Opposition from Ohio Denali is lit by the rising sun and framed by spruce trees in this view from the Parks Highway on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. (Bob Hallinen / ADN) ...

The move drew opposition from lawmakers in McKinley’s home state of Ohio. Denali is an Athabascan word meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The iconic 20,310-foot ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office changing the name of the highest peak in North America from Denali to Mount McKinley, he ...

Opposition from Ohio. After statehood, people in Alaska worked to get the name changed to Denali, but ran into a major barrier: Ohio — the home of former President McKinley.

Denali: Why is Donald Trump ... The first news he heard from the outside world on his return trip was that former Ohio ...

Most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska Native name, despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that the name revert to Mount McKinley — an identifier inspired ...

Objections by lawmakers from Ohio, McKinley’s home state, thwarted them. Advertisement In 2015, the Obama administration appeared to end the fight by renaming the peak Denali .

The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali rather than change it to Mount ...

The U.S. changed its name to the Athabascan "Denali" in 2015. Skip to main content. ... McKinley,, opens new tab who served two terms as governor of Ohio before becoming president in 1897, ...

Ohio politicians thwarted that change for 40 years despite perennial attempts by Alaska’s politicians. President Barack Obama officially restored the name Denali in 2015. ADVERTISEMENT ...

Who was Ohio’s President McKinley ... McKinley “never set foot in Alaska,” and the peak that rises some 20,000 feet above sea level was known by the name Denali for centuries before a ...

Denali: Why is Donald Trump ... The first news he heard from the outside world on his return trip was that former Ohio governor William McKinley had received the Republican nomination for president.