In 1896, gold prospector William Dickey renamed the mountain ‘Mount McKinley’ to honor then-presidential candidate William McKinley, who later became the 25th president of the United States.
The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America, the Interior Department announced Friday, while the name of North America's highest peak, Alaska's Denali, has been changed back to ...
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback ...