In this new mural, the name Mount Evans is crossed out and replaced with the words “Mount Blue Sky.” Here's why.
When Sarah Ortegon was painting a new mural on the side of the Patagonia store in River North, passersby had a lot of questions. They wanted to know why she had crossed out the name Mount Evans in her painting and replaced it with the words “Mount Blue Sky.”
Few people who grew up in Colorado need a book to tell them about 14,271-foot Mount Evans. Most have either driven to the top, driven by it or simply gazed at what is the closest fourteener to Denver, one that is visible from just about anywhere from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Evans was forced to resign as governor as a result of the massacre, but his legacy was framed in a much more positive light in the following decades. That changed in 2014, when two university studies concluded that at a minimum “he bore some share of the responsibility for the attack,”, which is maintained by History Colorado. Many others, including descendants of the victims, believe he had a much more active role in it.
The 8-foot-by-8-foot mural, at 2600 Walnut St., shows two large doll-like Native American characters standing above the mountain. Below is a depiction of Sand Creek,. And alongside the characters is the familiar state U.S. Forest Service sign reading “Summit of Mount Evans.” But in the mural, the words “Mount Evans” have been crossed out and replaced by “Mount Blue Sky.”
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