we're covering so many miles this trip and we're determined to get all the way to Alaska and back to Arizona by September 1, that one could say that we are headed for "Alaska or bust."One could say that.
But why would they? Can someone tell me where that phrase came from and what it really means? I've never really been sure and I think therefore, that I don't like saying it.
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I believe the term "Alaska or Bust" comes from the the 1950's when homesteaders moved from the lower 48 to the new 49th state of Alaska for the free land. Most of the people quit there jobs and sold their homes and possessions. They wrote "Alaska or Bust" on their cars because they were either going to make it in Alaska or have nothing. This could actually be the answer or maybe it's just something I made up in my head to make sense of the phrase. But it sounds reasonable.
Rob M.
That posting would have been better had I not misspelled "there".
Rob
nice, thanks for the info, rob. i didn't even think about the fact that when people say "[blank] or bust" that it really originated from alaska journeys. by the way, i wouldn't have even noticed the spelling errors.
also, fyi, ryan "accidentally" on purpose left his beard trimmer and razor behind in south dakota, so he hasn't cut a single hair in over a month and his beard is looking very burly. you would be jealous.
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