According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the mountain was named for McKinley in 1896 by William Andrews Dickey, a prospector ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and ...
In 2015, then-President Barack Obama completed the change to ... A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska.
back to Mount McKinley, which it was known as for more than a century before President Barack Obama's administration in 2015 changed the name to honor the native Alaskan culture. "We will restore the ...