10 years separate the arrival of these postcards to my mailbox. The 1st arrived in March 2013 and the 2nd a few weeks ago. Why is this important? Because in 2013 the mountain you see in both postcards was still officially known as Mount McKinley. However this changed in 2015.
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Photo © M. Niemar
US-2124932, sent by Jesse.
Before a gold prospector named the mountain "Mount McKinley" in support of then-presidential candidate William McKinley in 1896, the Koyukon people, who inhabit the area around the mountain, had called it "Deenali" for centuries. However, "Mount McKinley" was the official name recognized by the United States government from 1917 until 2015.
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In August 2015, at the insistence of the Alaskan government, the US Department of the Interior announced the change of the official name to Denali. Before that, most Alaskans already referred to the mountain as Denali.
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