Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute
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denali-mount-mckinley-naming-dispute-180-2943412
title:
Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute
text:
The name of the highest mountain in North America became a subject of dispute in 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to officially change its name from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali". The mountain had been unofficially named Mount McKinley in 1896 by a gold prospector, and officially by the federal government in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley, who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. The name Denali is based on the Koyu
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description:
1975–2015 event in Alaska history
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali%E2%80%93Mount_McKinley_naming_dispute
date created:
2010-09-03T11:10:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T05:45:22Z
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