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. In 1975, the state moved to change the ...

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. In 1975, the state moved to change the ...

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 (6,190-meter ...

“Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years ... McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, in 1843. After serving in Ohio’s 23rd Volunteer Infantry Regiment ...

who was from Ohio and never set foot in Alaska. For many who live near Denali, Trump’s suggestion was peculiar. “I don’t know a single person that likes the idea, and we’re pretty vocal ...

Alaska Natives and elected officials pushed Washington for decades to call the mountain Denali, as it had done with the national park in 1980. Objections by lawmakers from Ohio, McKinley’s home ...

"We’ve been calling it Denali since I moved up here,” said Alaskan conservative talk radio host Dave Stieren in 2015. "If folks in Ohio are really intent on naming Alaska places, maybe they ...

AP 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 ... was from Ohio and never ...

"There is only one name worthy of North America’s tallest mountain: Denali - the Great One," Murkowski wrote in a post on X. McKinley,, opens new tab who served two terms as governor of Ohio ...