Denali

America’s highest peak, as seen from the Stony Dome lookout point in Denali National Park

So who was McKinley and why did he have a mountain?

September 1, 2015Global Politics

The 25th president of the United States lost one of his claims to fame this week. The US government officially changed the name of Mount McKinley in Alaska to Denali, one of the old Native American names for the highest peak in North America. But who was McKinley and why did he get his name on a mountain in the first place?