And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal mountaineering moments. This is Part 2, the story of one of the worst tragedies ever on a ...

William McKinley, the 25th president, hailed from Ohio and never visited Alaska, but a prospector dubbed the peak "Mount McKinley" in 1896 — the year McKinley went on to be elected president.

Never mind President Donald Trump’s announcement just hours after his inauguration that he was restoring the behemoth peak’s previous title of Mount McKinley, in honor of a turn-of-the-century ...

The national park area surrounding Mount McKinley shall retain the name Denali ... The controversy over the name of the continent's tallest peak has persisted over the years, and Murkowski has ...

The desire to recreate the Gilded Age is fueled by Trump’s fondness for tariffs. It’s also why he praises the nation’s 25th ...

For weeks, a battle between the administration of President Donald Trump and The Associated Press has raged over Trump’s ...

It was the Gilded Age, a time of rapid population growth and transformation from an agricultural economy toward a sprawling ...

There is a game children play called “King of the Mountain.” The rules vary, but generally, kids race to the top of a mound and push or wrestle until only one child stands and is declared the ...

It’s also involved petty actions, changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico and punishing those who refuse to adhere to the order, and renaming Mount Denali, in Alaska, to Mount McKinley ...