And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Mount McKinley was officially renamed Denali in 2015 ... had no direct connection to Alaska. Despite the official adoption of 'Mount McKinley' in 1917 when the national park was established ...

Then a prospector in Alaska who admired president-elect William McKinley and his support for the gold standard called it Mount ... mountain Denali, as it had done with the national park in 1980.

America has always stripped the land of its original Indigenous names. It's had surprising climate implications ...

is in Denali National Park and Preserve. A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP ... According to the National Park Service, a prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak Mount McKinley for William McKinley, who was elected president that year.

Because I worked in Denali National Park during the summer of 2024, lately people have asked me about the naming of Mount ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP ... According to the National Park Service, a prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak Mount McKinley for William McKinley, who was elected president that year.