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To: Falconspeed; Mr. Jeeves

Lassen’s Pass became Fandango Pass. Poor Peter Lassen...lost out to a party name.


23 posted on 05/24/2019 9:55:56 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Persia became Iran, Siam became Thailand. Upper Volta in Africa has a difficult to spell and pronounce name now.

And the town of Barrow, Alaska now has been renamed based on the name used by indigenous peoples.


25 posted on 05/24/2019 10:27:01 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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