This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: james_norred Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.burnet/2739.2.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I was going to ask what happened to all those show cases. That is tragic indeed. All those fixtures were hand made and most probably some by local craftsmen. I would love to be able to study the history of each piece LoL, but I like doing that. I have always been considered unusual by some in that I like to study old things. In my defense lets take the Reed building which is the topic of the tread. Now I look at this building in many ways. I's construction first. I was build by hand without today's modern tools and equipment. Myself being in the construction and engineering trade all my life knows exactly what it took to erect it. The sweat and toil of many local workers who later traded with the store that occupied the building they built. The limestone was quarried in Marble Falls I bet. Hauled by wagons to the site. that wooden floor OMG! What that would cost today. I could go on and on in detail as you know but i will condense it to one sentence perhaps. To me that build! ing has a little piece of every body who was a part of it in it's soul. Including you Teresa ;_). It's like a fine piece of old furniture hand made by a craftsman that forever holds a piece of it's creator. I contrast to things built today, massed produced as modular components on an assembly line and glued together on site. They have no soul. I have to say Teresa that the only thing holding me back from finding an old house with a history in Burnet to fix up is my daughter. She was disabled at birth from Listeria Meningitis and suffered brain damage. She has the shut and had many complications over the past three years so we have to stay near Herman Children's Hospital here in Houston for the moment. Since the last issue things have been up hill for her so perhaps some day. Perhaps even Austin. It just always felt right in Burnet, and learning my linage I now understand why. The best advice I can give you Teresa is this. NEVER MOVE, you will not like it out here. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.