Prospector William Dickey named the mountain after McKinley, then a presidential nominee, in 1896, according to the National Parks Service. McKinley, who was assassinated six months into his ...

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali rather ... William McKinley, ...

Alaska Republican Sen. Daniel Sullivan, who was born in Ohio, is a cosponsor. Ohio’s congressional delegation, among others, has opposed removing the name of McKinley, who had been an Ohio governor.

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

The mountain was named after McKinley when a prospector walked out of the Alaska wilderness in 1896, and the first news he heard was that the Republican had been nominated for president.

In 1896, as gold standard-embracing William McKinley was running for president of the United States, a visiting gold miner in Alaska began calling a local mountain McKinley. The name stuck.

Overview For a long time, William McKinley was considered a mediocre President, a chief executive who was controlled by his political cronies and who was pressured into war with Spain by the press.

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska’s senior senator has once again introduced legislation to rename Mount McKinley, Denali. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview Tuesday that Denali might not be the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Lawmakers have failed in past attempts to rename North America’s highest mountain, but a new proposal may have a better chance this year under a Republican Congress ...

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount McKinley.