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To: nickcarraway
Don’t forget Winona,

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.

I wondered why Bobby Troup crafted the names of those last three towns in a descending musical scale, and then found out why: each town is (roughly) 1,000 feet lower in elevation in the order named as you travel west.

9 posted on 04/01/2012 7:27:40 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

He was married to Julie London so he cannot be questioned. Jack Webb however can be :)


25 posted on 04/01/2012 9:01:23 PM PDT by politicalamity
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To: thecodont

The drops are more easily seen from Flagstaff (7400 ft.) down to Kingman.


32 posted on 04/01/2012 10:07:29 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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