Talk:Deering, Alaska

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As I'm reading it, the article reflects an editor's apparent belief that the name Deering came from a ship, but I see no RSes anywhere which may confirm that. However, there are numerous contemporary mid-20th century sources which indicate that the community was long known as Fairhaven (for the surrounding mining and recording district), which is completely unmentioned (not at all surprising). RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 06:50, 7 November 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Okay, the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development says the following on their website:
The village was established in 1901 as a supply station for Interior gold mining near the historic Malemiut Eskimo village of "Inmachukmiut." The name Deering was probably taken from the 90-ton schooner "Abbey Deering," which was in nearby waters around 1900. The city was incorporated in 1970.
This could be taken as reliably sourced information, but it it still sounds to me like guesswork more than anything else. It's probably where that editor obtained their information from, too. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:40, 7 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, never mind. From working on a number of these articles, I figured out that someone copied and pasted material from the state's community database profile to fill up content in a lot of the articles. I never did see any discussion on whether this is in compliance with copyright or not, so I may be opening up a whole new can of worms by bringing THAT up. As for the other point I made, I came across reports of the Alaska Engineering Commission published in 1915 which refer to Deering existing as a community then and so named. I still contend that back then, it was mainly a port for the Fairhaven district. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:03, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The village was founded by Johann Paul Richard Escholt (called Richard), born in Germany 1870. He married Maggie Kusugnalook Riley from Little Diomede Island 1903 on the Shooner Deering. This might be the reason for the village name. JanX (talk) 20:00, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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