[Vision2020] National perception of the Palouse

[Melynda Huskey]

Some years ago, when I lived in another big football town--Columbus, 
Ohio--someone asked me where I was from.

"Idaho," I said.

"Oh,"  she said.  "You know, out here we pronounce that 'Iowa.'"

Melynda Huskey




"The things that make us happy make us wise."  John Crowley





>From: eevans@moscow.com
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] National perception of the Palouse
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:20:25 GMT
>
>I think this perception of the palouse is unique to football/sports 
>circles.
>Outside that, there is no particular perception at all. Rather, the western
>side of the US (those states west of New Hampshire) is seen as a blurry 
>area
>full of bears, trees, and Republicans, terminated by Seattle and California 
>on
>the far edge.
>
>Cheers,
>-Ed Evans
>
> > Let 'em think it, Carl.  That way fewer of them will
>want>  to move here, with them pesky indian attacks and all.
> >
>Don't forget that last cholera outbreak we had a couple
> > years ago, and those settlers that had to cannibalize
>eac> h other because they got cut off by that big blizzard.
> >
>tongue in cheek-ily
>
>Dan Carscallen
>
>-----Original
>M> essage-----
>From: Carl Westberg
><carlwestberg846@hotmail> .com>
>To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>
> >
>Date: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:44 AM
>Subject:
>[Vis> ion2020] National perception of the Palouse
>
>
>
>I've
>b> een reading some national sport web sites, and even
>visit> ed the
>Tuscaloosa, Alabama newspaper to gauge
>reactions>  to Mike Price going to
>Alabama.  It seems the
>majority>  of the country believes that we poor Palouse
>residents>  are completely cut off from the rest of the civilized
>wo> rld.
>We're still waiting for electricity, rotary
>phone>  service, and face a week
>long horse ride through 17
>fo> ot snow drifts to reach Seattle, the nearest
>civilized
> > outpost.  And we have those pesky Indian attacks to deal
> > with.
>I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
> >
>
> >
>
> >                            Carl Westberg Jr.
>
>
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