The name of the highest mountain in North America has been a subject of dispute since 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to change its designation of the mountain from
View of the mountain, centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve
Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula's opposition prevented the renaming of Mount McKinley from 1975 to 2009.
Denali seen from Byers Lake the morning after the rename
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William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party, he led a realignment that made Republicans largely do
Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute
…The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector and officially by the federal government in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. In 1975, the Alaskan government officially recognized Denali as the…
McKinley c. 1900
Rutherford B. Hayes was McKinley's mentor during and after the Civil War.
Ida Saxton McKinley
Katherine McKinley