Oh Dear Raymond, I can appreciate how frustrated you are regarding the lack of very unique sources pertaining to the history of Lewiston. But even the most dedicated Lewiston researcher, Alan Johnson (who is now legally blind), or any of the other historical society members would even consider going on Ebay and paying prices that are asked for documents that are important to the town's history. There are very few (if any) historical societies whose treasuries could afford it. I guess all of our societies have to be content with what sources are donated to us or what sources we can manage to dig up ourselves. I personally am appalled when someone holds out a precious historical document for ransom and the highest bidder gets to keep it for whatever purpose he has in mind. A really good guy who obviously knows the historical value of the document would just donate it or even a Xerox copy of it to the historical society. So there. I just vented myself! vee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:51 AM Subject: [FOLKS] Just venting a bit > Why oh why doesn't the Town of Lewiston have somebody like Vee? > > I'm not complaining about the wealth of messages pertaining to the Town > of Porter, but most of my family came from Lewiston and I have a special > fascination with that neck of the woods. There's a great deal of history > behind Lewiston, yet it appears to be suffering from neglect. I have yet > to come across any good source of information about the town: no books, > no web sites. Even the little museum is a disappointment. > > Just a thought: I browse through Ebay every few days, and quite often I > come across original letters or postcards written by Lewiston pioneers. > I've seen a couple dated from the very early 1800's. Somebody should be > snapping these things up and bringing them home to the town where they > belong. I wish I could do it myself, but I'm just barely making ends meet > at the moment. I don't have enough pennies to take on anything else. > > Are there any listmembers who have a passion for Lewiston the way our > friend Vee is gung-ho for Porter? > > --- Raymond Scott Woolson > "All roads lead me to the Ridge and the River" > >