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Couple follows 50 cent Yukon land promo to Canada trek
Dave Colburn bought two square inches of Yukon land in a Quaker Oats promo for 50 cents. Now 62, he and Carolyn, 61, drove 10 200 miles across the US and Canada chasing the deeds. They visited Dawson City and Whitehorse, kept the deeds, and say the journey was worth "mileage."
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Newark
Dave Colburn
Yukon
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Sgt. Preston
King
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Preston
Royal Canadian Mounted
Quaker Oats Co
Alaska
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Carolyn
Klondike
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Mall of America
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Watson Lake
Liard Hot Springs
Whitehorse
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City
Sheila Krishnan
Associated Press
Yukon Territory
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Yukon River