Back about 1981, The Rico Agrentine Mining Company gave me the RR car bodies that were in the Rico yard. They gave me 30 days to remove the cars AND the water tower. About a week after we made the agreement and before I could move them, they turned the car bodies over, took the iron and burned the bodies! I explained that I could not move (or had room) for the water tower and I asked them to let me put a fence around it with the hopes of stabilizing it in the future. The Mining Company said they would put the fence up and eventually.....someone did. Never the less, with the help of Fritz and several others, the tower still stands!!!

Jerry