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This National Forest thing seems to be a running gag. We have a
photo of a collection of pine tree starts set out on Adak Island with
a plaque next to them made by a sailor station there that says "Adak
National Forest." Photo was taken by my father in 1951-2, who was
stationed there for 13 months during the Korean War.
Supposedly the trees were set out as an experiment by some
University, although I have forgotten which one. I remember they
looked the usual pine seedlings one would plant. They had been there
several years and not grown much if at all.
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For those who are unfamiliar with even where Dutch Harbor is located
half way out the Aleutian chain, here's what Marcus Baker
(Dictionary of Alaska - 1902) has to say:
"Dutch; harbor, on the eastern side of Amaknak island, in Captains
bay, Unalaska. So named from the tradition that a Dutch vessel was
the first to enter it. Veniaminof says that it is called, by old
navigators, Dutch (Hollandish) harbor. Sarichef, 1792, calls it
Udakta. According to Lutke, Tebenkof calls it Ougadakh. Davidson and
Dall wrote Ulakhta harbor. It, and the village on its shores, is now
universally known as Dutch harbor."
By whatever its name, it is a rather bleak place and when I was
first there in 1960, it supported one lone tree, dubbed then as the
Aleutian National Forest.
Charles
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Virginia R Hetrick PhD
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [MapHist] Re: A Dutch chart of the Aleutians Islands?
Has anybody thought about its possibly originating with a German
rather than an actual Dutch person? All that history in Pennsylvania
had to start somewhere, even though it seems to be a while after the
naming of Dutch Harbor.
Just wondering ....
v
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Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California
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"There is always hope."
My fave:
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There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58'5.36"
if you can't be at: 48N 6' 59.9" 122W 59' 54.2"
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