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history: Want to trace local history? Try following the railroad line! - 02/04/12 09:46 AM
I love railroads and I love history. And fortunately, the two are so interconnected that you can’t appreciate one without having a fondness for the other.
Most of the main railroad lines in America were constructed in the 19th Century. Any town fortunate enough to be situated in the path of the railroad enjoyed a sudden burst of prosperity.
On the other hand, many villages that were bypassed soon faded into obscurity.
The availability of transportation became a necessary component of community survival.
Many modern railroads follow the same right-of-way as their 19th Century counterparts. And most are punctuated with bits … (8 comments)

history: The remnants of history around us are disappearing every day! - 11/27/11 09:22 AM
The squeaks of chalk on slate now stillGone is the clamor of the children’s trillNo more ink or leaf or dog-eared tomeThe old schoolhouse has gone on home!
                        (R Weisser 2011)
Like the old schoolhouse in Fayette County Georgia, many old buildings that have outlived their usefulness are just fading away.
Perhaps I am overly sentimental. After all, progress is usually considered to be a good thing, especially in the world of real estate.
Historic preservation is costly and most of these sites are located on private property, but there is something about these place that have fallen out of … (16 comments)

history: How will our story be told a thousand years from now? Not on SD cards, that’s for sure! - 06/15/11 08:09 AM
In the deserts of Egypt, the plains of India and the jungles of Central and South America lie the thousands year old repositories of anthropological evidence.
Carved out of stone and painted in pigments are the stories of human history. Even more incredible is that many are just as distinct and illuminated as the day that they were created.
These artifacts are real hard evidence of the evolution of governments, religion, and culture of the past. The fact that they have survived for so long is a testament to the scholars and artisans that spent countless hours creating a record that … (9 comments)

history: I wonder what the archeologists and anthropologists of the future will think about all of the information that we are creating. What does it say about us? - 12/01/09 07:30 AM
 
History is a peculiar subject because it is created every single day. There are new epochs being added to the archive of civilization at an explosive rate as populations surge and recording technology is proliferated across the globe.
And we are leaving plenty of artifacts and data for future archeologists to study. At no time in history has the ability to document detailed descriptions of daily drama been available to so many observers.
We are creating an immense archive from various and diverse viewpoints that will allow future generations to understand every facet of our human journey in the early … (23 comments)

history: There once was one in nearly every town in America ...but they are disappearing fast! - 03/03/09 06:58 AM
During the nineteenth century, the United States developed a system of railroads that interconnected nearly every center of commerce in the nation. And along the tracks, new towns were constructed to take advantage of unique goods and markets in far away place that previously were as distant as the moon!
And in every big city, town, village and whistle stop there was a depot. Some were large and elaborate, others were humble structures like the one pictured here in Madras Georgia. But whether they were fancy or frugal, these buildings created the conduit for commerce that allowed farmers and merchants to … (26 comments)

history: America's Past is Slowly Disappearing. Will you Help Preserve it? - 06/28/08 06:15 AM
There is an old adage that says that real estate is a great investment because "they're not making any more of it!" While essentially that is true, it doesn't accurately represent what is happening in the real world.
Even though the aggregate amount of real estate as a whole varies very little, the number of parcels of real estate increases dramatically every year as the result of subdivision of larger tracts of land into smaller lots. And this phenomenon is not limited to land, as even large warehouses and commercial buildings are being divided into lofts and apartments.
County courthouses are … (9 comments)

 
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