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Thursday, December 12, 2019

MOUNT INEZ | Name Change Is Official

The new official map of Lewis, showing Mount Inez. Photo by
Duffy Campbell, used here by permission.
Mount Discovery, it used to be. 

In 1916, after the death of Inez Milholland Boissevain, the Town of Lewis, N.Y., decided to honor their prominent citizen, Inez.

They renamed Mt. Discovery after Inez, i.e., Mt. Inez. However, the maps themselves never were changed.

Now Nancy Duff ("Duffy") Campbell, an attorney in Lewis, has done something about it. She noted that for official maps to change, action needs to be taken in Washington, DC. 

She pursued the matter. She got the Town Board to vote on it, since the last vote was in 1916. The authorities in Washington care about these things. I posted about this earlier when the Board was considering the matter:
https://nyctimetraveler.blogspot.com/2019/10/mount-inez-100-years-later-lewis-makes.html

Now, Duffy has been successful. Here is the news story:
https://www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/the-sun/mount-inez-official/

Inez has her due! Thank you Duffy and Town of Lewis!




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