The South Dakota Board on Geographical Names today begins public hearings on changing the name Harney Peak, named for a U.S. Army colonel considered a villain for his role in the killing of Native ...

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.

Brutal, racist, opportunistic and temperamental, Gen. William S. Harney nearly started a war with Great Britain while he commanded Vancouver Barracks in the years prior to the Civil War. (Wikipedia ...

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. Harney’s troops killed 86 Lakota ...

Two members of South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard's cabinet are concerned about a push to rename Harney Peak with its Lakota name, saying it could confuse visitors who might want to visit the Black ...