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Alaska state historian Jo Antonson shows how many places in Alaska have the name of Crooked Creek and Crooked Island listed in the Dictionary of Alaska Place Names in her office in Anchorage, Alaska Friday, April 11, 2008. Flip Todd, owner of Todd Communications plans to publish an updated version of the Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, compiled more than four decades ago by Donald Orth. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Alaska state historian Jo Antonson shows how many places in Alaska have the name of Crooked Creek and Crooked Island listed in the Dictionary of Alaska Place Names in her office in Anchorage, Alaska Friday, April 11, 2008. Flip Todd, owner of Todd Communications plans to publish an updated version of the Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, compiled more than four decades ago by Donald Orth. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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