John West Wrote:
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> The problem is not that the show shed was torn
> down, the worst problem is since the shed was torn
> down the State historic folks apparently won't let
> anyone rebuild it because it would be a
> "recreation" and not real history. There is some
> silly academic thing about common folks getting
> confused because they don't know what is "real"
> (preserved) and what is recreated. Even though
> some "preserved" originals hardly have any
> original fabric in them.
>
> My guess is with a bit of effort we could raise
> the money to rebuilt the showshed. The question
> is would the bureaucats let us. Whenever I raised
> this issue with the Friends the answer they won't
> let us. But maybe someone needs to ask.....a press
> the issue.
>
> JBWX
Aren't The Friends rebuilding (or Recreating) part of the old telegraph line? What's the difference with the snowshed?