<P> 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 of the United States in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley , who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 . </P>
<P> 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 of the United States in 1917 to commemorate William McKinley , who was President of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 . </P>
who was the mountain mount mckinley officially named for
who was the mountain mount mckinley officially named for
William McKinley
William McKinley