Mr. White dissembles. Ogden is a good deal more than a "railroading town".
It's the western gateway to the Rockies. Land of the Golden Spike! Great
railroad museum and fascinating railroad history.

John Dendy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: William White [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 4:15 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Great Basin Anthropolocial Conference
> 
> List members:
>  
> I would like to organize a symposia for the upcoming GBAC, October 5-8,
> 2000.  This symposia will concern itself with railroad-related
> archaeological sites in the Great Basin, but Intermountain West and West
> Coast regions would be acceptable also.  Railroad-related archaeological
> sites might include construction, operation, and maintenance camps,
> sidings, alignments, temporary whiskey ranches and/or activity sites
> directly associated with support of a railroad, for example; any time
> period.  If you are in the process of or completed archaeological work or
> historic research on some aspect of Western railroading and are interested
> in presenting your results, please drop me an OFF-LIST reply.  The
> GBAC will be in a railroading town (Ogden, Utah), how appropriate.  Thank
> you for your time.....ww