Alaska Dispatch News7d
Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
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 ...
Sports Illustrated8d
Iconic and Culturally Significant Denali Returning to Presidential Name?
In 1896, gold prospector William Dickey renamed the mountain ... to the state of Alaska or the mountain. Denali (Formerly Mount McKinley) / Jacob Loyacano - Shutterstock Efforts to restore ...
Politico3d
Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley
“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 ...