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

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

Then a prospector in Alaska who admired president-elect William McKinley and his support for the gold standard called it Mount McKinley in a newspaper article in 1897. The name took, and the ...

Following President Donald Trump's move to change the name of the tallest mountain in North America to Mount McKinley, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has once again introduced a measure to ...

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback ...

signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley, an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska. He said he planned ...

William McKinley, the 25th president, hailed from Ohio and never visited Alaska, but a prospector dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” in 1896 — the year McKinley went on to be elected president.

Alaska Legislature Asks Trump to Retain Denali's Name Instead of Change It to Mount McKinley JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump ...

Trump issued the order renaming Denali after President William McKinley on his first day back in office. The decision sparked ...

In 2015, under former President Obama, the Department of the Interior officially changed the mountain’s name from Mount McKinley to Denali, 40 years after Alaska made the same name change.