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"

I agree with Raymond and Vee. It's frustrating to find something on eBay that either belonged to an ancestor or was connected to the area where your ancestors lived, then see the price on it go sky-high. I saw a Rosenberger Fraktur offered on e-Bay and almost certain it was made by an ancestor of a member of our Rosenberger mail list, I emailed her to check on it. She discovered that it was woven by a gr-gr-aunt of hers. She bid on it but the price went way beyond her means. She was disappointed but she kindly wrote the person who purchased it to tell her about the person who made it. Faith

Raymond, where do you go on EBay to pick up cards like that? Jo in Michigan ----- 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" > >