The Alaska mountain was named Mount McKinley in 1896 – the year William McKinley became the nation’s 25th president – even though he had never even visited the state. It was changed to Denali during ...

The battle over the name of North America’s tallest mountain has returned to Washington, reviving a dispute that spans more ...

“Denali respects the Indigenous people that have been here and around Denali for tens of thousands of years.” The mountain was named after McKinley when a prospector walked out of the Alaska ...

Republican senator Lisa Murkowski has introduced legislation that would formally rename North America’s tallest peak as Denali — defying President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to call it ...