Word: cheechako
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gold Rush days, Alaska's Indians referred to intruders from the U.S. as "cheechakos"-a corruption of the word Chicago. Last week Larry Fanning, 53, a latter-day cheechako who arrived in Alaska nine months ago after an illustrious twelve years in the competitive world of Windy City journalism, became the owner of the state's only morning newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News (circ...