Trump, Alaska and Denali

A few said it’s more patriotic to have a national name ... Todd, Anchor Point Denali, because that heritage is in Alaska’s heart and soul. — Steve, Anchorage Mt. McKinley.
who named it after then-presidential candidate McKinley. In 1916—before the area was named a national park—Charles Sheldon asked the Alaska Engineering Commission to call it “‘Mt Denali ...
Alaska officials In 1980, Regula agreed to what he viewed as a compromise. Congress renamed the national park Denali National Park but kept the name of the mountain as Mount McKinley.
This past week, two resolutions were introduced in the Alaska Legislature to keep the name Denali. A view of what was then called Denali on Sept. 1, 2015, in Denali National Park, Alaska.
is in Denali National Park and Preserve. A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally ...
A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali ... of the change: “Mt. McKinley, as it was ...
The four-time winner of the 1,000-mileIditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his kennel and mushing tourism business just 8 miles from Denali National ... William McKinley, to Mount McKinley ...