Another oddly-named Alaskan town is Tok (pronounced "toke") The name has
nothing to do with smoking -- it's a contraction of "Little Tokyo," for it
was the site of a labor camp for Japanese-Americans set to work on building
the Al-Can Highway.

OVC: I'm hoping to get my Westy up to it's namesake city -- Valdiz, AK --
next summer, finances and vacation time permitting.

Eric
Ogden, UT
The '80 Westy formerly known as the Vanagon Valdiz

In a message dated 5/26/01 11:04:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET writes:

<< Well, the best one I have ever run into is a place outside Fairbanks,
 Alaska about halfway between College, Alaska and Nenanna, on the Tananna
 River. It was a lodge and eatery with a shingle out front that said
  Skinny Dick's Half-way Inn.

 John Rodgers
 88 GL Driver
  >>