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>Monday January 10, 2000
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>TEXAS
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>http://madmax.lmtonline.com/mainnewsarchives/010700/s4.htm A plan to turn a
>downtown area into a historic district pitches property owners against
>preservationists. Tourists flock to historical sites and spend
>approximately $114 a day, while the average tourist only spends $88 a day.
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>COLORADO
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>http://www.denverpost.com/stock/zwicker0109.htm A description of the cowboy
>way and cowboy material culture.
>
>http://www.denverpost.com/news/profile0110.htm Dana Crawford was an early
>Denver preservation pioneer at a time when urban renewal meant bulldozing
>entire blocks, including historic buildings.
>
>http://www.searchcolorado.com/glenwood/stories/123199/new_123199007.shtml
>Glenwood Springs Mayor Sam Skramstad cited adopting the Historic
>Preservation Ordinance as an achievement.
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>NEW MEXICO

>http://www.nmbiz.com/issues/98/98_november/nov_socorrogrowth.htm
>Established in 1854, Fort Craig was initially used to control Apache and
>Navajo raiding in the region. The number of annual visitors has quadrupled
>to about 5,000 in the past five years. The fort's increasing popularity is
>the result of articles published in regional newspapers and historical
>journals. Plans are underway to convert a caretaker's facility into a
>visitors center.
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>ARIZONA
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>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/LD0471.html Working in the historical
>setting of the Yuma Territorial Prison, Torres is learning about former
>inmates and even re-enacting their lives.
>
>http://www.the-observer.com/ An Arizona town is named after a bad hair day.
>Walt Rigney had a head full red hair and every time he took off his hat his
>hair would stand up shaped like a pine tree. The red headed bartender is
>said to be buried between two peach trees somewhere in Pinetop.
>
>http://www.paysonroundup.com/story/15001636 When burglars robbed the Pine
>Museum last fall, some local patrons withdrew heirlooms because they
>worried they weren't safe anymore. The crime remains unsolved, but members
>of a pioneer family are taking steps to restore the community's faith in
>the museum.
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>CYBERIA
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>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-01/10/122l-011000-idx.html
>Archaeologists love to dig and hate to publish. But there's no point in
>digging it if you don't publish. A dig that's not published is a big hole
>in the ground. And, "dead digs" have zero cachet.
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