John Faeo, Harold Hoke and Larry Traxinger building a bridge across Goose Creek in 1959. In the background is John Faeo's "Weasel" which pulled the logs out in the marsh for the project.(Courtesy: Sonny Traxinger)

I've been hearing from old-timers about JFK City for a few days now. (Read the original column here.) A basic story taking shape. First of all, the location of the city on Google is wrong. It's actually north of the location marked on the map. To see it, move across the big gray swampy area, and then you'll see some roads going through the woods. That's the original townsite. And it didn't have anything to do with the domed city idea.

The residents who lived out there were proving up on homestead claims. The people who called said they even had a school for a short time. The land dropped in the '64 earthquake, making some of the homesteads harder to get to. Now what's out there are mostly recreational cabins.

Sonny Traxinger, who remembers spending time out there with his father and grandfather, said his family still has a cabin in the old townsite. He sent the picture above of some early residents.