When Pres. Obama announced that the federal government would be giving Mt. McKinley (he was from Ohio! and that’s important and you’ll see why in a minute) back its original name, Denali, House Speaker John Boehner, also from Ohio, cried foul. Why Denali
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…members of the Native American Koyukon tribe had dubbed the 20,000-foot mountain Denali, which fittingly means “the high one” in the tribe’s Athabascan language.
This guy said the move was insulting to all Ohioans — and that GMC truck, as well. That “McKinley” was little more than a joke doesn’t seem to stop people who want to climb into their High Dudgeon and take it for a spin.
Dating Jesus 
But — y’know — before 1917 it already HAD a name. I wonder if Congress asked Alaskan natives if they were cool with the change back then.
I always thought Devil’s Tower probably wasn’t its real name.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150901-renaming-mountains-denali-rainier-helens-harney-devils-tower/
PREcisely. Thank you.
Hmmm…the mountain is actually IN Alaska, not in Ohio. McKinley never even visited Alaska, much less stepped foot on the mountain. Alaskans win, Ohioans who care (basically a handful of politicians) lose. Thank you President Obama!
Clearly a case of mountain envy.
Oh, awesome.