Why it matters: There's been confusion and tension among journalists, map makers and government ... ordered the renaming of Alaska's Mount Denali to Mount McKinley — its previous name, after ...

The inconsistent naming, Sanford noted, could initially be perplexing for travelers due to inconsistent signage, maps ... Mount McKinley was the widely known name, while Denali was used in Alaska.

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 ...