According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...

Mount McKinley was officially renamed Denali in 2015, ending a century-long naming controversy. The decision was announced by ...

North America’s tallest peak is renamed Mt. McKinley, but many Alaskans favor a name that spans deep into history.

King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska ...

William McKinley, to Mount McKinley where it should be and where it belongs.” The park that contains the mountain is still called Denali National Park and Preserve, according to the order.

The name “Denali” is derived from the Koyukon name ... name “Mount McKinley,” after the then-president-elect, William McKinley. In an account of his summer in Alaska published in ...

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that ... “Historical analysis confirms that William McKinley is the wrong public figure for Alaskans to commemorate,” he said. McKinley served as ...