>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:59:46 -0700
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>Subject: Got CALICHE?

>Got CALICHE?  http://www.swanet.org/caliche.html
>
>TEXAS
>
>http://expressnews.com/pantheon/sun-news/suns-ws/2801hlbd.shtml Dollars
>flow via historic preservation. Report says saving significant sites good
>for property values, tourism. Supporters of historic preservation now have
>a two-inch thick report from the Texas Historical Commission to back up
>their long-held assertion that preserving historic sites is not only good
>for Texas' identity but also for its economy. Preservation activities
>generate more than $1.4 billion of economic activity in Texas each year and
>supports almost 41,000 Texas jobs. The report also stated that $18 million
>worth of rehabilitation construction on residential buildings took place in
>1997, compared with $303 million worth of new construction. In San Antonio,
>property values in historic districts are approximately 18.6 percent higher
>than comparable properties outside the districts.
>
>
>TEXAS NEW MEXICO ARIZONA CALIFORNIA
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/LD0551.html Congress completed work
>yesterday on a Route 66 preservation bill and sent it to President Clinton.
>The measure would launch a 10-year, $10 million effort to preserve and
>commemorate stretches of U.S. 66 that have been supplanted by Interstate 40
>and other highways. The bill authorizes the National Park Service to
>support state, local and private efforts to preserve Route 66 by providing
>technical assistance, grants and cost-sharing arrangements. Designated in
>1926, Route 66 crossed Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New
>Mexico, Arizona and California. In 1938, it became the first completely
>paved highway across the United States.
>
>ARIZONA
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/062-6792.html There's a nifty secret
>museum tucked into the Tucson Convention Center downtown. It's called the
>Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House. The shady home, at 151 S. Granada Ave.,
>provides a glimpse at life in Tucson in the late 1800s. Tonight, the
>Arizona Historical Society presents a related program about Elizabeth
>Frémont, who spent some hot days here in 1881.
>
>
>UTAH
>
>http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,100013039,00.html? Some 6,800
>public comments later, the Bureau of Land Management believes it finally
>has a plan for managing the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante
>National Monument in southern Utah.
>
>
>CYBERIA

>http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-07-28-0112.html This summer,
>challenge your perceptions of Native America, past and present. Powerful
>Images: Portrayals of Native America examines the perceptions and
>stereotypes surrounding North American images in film, advertising, art,
>literature and museums.
>
>http://www.austin360.com:80/business/stories/1999/07/28crayons.html After
>sifting through more than 250,000 suggested names, Crayola has renamed its
>indian red color. Teachers complained students thought it described the
>skin color of American Indians.
>
>http://www.lancnews.com/intell_news/cloister.htm Archeologists at the
>Ephrata Cloister have unearthed secrets locked away  for more than 150
>years. Dating to 1735, this was the site's first dormitory and one of the
>earliest such structures in Colonial America.
>
>http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/pages/990724/2643734.html Built in
>1639, Sainte-Marie was Ontario's first European community. It lasted 10
>years. The Jesuits kept meticulous accounts of their harsh and dreary
>lives. German visitors to Sainte-Marie come because of the enduring works
>of Karl May (1842-1912), one of Germany's best loved and most widely read
>authors. The fact that he never set foot on this side of the Atlantic
>didn't prevent him from writing colourfully detailed tales about life here.
>Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
>
>http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990728/news/news21.html The return of a
>skull purported to be Ned Kelly's is now being linked to a restoration
>project. A Western Australian farmer reportedly wants to use it as
>"heritage" leverage.
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
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