Offensive geographic names dropped after student-led effort.

March 22, 2023
Cedaredge High School students Alexia Funk, left, and Damien Altamirano.Cedaredge High School students Alexia Funk, left, and Damien Altamirano.
Cedaredge High School students Alexia Funk, left, and Damien Altamirano.

Cedaredge High School students are celebrating the culmination of a multi-year effort to change the names of two geographic features in Delta County. The creek and mesa were originally named after a racial slur. The new names, Clay Creek and Clay Mesa, were approved this month following a back-and-forth between Cedaredge students and the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board.