Comments on: Orchids in the Snow — Chapter 2 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/10/26/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-2/ Where our past is never very long ago Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lindberg http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/10/26/orchids-in-the-snow-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-141423 lindberg Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:10:35 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=10785#comment-141423 Fairbanks grew from a population of 5771 in 1950 to 13,311 in 1960. So I imagine our city girl is going to be in for a couple of shocks, both in terms of how small and rough the town is, and to how hard it will be to find a place to live.

At least the “luxury” flight from Seattle took less than seven hours! It’s amazing how much has changed in just 50 years.

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