Speaking of bricks, see under California. Edited for content.
>" Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter
>Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest!
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>Sunday April 28, 2002
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>TEXAS
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>http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/borderland/20020427-192941.shtml
>San Elizario celebrated its colorful past with re-enactments and history
>and genealogy lectures. El Paso Heritage Week will include a re-enactment
>of "La Toma," the First Thanksgiving. La Toma was the claiming of the land
>by Don Juan de Oņate.
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>CALIFORNIA
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>http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20020427-9999_7m27bricks.html
>About 30,000 bricks have vanished. The bricks were part of a facade added
>to the power plant, known as Substation A, in 1911. The bricks,
>shrink-wrapped
>on pallets, were were to be used in a nearby redevelopment project, ensuring
>that a bit of downtown's history would live on in the revitalized district.
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>METAL DETECTORS
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>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/134444075_civilwar27.html
>Many metal detector enthusiasts are finding that developers are wary that
>hunters might find something significant, and throw them off schedule.
>And hunters have never been popular among archaeologists and federal
>authorities.
>Federal law prohibits relic hunting in national parks.
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>REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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>From: Jan Harper <[log in to unmask]>
>I heard something on the radio about how people were lined up waiting to
>get into the Smithsonian Museum in order to view the history of toilet
>paper exhibit. It was both incredibly entertaining and informative. Can
>you investigate this and report? I think we could all use a little levity
>now and again.
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>Editor's Reply:
>I know nothing of a Smithsonian exhibit, but here is an article:
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>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WolfFiles/wolffiles.html
>Michael Telzrow is curator of the "Privy to the Past" exhibit at the Neville
>Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The exhibit opened April 27. The US toilet
>paper market is worth about $2.4 billion a year, and the United States
>is the premier manufacturer of high-end goods.
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