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 ...

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 ... Bay National Park, also in ...

In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali ... is located within the Alaska Range in Denali National Park. It was first summited on June 7, 1913, by a team led by Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens.

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Minnesota recently changed the name of a large lake in Minneapolis to Bde Maka Ska, which the Minneapolis Park ... Denali from the name established in the late 19th century, Mount McKinley.

The journey includes stops at two state parks: Kenai Fjords National ... From Denali, the train chugs south through the small town of Talkeetna, famous for its vistas of Mount McKinley (also ...

In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing Mount McKinley National Park ... mountain's Indigenous name, making it Denali National Park and Preserve. In 1919, 37 years ...

In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali ... The 1967 tragedy led Denali National Park to modify climbing protocols, including requiring parties to register in advance, document their mountaineering ...

The nine-member Mountaineering Club of Alaska expedition, led by Bill Babcock, had set out on foot from Wonder Lake, at the end of the Denali National Park road, more than three weeks before.