Comanche Chief Publishes Verse and Alaska Facts
The Comanche Chief prints a poem mailed to the editor and notes Alaska history from purchase in 1867 to statehood in 1959. It summarizes Alaska’s size, major peaks including Mt McKinley, and the Yukon River, with context on Behring Strait and Arctic borders.
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Comanche
United States
Alaska
Vitus Behring
America
Arctic Ocean
Behring Strait
Behring Sea
Asia
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Arctic
Alaska and Texas notes feature rich history and growth
The article surveys Alaska's WW II highway, resources, towns, and industries from timber to mining plus a Klondike era gold rush. It also notes universities, airlines, and fur trade. Texas items mention Comanche landmarks, historic church medal, and upcoming Cotton Bowl rodeo events with Governor Connally speaking.
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C. Wilkerson & Sons, Publishers
J. C. Wilkerson
West Grand Comanche
Texas
Comanche County
Dublin
German
Carbon
May
Zephyr
Minimore
Cias
Jane Taylor
Berta Brightman
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco
The
U. S
Congress
Union
Bethel
Miss Brightman
Canada
Mount St. Elias
Mt. Foraker
Mt. McKinley
North America
Yukon
Great Plateau
Dawson Creek
Britis Columbia
Fairbanks
Washington
Peace River
Anchorage
Spenard
Juneau
Ketchikan
Sita
Klondike
Klondike River
Seward Peninsula
Nome
University of Alaska
Alaska Methodist University
North Pole
USA
Pribilot Island
U. S. Wildlife Service
Comanche’s
Austin
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
State of Texas
Burks Museum
I. B. Albeorn
Nawburg
James Cunningham
Conneston
John Connally
Dallas
Connally
Wilson County
Floresville
State Capitol
Paer
Big Citedion
For
Wort Tonio
el Paso
Presidernor
Antist
Texa
Johnson
Blanes Counties
Johnson City
Dearborn
Higginbotham’s
MR. and Mrs. H. D. Markum
Osew.ine
Sue
Coats
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