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

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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

Trump vouched his support during a speech Sunday in Phoenix for changing the name of Denali in Alaska back to honor former President William McKinley, who was born in Ohio and assassinated early ...

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that ... Trump said he issued the order to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where ...