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Subject:         Walter Ristow
Date:   Mon, 15 May 2006 17:56:38 -0700 (PDT)


To:     maps-l


A nice local article about Walter Ristow.
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La Crosse native Ristow achieved his ambitious goal
<http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/05/07/news/z4ristow_07.txt>
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
*...* While La Crosse native Walter Ristow charted a course that took
him to the top of his profession, he never forgot the guy on the corner,
just trying to get from here to there.

The retired chief of the Geography and Maps Division of the Library of
Congress died April 3, 17 days before his 98th birthday, in
Mitchellville, Md. Map librarians remember him as a founder of their
profession, but he also championed the value of something the Map-Quest
generation has forgotten: the free gas station road map. *...
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*http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/05/07/news/z4ristow_07.txt*



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