----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Wyoming Board of Geographic Names, which has been an unofficial body, was recently established as a formal group by Executive Order of Wyoming's Governor. At about the same time, we started to work on Phase II, collecting local usage names and names that are not in the GNIS database. In going through some of the place name books for the state, we found that one of the names that is not in the database is (gasp) the Teton Range. So, the beginning of the Board press release states: "According to the U.S. Geological Survey's GNIS database, the Teton Range does not exist in Wyoming." The AP picked up on it. Their short piece starts: There's a Grand Teton and a Middle Teton near Jackson. South Dakota's got a Fort Teton. There's even a Grand Teton Shopping Mall somewhere in eastern Idaho. But, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, there's no Teton Mountain Range. It continues to state that the Board will solve this and other ommissions. But, I just thought that you might get a few chuckles out of this one. Bye for now, Linda Zellmer