The 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). [16] [17] Dickey wrote, "We named our great peak ...

3 days ago · According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector and McKinley backer who wrote an account of his Alaskan adventures in ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Motivated by the recent nomination of Republican candidate William McKinley for president, he called the Alaska mountain “Mount McKinley” in an article he published in the New York Sun. The name...

2 days ago · Mount McKinley: When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that changed the name of the highest peak in North America from Denali to Mount McKinley, he ...

Jan 26, 2025 · King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley-- an identifier inspired by President William McKinley, who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska.

Aug 31, 2015 · The story of how President William McKinley, who never even visited Alaska, got a mountain named after him, and how it all unraveled.

Jan 21, 2025 · Topline. 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 ...

Jan 23, 2025 · 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.

Jan 21, 2025 · Another McKinley fan Denali is seen from the Petersville area on Oct. 23, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) Trump first floated the idea of renaming Denali as Mount McKinley in a White ...

Jan 21, 2025 · JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley, reviving an idea he’d floated years ago and drawing a …