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Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
The name “Denali” is derived from the Koyukon name ... name “Mount McKinley,” after the then-president-elect, William McKinley. In an account of his summer in Alaska published in ...
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Trump Wants to Rename Denali. Alaska Lawmakers Don’t.
“I prefer the name Denali that was given to that great ... late 1800s on the hunt for gold in the Cook Inlet, admired William McKinley, who was then the president-elect. Mr. McKinley, who ...
Iconic and Culturally Significant Denali Returning to Presidential Name?
Denali Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the ...