The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North ...

who named it after then-presidential candidate McKinley. In 1916—before the area was named a national park—Charles Sheldon asked the Alaska Engineering Commission to call it “‘Mt Denali ...

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 ...

A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali ... of the change: “Mt. McKinley, as it was ...

Centuries ago, Alaska's native Koyukon people settled on the name "Denali ... “Mt. McKinley” is entitled: “Restoring names that honor American greatness.” “It is in the national interest ...