Geoduck (1881)

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I just thought I'd do a re-check on this one. There's not much new, and
still no hint on what "geoduck" means. How could the digitized Morning Oregonian
be so useless?
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29 September 1881, Decatur (IL) Review, pg. ?, col. 7:
The boys at Olympia, Washington Territory, call them geoducks. They dig  them
at a certain  sand bar at extreme low tide and sell them to a  merchant, who
ships them to Portland, Oregon, where they readily sell at fair  prices. The
Indians dry them for food as they do clams.
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_The  Geoduck._
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=166652091&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=10&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HNP&TS=1151379175&clientId=
65882)
BY JOHN A. RYDER.. Scientific American (1845-1908). New York: Apr 29, 1882.
Vol.  Vol. XLVI., Iss. No. 17.; p. 264 (1 page)

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