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From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: bizarre place names
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 10:44:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 10:44:55 1985
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Careful there folks, let's not malign one of my favorite
spots in all of W. Washington.  Humptulips, the garden
crossroads of Grays Harbor County, where the forestry
service barracks lie closs by the mighty Humptulips
River, the home of mean Stealhead, fighting Silver Salmon,
and cunning Cutthrout Trout.  The turnoff spot for the
road to Big Creek.  The last chance to buy a Nehi Orange
soda and a pack of two-fers.  The only stop on the way
to Quinault you can get gas.  The hottest spot on a summer
day in the county.  One of the few places in the county
where everyone (three houses) living on the flats has
a rowboat tied to the front porch in case of flood.
The area that produced countless (maybe two) right
guards for the Hoquiam High School football team in
their heyday.
AND, where the best damn dances I ever attended were
held in the Grange Hall during my misspent youth.
Good old Humptulips.  Population variously counted
at around 20.  Where the Elk herds have the right
of way if you don't want your car destroyed.  And,
where bottom bumping in the river is an art form.
Sighh, ah to return once more to the golden summers
of youth.
T. C. Wheeler