Mountain Named After Doctor Missionary.— ln honour of a colourful pioneer doctor, a 4000-foot mountain peak in the Kilbuck Range in Alaska hsis been named Mount Romig. Dr. Joseph Herman Romig first came to Alaska in 1896 from his native state of Kansas. He was a medical missionary for the Moravian Church. He was physician, surgeon arid pioneer friend to early settlers for many years in a vAst region of south-western Alaska.—Anchorage.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28347, 5 August 1957, Page 8
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