President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...

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, ...

William McKinley, 25th president of the United States. Universal Images Group via Getty Images file McKinley, who was born in Ohio, had no actual connection with the mountain or Alaska.

According to the National Park Service, a prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” for William McKinley, who was elected president that year. McKinley had never been to Alaska.

During his inaugural address, President Donald Trump suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley. Here's why: ...

As the story goes, William Dickey, a prospector in Alaska in the late 1800s on the hunt for gold in the Cook Inlet, admired William McKinley, who was then the president-elect.

Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it after presidential candidate William McKinley — and kicked-off a controversy that has raged ever since.

In 1896, a gold prospector named William Dickey led a journey through what he called the “wonderful wilderness” of Alaska, ... Then again, William McKinley is a favorite of Mr. Trump, ...

McKinley did say, in his 1897 inaugural address, that: “We want no wars of conquest; we must avoid the temptation of territorial aggression.” But a year later he led us into a war of ...

Then, in 1896, a random European-American gold prospector decided to name it after presidential candidate William McKinley — and kicked-off a controversy that has raged ever since.

Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali's name instead of change it to Mount McKinley The name Denali reflects the traditions of Alaska Natives and the preference of many Alaskans.