Date:         Sun, 27 May 2001 09:22:37 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: ...bozos   eh
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Interesting bit of detritus Re: Tok, Alaska that even after 30 years in
Alaska, I never knew about.

Check the spelling of Valdiz - Valdez. Would want to paint it on the
Westy if it was wrong. <Grin>

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Eric Johnson wrote:
>
> Another oddly-named Alaskan town is Tok (pronounced "toke") The name has
> nothing to do with smoking -- it's a contraction of "Little Tokyo," for it
> was the site of a labor camp for Japanese-Americans set to work on building
> the Al-Can Highway.
>
> OVC: I'm hoping to get my Westy up to it's namesake city -- Valdiz, AK --
> next summer, finances and vacation time permitting.
>
> Eric
> Ogden, UT
> The '80 Westy formerly known as the Vanagon Valdiz
>
> In a message dated 5/26/01 11:04:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET writes:
>
> << Well, the best one I have ever run into is a place outside Fairbanks,
>  Alaska about halfway between College, Alaska and Nenanna, on the Tananna
>  River. It was a lodge and eatery with a shingle out front that said
>   Skinny Dick's Half-way Inn.
>
>  John Rodgers
>  88 GL Driver
>   >>