Who would a thunk it. Neat bit of trivia.
John B
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From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:14 PM
Subject: Trivia
> OK folks, as our adrenal glands get back to normal after the Muroc meet,
> I thought I would toss out this tid bit of trivia about Muroc dry lake.
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> In 1910, a water stop for the railroad was constructed on the edge of
> the lake near Mojave. Clifford Corum and his wife & brother established
> a homestead nearby. They built a combination store and post office to
> serve the few nearby residents. Their request to have the post office
> named "Corum" was disallowed by the postal officials because a similar
> name was already in use elsewhere in California. So, they simply
> reversed the spelling of their name and came up with "Muroc"
> Ed
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