According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...

Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name? Would a rose by any other name smell as sweet?” And in the case of Denali, would a ...

North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) ...

The move is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where the Alaska Native name has long been favored for the continent’s ...

the U.S. Department of the Interior officially restored the name ‘Denali’ in 2015 under Secretary Sally Jewell and President Barack Obama’s administration. The decision was widely celebrated ...

Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first hours as the 47th president ...

President Donald Trump says he plans to rename North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restore the name of North America's highest peak to Mount McKinley ...

The Alaskan mountain, now known as Mount Denali, will revert back to its previous name Mount McKinley, which was changed by ...

“Denali” is the mountain’s preferred name for Alaska Natives. Former President Barack Obama ordered it changed in 2015 from its previous name "McKinley," which was a tribute to President ...

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: ...

Alaska's U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama changed the name to ...