MCKINLEY, MOUNT

peak, 20,320 ft (6,194 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the mountain and feed numerous glaciers. Known locally as Denali ["the Great One"], Mt. McKinley was first scaled successfully by the American explorer Hudson Stuck in 1913. It is included in Denali National Park and Preserve.

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books on: Mckinley Mount  - 328 results

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The Life of William McKinley - Vol. 1
Book by Charles S. Olcott; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
Subjects: McKinley, William--1843-1901, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics and government--1865-1900
McKinley so confidently predicted in the hour...appreciated." The first term of Governor McKinley was a period of tranquillity, so...regions. On April 27, Governor McKinley received a telegram from Mount Sterling, Ohio, signed by the sheriff...
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Major McKinley: William McKinley and the Civil War
Book by William H. Armstrong; Kent State University Press, 2000
Subjects: Mckinley, William--1843-1901, Mckinley, William--1843-1901--Military Leadership, Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Presidents--United States--Biography, Soldiers--United States--Biography, United States--Army--Biography
...those who were eager for war. McKinley treated them with amused tolerance...pressure for war continued to mount, and although McKinley succeeded in postponing it...national defense and authorized McKinley to administer the funds. Then...
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William Mckinley and His America
Book by Wayne H. Morgan; Kent State University Press, 2003
Subjects: Mckinley, William--1843-1901, Presidents--United States--Biography
...Press, 19zj z:ro6i. Sz. McKinley to Garfield, Mar. 8, tG...Garfield Papers, LC. S3. McKinley to Anson G. McCook, July...Ixilliam?lfcKinley /r., at Mount I ernon, Ohio, JaturdayAfterrroon...ritory; Mar. 1, 1882. S8. McKinley to Abner McKinlev Mar. 8...
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The McKinley and Roosevelt Administrations, 1897-1909
Book by James Ford Rhodes; The Macmillan Company, 1922
Subjects: McKinley, William--1843-1901, Presidents--United States--Biography, Roosevelt, Theodore--1858-1919, United States--Politics and government--1897-1901, United States--Politics and government--1901-1909
...Nicaragua route. "Volcanoes and earthquakes," said Hanna in the Senate, "seem to be a burning question just now while Mount Pelee is discharging its fire, and they have led to a more careful consideration of that matter." 5...
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A Journal of the McKinley Years
Book by Charles G. Dawes, Bascom N. Timmons; Lakeside Press, 1950
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--1897-1901, United States--President (1897-1901 : Mckinley)
...McConnell at the Chicago Athletic club. Among the speakers were General Bragg, Duke DArcos, the Spanish Ambassador, Governor Mount of Indiana, Governor Schofield of Wisconsin, and James Whitcomb Riley who sat next to me. I responded to the sentiment...
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journal articles on: Mckinley Mount  - 83 results

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Impact of Human Waste Disposal on Surface Water Runoff: The Muir Snowfield, Mount Rainier
Journal article by Michael D. Ells; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 59, 1997
Subjects: Microorganisms--Environmental aspects, Mount Rainier--Environmental aspects, Refuse and refuse disposal--Environmental aspects, Runoff--Environmental aspects, Waste disposal--Environmental aspects
...Surface Water Runoff: The Muir Snowfield, Mount Rainier. by Michael D. Ells Introduction...typical of many of our national parks, Mount Rainier National Park has experienced a...principal source of air masses affecting Mount Rainier is the Pacific Ocean, and precipitation...
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Negotiated Joint Command Relationships: Korean War Amphibious Operations, 1950
Journal article by Donald Chisholm; Naval War College Review, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: Korean War, Military engagements, Shorelines, South Korea
...ships were the command ship USS Mount McKinley (AGC 7), the assault transport...Almond had elected to embark on Mount McKinley-the rationale being lack of...had been communicated to him as Mount McKinley headed to Inchon.) In the rush...
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Defending Travel Writing (Against Other Writers): the Case of Joe Mcginniss's Going to Extremes
Journal article by Gene McQuillan; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 22, 1999
Subjects: Literary criticism, Literature, McGinniss, Joe, Travel, Writers
...two things--climbing Denali (Mount McKinley) and researching my Ph.D. on...who couldnt tell Mont Blanc from Mount Snowdon knew that Wordsworth, Byron...Everest, the Adirondacks, or Mount McKinley as sovereign, transcendent...
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Rhetorical Traction: Definitions and Institutional Arguments in Judicial Opinions about Wilderness Access
Journal article by Steve Schwarze; Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 38, 2002
Subjects: Environmental law--Interpretation and construction, Judicial opinions--Interpretation and construction, National parks and reserves--Protection, Wildlife conservation--Cases
...was not allowed in the former Mount McKinley National Park" (National Park...snowmachines in the former Mount McKinley National Park was neither customary...ANILCA: "In the former Mount McKinley National Park, there was no history...
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The Korean War and Baseball: A Date with Destiny?
Journal article by Royse Parr; Nine, Vol. 11, 2003
Subjects: Baseball players--Military aspects, Baseball--Analysis, Baseball--History, Korean War, 1950-1953
...traveling on September 12, as he secretly boarded the Mount McKinley at Sasebo, Japan, as a typhoon was blowing at full...was not baseball. That day, from the deck of the Mount McKinley, General MacArthur unleashed 13,000 Marines in...
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magazine articles on: Mckinley Mount  - 201 results

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Climbing Mckinley
Magazine article by Donald Grimes; Soldiers, Vol. 52, February 1997
Subjects: Military personnel, Mount McKinley, Mountain climbing
Climbing Mckinley by Donald Grimes AN Army...gear at 6,800 feet. At Mount McKinleys 20,320-foot...previous NWTC attempts on McKinley, the team met many American...instructor on his second McKinley attempt, dealt with steep...
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The Air Force Filming of "assault on Mount Mckinley"
Magazine article by Ronald J. Dietel; American Cinematographer, Vol. 60, February 1979
...Filming of "assault on Mount Mckinley" by Ronald J. Dietel...row of trees with Mount McKinley, standing...000-foot level of McKinley. They were to film...as they neared the McKinley summit. There are...to set the Tyler Mount and Dynalens. One...
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On High: The Quirky Preacher Who First Conquered America's Mightiest Peak
Magazine article by Mick Conefrey, Tim Jordan; The American Enterprise, Vol. 13, October 2002
Subjects: Mount McKinley--Discovery, exploration, etc., Stuck, Hudson--Discovery, exploration, etc.
...mountain after U.S. Senator William McKinley, then the leading advocate of...strange and tangled a history as Mount McKinley. A series of expeditions converged...stated "I would rather climb Mount McKinley than own the richest gold mine...
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Prostrating atop Denali
Magazine article by Mohammed Sultan Idlibi; Islamic Horizons, Vol. 40, November 2011
Subjects: Adventure, Islamic life & ethics, Mount McKinley, Mountain climbing, Muslim Americans, Prayer
...Idlibi FEW HAVE MADE SUJOOD ATOP Mount McKinley, the highest mountain peak in North...five years ago, when I climbed Mount Baker in Washington states Cascade...the roundtrip took 27 days. Mount McKinley or Denali ( Athabaskan for "The...
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Know Your Neighbors?
Magazine article; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 51, March 1999
Subjects: North America--History, Politics--History, South America--History
...Roman Empire? 7. The highest point in the Western Hemisphere is 22,841 feet above sea level. Is it Mount McKinley, Mount Aconcagua, or Mount Illimani? 8. The highest waterfalls in the world, plunging 3,396 feet, is located in this hemisphere...
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newspaper articles on: Mckinley Mount  - 211 results

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Majestic McKinley
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 12, 2009
Subjects: News agencies, The Associated Press
...challenge than you might think. Mount McKinley is often covered in clouds, and...off," she said. But if seeing Mount McKinley is your goal, you canAEt beat...offers to take tourists to see Mount McKinley, if itAEs not hiding behind clouds...
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RP Independence and Mount Everest
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 11, 2006
RP Independence and Mount Everest. Byline: Fidel Valdez Ramos BEFORE the first successful climb to the top of Mount Everest last 17 May 2006 by Leo Oracion of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE), followed in rapid...
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Recent Home and Property Sales Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Des Plaines Long Grove Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Rolling Meadows Rosemont Wheeling
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 19, 2010
...Grove Des Plaines Long Grove Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Rolling...Jiang. $385,000; 706 S. McKinley Ave., Arlington Heights...912 N. Moki Lane Unit 1502, Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on Dec...500; 205 S. Elmhurst Ave., Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on Dec...
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Recent Home and Property Sales Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Des Plaines Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Wheeling
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 27, 2010
...Heights Buffalo Grove Des Plaines Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Wheeling...LLC. $320,000; 636 S. McKinley Ave., Arlington Heights...000; 611 S. Can Dota Ave., Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on March...000; 1805 W Catalpa Lane, Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on March...
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Recent Home and Property Sales Arlington Heights Buffalo Grove Des Plaines Long Grove Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Rolling Meadows Wheeling
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 17, 2011
Subjects: Construction industry, Pulte Homes Inc., Real estate industry
...Grove Des Plaines Long Grove Mount Prospect Prospect Heights Rolling...Ashley. $240,000; 730 S. McKinley Ave., Arlington Heights...1805 E. Bittersweet Lane, Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on April...229,000; 1707 Verde Court, Mount Prospect, 60056; Sold on April...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mckinley Mount  - 6 results

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Mckinley, Mount
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MCKINLEY, MOUNT peak, 20,320 ft (6,194 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska...numerous glaciers. Known locally as Denali "the Great One", Mt. McKinley was first scaled successfully by the American explorer Hudson Stuck in...
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Mount Mckinley National Park
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MOUNT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK see Denali National Park and Preserve . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Whitney, Mount
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WHITNEY, MOUNT peak, 14,494 ft (4,418 m) high, E Calif., in the Sierra Nevada...Sequoia National Park; the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states (Mt. McKinley , Alaska, is the highest peak in the United States). It is connected...
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Stuck, Hudson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...companions he accomplished the first ascent (1913) of Mt. McKinley, and he traveled extensively in N Alaska. Alaskan...his books, some of which are: The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) (1914), Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled (1914...
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Mountain Climbing
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Abruzzi in 1897; Mt. Blackburn and Mt. McKinley were ascended in 1912 and 1913, respectively...scaling (1961) of the south face of Mt. McKinley and the winter ascent (1961) of the...The Ascent of Nanda Devi (1937) and Mount Everest, 1938 (1948); H. E. G...
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