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Dulcinea

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16. I'm pretty sure people in Alaska call it Denali regardless.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2025, 10:47 PM

Jan 25

When we visited Alaska in 1999, before President Obama made it official, we were told that Alaskans call the mountain Denali. No one but outsiders called it Mt. McKinley.

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McKinley had no connection to Alaska or Denali. So what is the story? [View all] struggle4progress Jan 22 OP

Trump's laying the groundwork to have the mountain named after him. Irish_Dem Jan 22 #1

Mt Lyin Cheatin Thievin Scumbag? struggle4progress Jan 22 #5

You forgot rapist. Irish_Dem Jan 22 #6

Life is so short and there are so many applicable labels struggle4progress Jan 23 #12

True, you could spend an entire day writing up a list of Trump's crimes. Irish_Dem Jan 23 #13

He has to die first Captain Zero Jan 27 #20

More than two-to-one, Alaskans oppose reverting Denali to McKinley struggle4progress Jan 22 #2

I don't know..... Lovie777 Jan 22 #3

Native leaders call to preserve Denali name struggle4progress Jan 22 #4

Alaska politicians question proposal to rename Denali struggle4progress Jan 22 #7

Why rename cherished peak? struggle4progress Jan 22 #8

Maybe Scump should learn how things turned out for McKinley. Hassler Jan 22 #9

It was officially named a few years after McKinley was assassinated -- eppur_se_muova Jan 22 #10

Even though Alaskans had been trying to change it from McKinley back to Denali KitFox Jan 23 #11

I suggest a "compromise"--Mt. Gleason valleyrogue Jan 24 #14

Racism malaise Jan 24 #15

I'm pretty sure people in Alaska call it Denali regardless. Dulcinea Jan 25 #16

Gross. ShazzieB Jan 26 #17

McKinley was an old, wealthy, white guy. Paladin Jan 26 #18

Obama made the name official. valleyrogue Jan 27 #19

It probably would not have been named "McKinley" if he wasn't assassinated. LeftInTX Jan 28 #21