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	Nome, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nome was incorporated in 1901, and its now within the Sitnasuak Native Corporation lands.
		In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic among Eskimos in Nome was halted when, during fierce blizzard conditions, a sled team arrived with serum.
		In 1925, Nome was the destination of the famous Mercy Race to Nome, where dog sleds played a large part in transporting diphtheria serum through harsh conditions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nome,_Alaska (1076 words)

	NOME - LoveToKnow Article on NOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gulch gold was found near Nome on Anvil Creek in September 1898, and diggings in the ocean beach were first worked in July 1899.
		The rush to Nome in 1900 was one of the most remarkable stampedes in American mining history; the town soon had hotels, banks, stores, several newspapers and weekly mails from the States, and for part of the year there were, it was estimated, 20,000 inhabitants.
		In 1905 the gold output of the Nome region amounted to about $2,500,000, nearly all from placers, though some quartz mining was done.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NO/NOME.htm (565 words)

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		The population of Nome is a mixture of Eskimos and non-Natives.
		Nome is the center of the Bering Strait/Seward Peninsula region.
		Nome is a regional center of transportation for surrounding villages.
	www.alaskacommercial.com /Cities/Nome/Nome.html (241 words)

	Nome
		Nome Eskimo Community (NEC) was formed in 1939 by the Nome Native population.
		The City of Nome was built in 1901 along the Bering Sea, on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula.
		Nome lies 539 air miles northwest of Anchorage and can only be accessed by air or water.
	www.kawerak.org /tribalHomePages/nomeEskimo (478 words)

	Nome Alaska, Alaskan cities
		Nome is built on a bench of gently sloping coastline on the shores of the Bering Sea, 540 air miles west of Fairbanks, 510 air miles northwest of Anchorage, and only seven jet minutes from Siberia.
		You'll notice that the entire seaward population of the city is protected by a 3350-foot-long sea wall of granite boulders.
		Gold discoveries in the Nome area had been reported as far back as 1865 by Western Union surveyors seeking a route across Alaska and the Bering Sea.
	www.bellsalaska.com /nome.html (634 words)

	Nome PO
		The Nome Probation Office is comprised of one probation officer and one criminal justice tech and is responsible for the supervision of felony adult offenders in Nome and the 15 Bering Strait villages, which are: Brevig Mission, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Saint Michael, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Unalakleet, Wales and White Mountain.
		Nome is the finish line for the 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race from Anchorage, held each March, which brings an additional 1000 people to Nome for that week.
		Nome is also the mid-point for the largest snow machine race in the world.
	www.correct.state.ak.us /corrections/communitycorr/NomePO.htm (465 words)

	Nome Alaska Photo Tour - Arctic Birds, Wildlife, Muskox, Scenery
		During the short but intense Arctic summer, Nome is a magnet for breeding birds, all in their most photogenic plumages.
		Nome also hosts Red-throated and Pacific Loons; Common and King Eider; Harlequin Duck and all three Scoters; Willow and Rock Ptarmigans; Parasitic, Pomarine, and Long-tailed Jaegers; Black-legged Kittiwake and Arctic and Aleutian Terns; Lapland Longspur, Common and Hoary Redpolls, and more.
		Nome is a location that provides you with great Alaskan subjects and unique access to a vast and remote wilderness.
	www.rpphoto.com /trips/nome (380 words)

	Nome Alaska
		The population of Nome is a mixture of Inupiat Eskimos and non-Natives.
		Nome is classified as an a large town/Regional Center, it is found in EMS Region 5A in the Norton Sound Region.
		The Nome Airport has a two paved runways, one is 6,001' long and 150' wide, and the other is 5,576' by 150' wide.
	www.alaskatravel.com /alaska/nome.html (1012 words)

	Nome : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		Those roads are the truly unique thing, for Nome is the only place in Arctic Alaska where a visitor can drive or bike deep into the open country, coming across musk oxen, reindeer, rarely seen birds, Native villages, undeveloped hot springs, and even an abandoned 1881 elevated train from New York City.
		By 1900, a fourth of Alaska's white population was in Nome sifting the sand.
		Nome is popular with bird-watchers, who find the roads especially useful.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/nome/1531010001.html (514 words)

	Nome, Alaska
		Nome is host to the Bering Sea Ice Classic, a six hole golf tournament played on the ice, the Polar Bear Swim, and the Midnight Sun Festival in June.
		Nome is at sea level, surrounded by rolling hills (1500-4700 ft.) of Arctic tundra, dotted with a variety of miniature plants, berries and wildflowers.
		At one point Nome was the largest city in Alaska, the population is estimated to have reached as high as 20,000, but the highest recorded population in 1900 was 12,488.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /nome-alaska.htm (2492 words)

	The Nome Gold Rush, Alaska Science Forum
		Most of the credit for the Nome gold rush goes to the trio of John Byrnteson, Erik Lindblom and Jafet Lindeberg, who became known as the "The Three Lucky Swedes," although Lindeberg was actually a Norwegian.
		Weather had driven their ship into the mouth of the Snake River, about 13 miles west of Cape Nome, and they passed the time waiting for the winds to subside by prospecting the creeks within a radius of four or five miles.
		The coast was icebound for the season, but gold seekers began descending on the tent town in the spring of 1899.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF7/729.html (604 words)

	A Guidse to Nome, Alaska - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Extensive development occurred both in Nome and in the surrounding region, bosted by the construction of a railroad in 1900.
		The famous Western gunfighter was one of Nome's best-known residents during the gold rush.
		Nome is the birthplace of sled dog racing as we know it today, and the Nome Kennel Club is the world's oldest mushing organization.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/nomeindex.html (496 words)

	The Nomes (Proviences) of Ancient Egypt
		The term nome is actually of Greek origin (nomos) used to refer to the forty two traditional provinces of ancient Egypt.
		Each nome was generally governed by its own regional ruler known as a nomarch, and each had its own symbol or sign, though those Lower Egypt appear to date later than those of Upper Egypt.
		Upper Egyptian nomes were also usually represented in the form of a standard, thus leading to provinces being described by such names as the "hare nome" or the "ibis nome".
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/nomes.htm (773 words)

	Nome Alaska Guide - Pictures and Information for Travelers including Hotel Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome Alaska, with a population of approximately 3,800, is located on the south coast of the Seward Pennisula in western Alaska.
		Nome's Iditarod Festival includes craft fairs, art shows, a golf tournament on the frozen Bering Sea, musical performances, frozen turkey bowling, and other activities.
		Aging gold dredging relics can be seen scattered around Nome, including The Swanberg Dredge (pictured at left), which is an easy walk from downtown.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/nome (339 words)

	Nome, Alaska Photos
		With a population of 4,000, Nome is a compact town, hemmed in by ice for 6 to 7 months out of the year.
		A creek, really, the Nome River originates in the Kigluaik Mountains about 25 miles north of Nome, and is accessible by road at the mouth, and from about mile 8 all the way to the headwaters.
		Located just off the end of Nome's runway 09, the Nome cemetary is home for hundreds of graves, many from the early 1900's gold rush, many of the wooden crosses deteriorated or missing.
	www.tomsnome.com /nomephot.html (3532 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: NOME, TX
		Nome is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90, State Highway 326, and Farm Road 365, twenty miles west of Beaumont in northwestern Jefferson County.
		Nome is a center for local agriculture, particularly rice growing.
		The area was also found to be rich in oil and natural gas with the discovery of the Nome oilfield in 1936.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/NN/hln23.html (388 words)

	Nome City Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At first glance, Nome may seem a bit disheveled, even homely, but it's best to think of it as unpretentious.
		Nome is on the Seward Peninsula, 102 miles below the Arctic Circle, with its back to the hills and its face to the sea.
		Then, in 1898, gold was discovered on the fl sands of Cape Nome and within months there sprang up a tent city of 20,000 hopeful goldseekers.
	alaskaair.com /www2/Destinations/munged_qs/destination.asp(city+ome) (392 words)

	Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race \| The Race to Nome
		Mitch Seavey won the 32st annual Iditarod, checking in to Nome on Thursday, March 16th, 2004 in an elapsed time of 9 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes and 22 seconds with 8 dogs in the team.
		Nome in 1925 had changed from a booming, boisterous turn-of-the-century gold-rush camp into a small, quite town of about 1,500 people.
		These men had stamina and toughness in common, and all shared the special understanding and working partnership with their sled dogs that would be the key to the success of the venture.
	www2.lucidcafe.com /lucidcafe/library/iditarod.html (647 words)

	Nome Alaska Travel Infomation- Lodging, Cabins, Tours, Attractions, Fishing
		The City of Nome is Alaska's oldest continuous first class city, incorporated on April 9, 1901.
		Nome is located on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula facing Norton Sound, part of the Bering Sea.
		The Nome Airport has a two paved runways, one at 6,000', and the other at 5,500'.
	www.welcometoalaska.com /nome.htm (1059 words)

	Nome Chamber of Commerce: Ham Radio Club
		Currently, the IRLP node in Nome is a simplex node, meaning it hears and transmits on one frequency.
		The Nome node, #3537, is accessed on VHF 145.750 with a PL Tone of 97.4.
		Within the City limits of Nome, and much easier to "hit" for those with handhelds, is a VHF repeater operating on the standard channel 146.94- (That is, the repeater transmits on 146.94 and listens -600 kHz down, or on 146.34).
	www.nomechamber.org /sparc.html (1837 words)

	USATODAY.com - Powerful Bering Sea storm hits Nome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ANCHORAGE — Dozens of Nome businesses and homes were evacuated when a powerful storm from the Bering Sea flooded downtown streets and knocked loose 1,000-pound propane tanks.
		Nome police said the wind tore off roofing and snapped power lines, but the real damage came from the ocean.
		The storm slammed Elim, about 90 miles east of Nome, causing erosion that exposed septic tanks and the city's main water line.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/news/2004-10-20-nome-storm_x.htm (552 words)

	Nome Rotary Club - Nome, Alaska
		Additionally, Nome Rotary is lots of fun and provides a great opportunity to meet those living and working in Nome.
		Nome Rotary club members who travel have friendly contacts in almost every city in the world.
		Nome Rotary presents Richard Beneville with the 2005 Citizen of the Year Award.
	www.nomerotary.org (434 words)

	WildBird's Top 50 Birding Hotspots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome is also a great site to find rare Asian and Arctic species -- gulls, shorebirds, passerines and waterfowl rank highest as possibilities.
		The Bering Sea stretches to the south of Nome, and attracts interesting gulls, waterbirds and seabirds.
		Almost all birders fly to Nome, except those arriving by dog sled (the Iditerod race ends in Nome); rental cars are available, but book early.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/wildbird/16.htm (190 words)

	Tom Busch's Nome, Alaska Links
		Whether it's Iditarod information, Nome businesses, the latest weather or the auroral forecast, here is a comprehensive set of links of interest to Nome, AK 99762.
		Nome day hikes, a guide which a couple of us wrote for the Nome Convention and Visitors Center.
		Nome climate data from the Western Regional Climate Center.
	www.tomsnome.com (2137 words)

	Where to stay in Nome Alaska - Hotels, Lodging
		The facility opened in 1999, and is the most modern and luxurious in Nome.
		The Nome Nugget Inn is a charming, rustic hotel located on Front Street, right in the heart of the business district.
		While the rooms are somewhat small and not terribly fancy, the building has a fun nostalgic feel to it, with a very friendly staff.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/nome/nome_hotels.html (429 words)

	Nome Gifts:- information about Nome Alaska
		Nome is a smallish gold rush town located in northwestern Alaska about 130
		The land, the rivers and the sea are frozen, covered in snow.
		Nome is internationaly known as a gold rush frontier town, as the finish line
	www.nomegifts.com (108 words)

	Birding in Nome, Alaska
		Nome is far north of the tree line, and each year, the residents put all their Christmas trees (which have to be either collected from Council before the roads close for the winter or flown in) out on the ice after Christmas, and call it the Nome National Forest.
		Birding close to Nome was wonderful, but as we got further afield, the proportion of snow to open tundra got greater, until we were driving through a surreal landscape of white road, white tundra and white sky.
		We reported the poor thing when we got back to Nome and some wildlife folk were dispatched to destroy it, to prevent the spread of the disease to other foxes.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/Hotspots/Alaska2001/nome.html (1696 words)

	NATURE: Sled Dogs - Balto
		In 1925, a life-or-death race to rescue the children of Nome, AK, from disease made an international hero of one sled dog -- and eventually led to the creation of Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race, the subject of NATURE's SLED DOGS: AN ALASKAN EPIC.
		Soon, a musher embarked from Anchorage on the first leg of a remarkable dog-sled relay aimed at delivering the needed serum to Nome.
		There are plans in the works, however, for Balto to return to Alaska as part of a temporary exhibit at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art -- a testament to the strength of Balto's memory and a fitting memorial to his indomitable spirit.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/sleddogs/balto.html (415 words)

	Pets Newswire \| Nome Pets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome Pets is made available in Alaska through IPR Wire - the online leader in pet news and information.
		It is our pleasure to provide residents of Nome with pet related news and information.
		We appreciate our members in Nome helping us to make this network one of the fastest growing pet sites in the nation.
	www.surfmeister.net /alaska/nome/003.html (94 words)

	Aurora Borealis, Nome Alaska. Front page.
		Summer is opon us here in Nome, and the first dark nights are expected as usual, in late August.
		Even though we are at Solar Minimum in our star's 11 year cycle, I expect many more wonderful nights under the northern lights this comming season, at least from my front-row seat here in Nome.
		Safety Sound, east of Nome provided excellent foreground scenery as the weather chased me away.
	northernlightsnome.homestead.com (431 words)

	Nome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome area, from USGS Nome map sheet, 1950 with minor revisions 1985.
		Moved 1.3 miles NW and 1 foot uphill to Hanger #1, Nome Army Air Base 3/27/46, temperature measured at 10 feet.
		Moved 0.3 miles E to guest house, Nome Field, 12/04/50; temperature lowered to 8 feet.
	climate.gi.alaska.edu /history/WestCoast/Nome.html (325 words)

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