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Bookmark or Share- Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute - WikipediaThe mountain was first designated "Mount McKinley" by a New Hampshire-born Seattleite named William Dickey, who led a gold prospecting dig in the sands of the Susitna River in June 1896. An account written on his return to the contiguous United States appeared in The New York Sun on January 24, 1897, under the title Discoveries in Alaska (1896). [10] [11] Dickey wrote, "We named our great peak ...
- Denali or Mount McKinley? - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S ... - NPS“Mount McKinley National Park” officially prevailed after its legislation was signed into law on February 26, 1917. Despite the official decision to use “Mount McKinley” as the name of the peak and the national park, the debate did not die. It proved difficult to supplant words and meanings that endured for generations among Athabaskan ...
- President-elect Trump wants to again rename North America's tallest ...President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley, wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict about what the peak should be called.. Former President Barack Obama changed the official name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives as well as the preference ...
- Denali National Park and Preserve - WikipediaDenali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a United States national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska, centered on Denali, the highest mountain in North America.
- Trump vows to rename Denali as Mount McKinley | ReutersThe mountain, which has an elevation of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), was named Mount McKinley in 1896 after a gold prospector exploring the region heard that McKinley, a champion of the ...
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