The name “Denali” is derived from the Koyukon name ... name “Mount McKinley,” after the then-president-elect, WilliamMcKinley. In an account of his summer in Alaska published in ...
In 1896, gold prospector William Dickey renamed the mountain ... to the state of Alaska or the mountain. Denali (Formerly Mount McKinley) / Jacob Loyacano - Shutterstock Efforts to restore ...