The 2006
Council of Geographic Names Authorities
Annual Geographic Names Conference

Was held October 17--21, 2006
at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
1345 28th Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302

Co-Hosted by the
Colorado Board on Geographic Names
Mr. Terry Ketelsen, Chairman

Dr. J. Andrew Cowell
Conference Chair

Honoring Dr. William Oliver Bright
August 13, 1928-October 15, 2006

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The 2006
Council of Geographic Names Authorities
Annual Geographic Names Conference

Program

17–21 October 2006

Harvest House Millennium Hotel
1345 28th St. (Highway 36)
Boulder 80302, Colorado 

Tuesday, October 17

1:00–5:00 pm              Registration (Executive Boardroom)

3:00–4:30 pm              Colorado State Placename Board Fall Meeting

5:00–7:00 pm              Welcome Reception (Millennium Room)
                                   Welcoming address from the Colorado Place Name Board

7:00 pm                       Dinner on your own

Wednesday, October 18

7:30 am                      Registration (Canyon Half of the Ballroom)

8:30 am                      Conference Opening
                                 Andrew Cowell, COGNA 2006 Conference Chair

8:45 am                      COGNA Executive Committee Welcome
                                 T. Wayne Furr, COGNA Executive Secretary

9:00 am                      Opening address: "Surveying the American West with the
                                 Coast and Geodetic Survey"
                                 Albert E. Theberge Jr., NOAA

10:00 am                     Break

10:30 am                     "Arapaho Names in Colorado and Wyoming"
                                  Andrew Cowell, University of Colorado, and
                                  Alonso Moss Jr., Northern Arapaho Tribe

Noon                          Lunch on your own

1:00-3:00 pm               Board Meeting (open to public)
                                 U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Domestic Names Committee

3:00-3:30                    Break

3:30-5:30                    USBGN/DNC (continued)

5:30 pm                      Dinner on your own

Thursday, October 19

7:30 am                      Registration (Canyon Half of the Ballroom)

8:30–10:00                  State/Federal Roundtable
                                 Chaired by Tim Norton, Arizona State Board

10:00–10:30                Break

10:30–12:00                State/Federal Roundtable (continued)

Noon                          Lunch on your own

1:00–2:30  pm             "Geographic Names in Google Earth"
                                 Rebecca Moore, Technical Lead Engineer, Vector Production, Google Earth

2:30 pm                      Break

3:00–4:00 pm              "Historic Mining Camps in Boulder County"
                                 Silvia Pettem, Historian and Author, Boulder, CO

4:00–5:30 pm              COGNA Business Meeting

5:30 pm                      Dinner on your own

Friday, October 20

8:00 am                      Registration (Canyon Half of the Ballroom)

8:30–10:00 am             GNIS Session:  Chaired by Lou Yost, GNIS Manager
                                 Presenters:
8:30-9:15                    "The National Map, GNIS and related topics after the A-76 reorganization
                                  process":  Bill Carswell, Director, National Geospatial Program Office, USGS
9:15-10:00                    New GNIS Web Services:  Dwight Hughes; GNIS Programmer, USGS

10:00–10:30 am           Break

10:30–Noon                Panel Discussion: “Name Processing by Federal Land Management Agencies”
        Moderator:  David Wolf; Public Member, Colorado Board on Geographic Names
        Panel Members:
   Chick Fagan; Deputy Chief, Office of Policy, National Headquarters, U.S. Park Services
   Betsy Kanalley; Assistant Geospatial Program Manager, National Headquarters, U.S. Forest Service
   Bob Malcolm; Regional Geographic Names Coordinator, Intermountain Region. U.S. Forest Service
   Dan White; Regional Geographic Names Coordinator, Intermountain Region, U.S. Forest Service
   Doug Vandegraft; Chief Cartographer, National Headquarters, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
   Bob Bewley; Geospatial Program Manager, National Headquarters, Bureau of Land Management
   Robin Bellmard; Special Assistant to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Noon                         Lunch on your own

1:00–3:00                   GNIS Session (continued)
                                Presenters:
1:00-2:00                   Geospatial One-Stop:  Rob Dollison; Manager, Geospatial One-Stop
2:00-3:00                   Federal Geographic Data Committee:  Martha Lombard; Director of
                                Consulting Services, Spatial Focus, Inc.

3:00–3:30 pm              Break

3:30–4:15 pm             "Finding Our Way in the West: Names as Navigational Devices in Disorienting
                                 Times"  Prof. Patricia Limerick, Center for the American West, Boulder

4:15–5:00 pm              National Hydrography Data Set: Jeff Simley; Program Lead for the National
                                 Hydrography Dataset

6:00 pm                     Banquet in Millennium Harvest House Hotel (Century Room)
                                 Address:  "Shadowed Ground — Violence, Tragedy, Placenames and Mapmaking"
                                 Prof. Kenneth Foote, Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado

Saturday, October 21

8:30–5:00 pm              Toponymic Tour to Rocky Mountain National Park

 On Saturday, 21 October, the Toponymic tour traveled west into mountains, where notable stops were at two gold-mining towns, Nederland and Eldora. The tour then followed the scenic Peak-to-Peak highway north to the town of Estes Park. This road provided great views of the high mountains of the continental divide to the west. We went into Rocky Mountain National Park and drove to around 9000 feet elevation, where they road was closed due to snow. We got great views of the high peaks, with many historical locations visible, as well as various sites important to the Arapaho Indians (following up on the talk Wednesday morning). The tour stopped at the Visitor’s Center, where various place name books were available, then again at Estes Park for lunch and shopping. We returned to Boulder in the afternoon from the north, completing a nice loop.

The tour was led by Andrew Cowell, who has done research on Arapaho place names in the Rocky Mountain National Park area.

For additional information contact

COGNA 2006 Executive Committee

Dr. Andrew Cowell, Conference Chairman
Mr. T. Wayne Furr, COGNA Executive Secretary
Mr. Lou Yost, Executive Secretary, US-BGN/DNC
Mr. Robert Rennick, Chairman Elect
Mr. Lewis McArthur, Past Chairman