> >TEXAS
> >
> >http://expressnews.com/pantheon/sun-news/suns-ws/2801hlbd.shtml Dollars
> >flow via historic preservation. Report says saving significant sites good
> >for property values, tourism. Supporters of historic preservation now have
> >a two-inch thick report from the Texas Historical Commission to back up
> >their long-held assertion that preserving historic sites is not only good
> >for Texas' identity but also for its economy. Preservation activities
> >generate more than $1.4 billion of economic activity in Texas each year and
> >supports almost 41,000 Texas jobs. The report also stated that $18 million
> >worth of rehabilitation construction on residential buildings took place in
> >1997, compared with $303 million worth of new construction. In San Antonio,
> >property values in historic districts are approximately 18.6 percent higher
> >than comparable properties outside the districts.
> >
> >
> >TEXAS NEW MEXICO ARIZONA CALIFORNIA
> >
> >http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/LD0551.html Congress completed work
> >yesterday on a Route 66 preservation bill and sent it to President Clinton.
> >The measure would launch a 10-year, $10 million effort to preserve and
> >commemorate stretches of U.S. 66 that have been supplanted by Interstate 40
> >and other highways. The bill authorizes the National Park Service to
> >support state, local and private efforts to preserve Route 66 by providing
> >technical assistance, grants and cost-sharing arrangements. Designated in
> >1926, Route 66 crossed Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New
> >Mexico, Arizona and California. In 1938, it became the first completely
> >paved highway across the United States.
> >
> >ARIZONA
> >
> >http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/062-6792.html There's a nifty secret
> >museum tucked into the Tucson Convention Center downtown. It's called the
> >Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont House. The shady home, at 151 S. Granada Ave.,
> >provides a glimpse at life in Tucson in the late 1800s. Tonight, the
> >Arizona Historical Society presents a related program about Elizabeth
> >Frémont, who spent some hot days here in 1881.
> >
> >
> >UTAH
> >
> >http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,100013039,00.html? Some 6,800
> >public comments later, the Bureau of Land Management believes it finally
> >has a plan for managing the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase-Escalante
> >National Monument in southern Utah.
> >
> >
> >CYBERIA
>
> >http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-07-28-0112.html This summer,
> >challenge your perceptions of Native America, past and present. Powerful
> >Images: Portrayals of Native America examines the perceptions and
> >stereotypes surrounding North American images in film, advertising, art,
> >literature and museums.
> >
> >http://www.austin360.com:80/business/stories/1999/07/28crayons.html After
> >sifting through more than 250,000 suggested names, Crayola has renamed its
> >indian red color. Teachers complained students thought it described the
> >skin color of American Indians.
> >
> >http://www.lancnews.com/intell_news/cloister.htm Archeologists at the
> >Ephrata Cloister have unearthed secrets locked away  for more than 150
> >years. Dating to 1735, this was the site's first dormitory and one of the
> >earliest such structures in Colonial America.
> >
> >http://www.montrealgazette.com/travel/pages/990724/2643734.html Built in
> >1639, Sainte-Marie was Ontario's first European community. It lasted 10
> >years. The Jesuits kept meticulous accounts of their harsh and dreary
> >lives. German visitors to Sainte-Marie come because of the enduring works
> >of Karl May (1842-1912), one of Germany's best loved and most widely read
> >authors. The fact that he never set foot on this side of the Atlantic
> >didn't prevent him from writing colourfully detailed tales about life here.
> >Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
> >
> >http://www.theage.com.au/daily/990728/news/news21.html The return of a
> >skull purported to be Ned Kelly's is now being linked to a restoration
> >project. A Western Australian farmer reportedly wants to use it as
> >"heritage" leverage.
> >


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