And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

The longtime Washington journalist turned author of several books on US history, including one about the man who seems to be ...

President William McKinley is having his biggest moment since 1928, when his face was printed on the $500 bill. For the last ...

One of President Trump's first executive orders in his second term was reverting the name of Alaska's highest peak ... to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

As the nation entered the industrial age during a time of economic depression, William McKinley felt protective tariffs were the key to a bright financial future — and voters agreed with him. It was ...