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Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:56:12 -0800
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>Got CALICHE? http://www.swanet.org/caliche.html
>Thursday October 28, 1999
>
>ARIZONA
>
>http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/072-6742.html The tradition of Día de
>los Muertos and its imagery increasingly have moved from personal settings
>- kitchens and living rooms - to the public domain - art galleries and
>museums. The Arizona Historical Society has an "altar de los angelitos" on
>display. This style of celebrating the holiday is markedly different from
>what happens in Mexico.
>
>http://www.azcentral.com/community/comstories/1028sherwood.shtml A
>committee of historians is compiling a list of compelling moments in Mesa's
>history. This project is going to have problems. Mesa was founded by Mormon
>pioneers who walked up to the plateau and planted a bunch of oranges. Can
>this be captured on a plaque?
>
>NEW MEXICO
>
>http://www.abqjournal.com/news/19news10-28-99.htm Santa Fe's Council OKs
>Camp Marker. The right thing is not to deny our history. We should not see
>history through the eyes of one person. We can't be rewriting history to
>make a group feel good about themselves.
>
>http://www.newschoice.com/Webnews/midcruloc2/99-10-28_cezozoic.asp?PUID=1802
>.2 The Southern New Mexico Natural History Foundation gathered Wednesday to
>discuss the future of the Cenozoic Shop, which sells educational toys and
>gifts to enhance the museum experience. The museum store is in the midst of
>a financial crisis. 
>
>TEXAS
>
>http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/1028tsw3ranching.htm.htm The
>cowboy industry got its start in 1749 when Spanish missionaries located
>Presidio La Bahia and Mission Espiritu Santo in Goliad. The mission was the
>first big ranch in Texas. Much of what makes Texas Texas originated in
Goliad.
>
>CYBERIA
>
>http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/102799/mammoth_fox.sml
>A guide to mammoth carving - careful thawing and dissection vs intact
>permanently frozen? To take it apart and then find some pounds of wool and
>two or three mammoth bones will make journalists very sad. It's better to
>have the block and say 'there's something inside'...and say our science is
>not ready to work with this.
>
>[ ^ undoubtedly, best cultural interpretation of the year award ]
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Internet Trainer and Consultant 
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
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