The 20,310-foot peak had been known as Denali until 1896, when a gold prospector unofficially named the peak after WilliamMcKinley in support of the then-presidential candidate. Even though ...
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 — ...
“Denali respects the Indigenous people that ... “Historical analysis confirms that WilliamMcKinley is the wrong public figure for Alaskans to commemorate,” he said. McKinley served as ...