NOME'S NAME.
The "famous gold town of Nome in Alaska is said to have been named by a curious mistake. In early maps of Alaska one cape was left nameless, ancl an official to whom a draft map was submitted pencilled on the cape the query "Name ?" When the rough map was copied a draughtsman transcribed the scrawled query as "Nome." ' I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 269, 13 November 1935, Page 24
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62NOME'S NAME. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 269, 13 November 1935, Page 24
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