Word: mckinleys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Keep Mount McKinley...
...Americana [Nov. 7] note about the proposal to change the name of Mount McKinley to Denali, an Indian word for "the Great One", omits points in favor of retaining the presidential name...
Responses to a questionnaire sent out by Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens showed that 73% of Alaskans want to keep the name Mount McKinley, while only 23% favor the change. Alaska now has a Denali Pass, Denali Camp, Denali State Park and Denali Highway. This makes that name rather commonplace, compared to that of the martyred President who, history records, was a leader in labor-law reform and in making the U.S. a dynamic world force-among other achievements...
...President McKinley never visited Mount McKinley. It would be interesting to see if other Alaskan landmarks-Mount Foraker, Jefferson Peak, Fillmore Peak, Mount Cleveland, Grant Peak, Lincoln Island, Wilson Creek or Point Hayes-were visited by people for whom they were named. All information I find indicates they were...
...Dickey, an ornery gold prospector and one of the first U.S. explorers in the area, fell into an argument with two supporters of William Jennings Bryan and his free-silver movement. The prospector retaliated by naming the mountain after the champion of the gold standard, then Presidential Candidate William McKinley. The name stuck and gradually worked its way into maps and books. Now there is virtually no resistance in the state to the proposed name change. Few Alaskans feel that the long-dead President deserves the honor. Says Anchorage Daily News Publisher Kay Fanning: "McKinley never got near...