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

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

The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former ...

Alaskans say they will never stop calling the peak Denali despite President Trump's executive order that the name revert to ...

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

The name “Denali” is derived from the Koyukon name — which doesn ... Dickey came up with the name “Mount McKinley,” after the ...

The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after William McKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate. Even though ...

Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced ...

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

President William McKinley may never have set foot in Alaska but one of President Donald Trump’s first executive actions upon reentering the White House was to reestablish its most famous mountain — ...

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

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump vowed to change the name of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley.