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   Cathy sent these comments:   
   "In W. Colorado there is an issue of persons who appear to have more money   
   than brains coming in to the area.  In the past few years, they have purchased   
   historic property, ( home steds on which the area one room school had been   
   placed, & recenlty a "Centennial farm") A "Centennial Farm" is one which is   
   owned by the same family for 100 years or more.  In the case of the home   
   steded farm in which the local one room school had been placed, the new owner   
   bulldozed & then torched all the structures.  In 2010 my uncle,( my father's   
   kid brother had my grand parents farm declared a centennial farm.  There was a   
   plack noting this distinction on the gate.  Recently my uncle, sold my   
   grandparents farm to some one who had no appreciation for the history of the   
   area or the fact that there is need for housing in the area.  The new owner   
   had a "skip loader taken to my grand parents home, which had been remolded in   
   1995 as well as the house that had been built for my parents in 1948, & then   
   torched every structure on the farm, including the huge drive through potato   
   cellar, & the sturdy granary.  There is a large museum about 5 miles away that   
   is collecting older buildings, from the area, but persons from out side the   
   area continue to destroy the history of the area.  For years, there are   
   persons in many parts of the United States who have moved housed which are in   
   the way of freeway & other construction to new locations & restored them to   
   comfortable homes.  Your readers who are in possession of family heirlooms   
   should not be surprised when family members show no interest in what we   
   collectors consider memorable voluble possessions.  However, there are others   
   of us who do enjoy & treasure these things."   
      
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