AKELA

NAME: Akela COUNTY: Luna ROADS: 2WD GRID: 7 CLIMATE: Mild BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Akela. Siding on sp rr, 22 mi e of deming. REMAINS: Trading village (tourist attraction)

Akela. Today there is a trading post of the same name near here. Us 70, 80, and the railroad almost meet at this point. Akela, like lisbon or luxor, is a railroad name chosen in the 1880's by some railroad official or the relative of an official, and the reasons for such choices are not known. Akela might be identified, however, as the leader of the o\wolf pack in kipling's mowglia stories. See , the jungle book.A post office existed here from 1922 / 1941. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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