William McKinley's combination of high tariffs and overseas imperialism was disastrous — but not to Donald Trump ...

The longtime Washington journalist turned author of several books on US history, including one about the man who seems to be ...

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 ...

the "rough beast" as it "slouches towards" Mount McKinley "to be born." Then, to another round of applause, he added ominously: "We have been treated very badly from this foolish gift that should ...

In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali) witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. In February, a group of climbers embarked on a grueling quest for the first-ever winter summit.

Trump. But nobody expected this. Nobody at all. “We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley where it should be and where it belongs,” President Trump ...

In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali) witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. In Part I of this series, we told the story of McKinley’s first winter ascent. Later that same year ...

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 – ...

I have rescinded my executive order renaming Mount McKinley, Mount McKinley. Apparently, I upset some of my Alaska friends when I gave it back its real name. Since my goal is to bring unity to ...

to Mount McKinley; a change nobody — not even Republicans in Alaska — wanted. Denali is a Koyukon Athabascan word that means “the high one” — the tallest mountain in North America ...

A note on the name of the mountain: From 1917 to 2015, North America’s tallest mountain was officially named Mount McKinley. But over that century, Alaskans, climbers, and many others still ...