in getting on board with this change that was proposed by what I am assuming is a white woman.
The renamers always want to replace a name that’s easy to say and remember with something that sounds like a cat coughing up a hairball.
Next up... A request to call it Agiocochook DC. And the state of Agiocochook.
Can you say Seattle Agiocochook?
Some Shawnee and some Cherokee here. Student of all things First Nations.
Presuming the proposed name is Abenaki, whom did the Abenaki fight/kill/dispossess to control the NH area? Control of hunting and agricultural areas in pre-1492 North America was no way permanent. The Indians were no more noble than European settlers.
The '70s lives on in NH.
The proposed name is virtually unpronounceable.
WHY? What is the real impetus for changing the name?
And here in Seattle we have a mountain and inlet named after a British general.
“The renamers always want to replace a name that’s easy to say and remember with something that sounds like a cat coughing up a hairball.”
That’s part of the scam. A way to cause more misery in a tiny way. It’s deliberate to cause more inconvenience. Even little things like this add up.
Well said!
I propose to change the name of that woman to Dingbat.
Do these people have any other things to do??????????
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Both of these folks need REAL PRODUCTIVE JOBS........
Mount Agiocochook as it was known by native Americans before European settlement,
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No, it was not.
the word “Mount” was not in their language.
“Mount Agiocochook as it was known by native Americans before European settlement”
Which peoples? Agiocochook is an anglicized rendering of the local people in the area at that point in time. It is phonetic by default. What nation was in control? And it is doubtful the word “mount” was part of that rendering.
I would like to see the document sourcing this document and how the word was actually written down by the scribe or surveyor. What does the local council have to say regardiñg this and the entymological background related to the rendering.
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