WASHINGTON—A federal board voted Thursday to change the name of South Dakota’s highest peak in a move that even surprised supporters. The Federal Board of Geographic Names voted to change Harney Peak ...

PIERRE | A federal board's Thursday decision to rename Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak surprised South Dakota's governor, but vindicated activists who unsuccessfully argued to state officials last year ...

What started out as a two-way competition between Harney Peak and Black Elk Peak for the name of South Dakota's highest point seems to have turned into a lively free-for-all.

A federal board voted to change the name of Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak – but some South Dakota government officials against the decision. This mountain has been known as Harney Peak for more than ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The South Dakota Board of Geographic Names has recommended that the name of Harney Peak, the highest geographical point in South Dakota, remain unchanged. Discussion about ...

RAPID CITY – Harney Peak's distinction as the "highest point in the U.S. east of the Rockies" is as rock-solid to many South Dakotans as the granite at the 7,242-foot summit. The factoid, or some ...

A federal board renamed this 7,242-foot peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota as Black Elk Peak after an objection to the man it was named after: William Harney. Dick Holland in his Omaha home ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Supporters of renaming Harney Peak in the Black Hills dominated a state board meeting on Wednesday held to take public input on the proposed change. The South Dakota Board on ...

A federal board voted Thursday to change the name of the state’s highest peak in a move that even surprised supporters. The Federal Board of Geographic Names voted to change Harney Peak to Black Elk ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A federal board’s Thursday decision to rename Harney Peak to Black Elk Peak surprised South Dakota’s governor, but vindicated activists who unsuccessfully argued to state officials ...