More stuff about Nome than you can shake a stick at!

Writewolf · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:32 pm

It's amazing that in the first movie, the hospital looked like the real one and in the third, St. Joseph's Church was actually there!

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:39 pm

Very true, that!

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:40 pm

I think you can also catch brief glimpses of St. Joseph's in the first movie as well...though not nearly as prominently as in the third one.

Highland Wolf · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:19 pm

Writewolf wrote:

It's amazing that in the first movie, the hospital looked like the real one and in the third, St. Joseph's Church was actually there!

i know! The church is clearly there, it's really cool! i'M very impressed on how they did the look of Nome, its very good!

HalfBreed · **Posted:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 10:57 pm

Great job so far Balto, I've been a big enthusiast on the history of Alaska, more prominently Nome, Anchorage, the Iditarod, and sled dogs in general but you seem to be covering some great content. I haven't been able to find those pictures you found when doing my own research so extra kudos to you for that

Highland Wolf · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:49 am

HalfBreed wrote:

Great job so far Balto, I've been a big enthusiast on the history of Alaska, more prominently Nome, Anchorage, the Iditarod, and sled dogs in general but you seem to be covering some great content. I haven't been able to find those pictures you found when doing my own research so extra kudos to you for that

oh really? me too! I love all those things! I feel the same, don't find nearly as much as info as you BS!

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:43 am

HalfBreed wrote:

Great job so far Balto, I've been a big enthusiast on the history of Alaska, more prominently Nome, Anchorage, the Iditarod, and sled dogs in general but you seem to be covering some great content. I haven't been able to find those pictures you found when doing my own research so extra kudos to you for that

Thanks so much, Halfbreed! Well, there are some things I'm only pretty sure of...things I have to double-check. And there are areas of this history which are vague, to say the least!

And, if at any point, my conclusions do prove erroneous, I will gladly admit to it and offer to find a correction (or will accept a correction from someone else which is grounded in fact).

I know you didn't say that at all, I just felt the need to say that. Heh heh...historical research is an exercise in such things.

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:18 am

BaltoSeppala wrote:

The Naming of Nome - A 50 Year-Old Spelling Error
The most popular story, which has a lot of historic creedence, says that Nome got its name when, in the 1850s, a British cartographer (map maker) marked its unnamed location on a map as "? Name". Later, a second cartographer misread the question mark as a "C.", and the word "Name" as "Nome".

You know what, gang? I just realized I never resolved the "C" in my historical description. The second cartographer thought the "C" referred to "Cape". And so the area was named "Cape Nome" on his map.

Sorry about that. heh...

Highland Wolf · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:27 am

BaltoSeppala wrote:

The Naming of Nome - A 50 Year-Old Spelling Error
The most popular story, which has a lot of historic creedence, says that Nome got its name when, in the 1850s, a British cartographer (map maker) marked its unnamed location on a map as "? Name". Later, a second cartographer misread the question mark as a "C.", and the word "Name" as "Nome".

You know what, gang? I just realized I never resolved the "C" in my historical description. The second cartographer thought the "C" referred to "Cape". And so the area was named "Cape Nome" on his map.

Sorry about that. heh...

thats ok! i didn't really notice anything wrong to be honest :lol:

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:42 am

Hey Highland...speaking to your mention to me, in PM, that you'd like to talk more about the real history (and other historical ditties), I wonder whether or not it'd be possible to ask Steet for permission to schedule a "talk about the real history night" on the shoutbox? I mean, other sites (of various kinds) schedule special chat nights in their chat rooms. Of course, not ALL night, but for like an hour or two (at most) one fine weekend night or something...

Do you think he'd go for that? Does anyone else think he would?

HalfBreed · **Posted:** Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:21 pm

oh yeah i'm sure he would... anything to further peoples education on the matter, you know? Just ask him, it couldn't hurt

(deleted user) · **Posted:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:54 pm

Railwolf wrote:

actualy The steam locomotives that sit in "the Last Train to Nowere" are
0-4-4 Forny class steam locomotives...they are not the lastr of their kind. There are at least a dozen forny classes in excistince, some on display in verios musauams

http://trains.nute.ws/0-4-4/C-TPC1.htm
http://trains.nute.ws/0-4-4/LSE_9.htm

here are two of them.
aside from the ones in Alaska of course

Very good research, Railwolf! I have to grant you that. I took the information on those from "The Last Train To Nowhere" from various references to their being the last of their kind. One such was Moon Handbooks' (http://www.moon.com) guide to Alaska (by Don Pitcher, 8th Edition published in April, 2004)...which (on p. 492) reads, in part, "The engines originally served on the New York Elevated Railroad Company before they were shipped north in 1903, and are the only such engines still in existence."

You may note, however, that my post on the "Last Train To Nowhere" did say "There are no others like them anywhere in the world, apparently...". Meaning that, as far as I knew from my research, there were none others.

I am pleased to find this is wrong, and that there are others, in good condition, on display in museums!

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