On Sept 9th of 01 I was in the Amherst area. I met some wonderful people there, the people that owned Tusculum at that time were not connected with the Crawford family at all. I made had made a local contact prior to my arrival and called them when I arrived and got the number for the owners of the property. I was extremely polite to them, explained who I was and where I was from (Nevada) and asked permission to go on the property. They hung up on me. The ladies I met at the church yard in Clifford, told me to just go on to the property, which I didn't. (they also invited me to go to Sweet Briar for some reception, which I declined as I was not dressed for such an event!) At least I got to see the home from a distance before it was moved. There is a development off of Fletcher's Level Road called Tusculum. Anyway two days later it was Sept 11, and every thing changed........... I love the area and would love to move back to Virginia again. (I lived in Alexandria in the 70's). Lee at the intersection of flotsam and jetsam, west of Desperation, NV http://truckeesrest.tripod.com http://from-our-end-of-the-shovel.blogspot.com/ http://onamissionfromdog.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary L. Thompson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] Tusculum Plantation Home >I also hate what happened, I did not see the letters, so I wonder if they > were as bad as they were said to be or if someone over reacted and treated > our local relatives badly. But, I have to say that the good that we got > done far outweights the bad. If you had not spoken up, the house would > have > been lost and that would have been a tragedy of hugh proportions! We all > thank you so much for saying something, I did not even know about the > house > until you said something. > Best Wishes, Mary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 6:51 PM > Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] Tusculum Plantation Home > > >> Yes, what has happened is amazing and I certainly never expected it to be >> successful. As I indicated, the experience did leave a bad taste in my >> mouth for >> alerting folks to anything similar in the future. Several Crawford >> descendants or interested people acted very badly, which caused problems >> for the cousin >> of mine who arranged our tour of Tusculum. He never expected what hit >> him. >> He owned a business in Amherst, as did the owner of Tusculum. It >> strained >> their friendship. The next time, if there should ever be a next time, I >> plan to >> keep my mouth shut. In this case, the damage is done, so I say let's >> move >> forward. >> >> I, too, would like to attend, but I will probably be in Oregon on >> business. >> >> Cousin Bob >> >> >> ************************************** >> Get a sneak peek of the >> all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >