Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute - Wikipedia
The mountain was first designated "Mount McKinley" by a New Hampshire-born Seattleite named William Dickey, who led a gold prospecting dig in the sands of the Susitna River in June 1896. An account written on his return to the contiguous United States appeared in The New York Sun on January 24, 1897, under the title Discoveries in Alaska (1896). [12] [13] Dickey wrote, "We named our great peak ...
Why the Name of Alaska’s Peak Changed From Mt. McKinley to …
4 days ago · 1896: William Dickey Names Mount McKinley. In August 1896, after the discovery of gold near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon territory, roughly 100,000 miners headed toward the Yukon (in ...
Trump vows to change the name of North America's tallest peak …
8 hours ago · A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized by the U.S. government until Obama changed it — in spite of opposition from lawmakers in …
Trump pledges to restore McKinley's name to tallest peak in …
4 hours ago · President Trump vowed Monday to revert the name of Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the tallest peak in North America, to Mt. McKinley, reigniting a long-running dispute.
Trump wants Alaska's Denali to revert to 'Mt. McKinley': Name …
10 hours ago · Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the ...
Trump vows to change name of Alaska’s Denali to Mount McKinley …
5 hours ago · A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized by the U.S. government until Obama ...
As he takes office, Trump says he’s changing the name of Denali to ...
8 hours ago · In December, he vowed to rename the peak in honor of William McKinley — a former Ohio president who was assassinated in 1901. Alaska’s two Republican senators strongly opposed Trump’s ...
In renaming Denali for McKinley, Trump invokes a presidential idol
5 hours ago · In renaming Denali for McKinley, Trump invokes a presidential idol. The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...
Trump vows to bring back Mount McKinley name - USA TODAY
10 hours ago · The mountain range unofficially was named after McKinley in 1896, and officially by the federal government in 1917. It was named after President William McKinley, the Ohio-born 25th president of ...
President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America's …
Dec 23, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley, wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict about what the peak should be called.