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Old 11-23-2010, 08:13 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Awesome! Thanks CptRn...

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Now, back to CptRn's question:

What is the significance of these phrases to the State of Wyoming... "at the big river flat" and "large prairie place"?
Wyoming. Depending on what tribe, it's the translation for Wyoming.
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Old 11-23-2010, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Wyoming. Depending on what tribe, it's the translation for Wyoming.
Correct ElkHunter, your turn! ... those are two different indian tribes translations (that I could find) for the meaning of "Wyoming".

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Origin of state's name: Based on an Algonquin or Delaware Indian word meaning "large prairie place"[/quote]

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From Wyoming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The region may have acquired the name Wyoming as early as 1865, when Representative J. M. Ashley of Ohio introduced a bill to Congress to provide a "temporary government for the territory of Wyoming". The name Wyoming derives from the Munsee name xwé:wamənk, meaning "at the big river flat", but also named after the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, made famous by the 1809 poem Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell.

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Old 11-23-2010, 04:23 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Keeping in the same theme of things, what town does this phrase translate to?

"measured distance near and far"
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Old 11-24-2010, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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Keeping in the same theme of things, what town does this phrase translate to?

"measured distance near and far"
Hint - Another name for this town is "Meeting place".
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Old 11-25-2010, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Washington
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That would be Meeteetse.
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Old 11-26-2010, 01:22 AM
 
Location: Spots Wyoming
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That would be Meeteetse.
Congrats, you got it. Your turn.
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Old 11-26-2010, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Washington
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Thanks ElkHunter...

OK, my next question is,

What has been written as the "scariest ski slope in America?" And how did it gets its name?
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Old 11-29-2010, 11:42 AM
 
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Clue: This particular slope is located at the Jackson Hole ski resort.
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Old 12-02-2010, 10:38 PM
 
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Corbet's Couloir: America's scariest ski slope - USATODAY.com


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwUBMrRbSo

It may take me a couple of days to come up with a new question, so If anyone would like to ask the next question... Feel free!! PLEASE>>>
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Old 12-08-2010, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Filling in for Poletop:

Stage Drivers knew the tale of Tie-Down-Gulch. Tell us the story about the ghost that resides there.
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