Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/2/02 4:47 AM, Grant Heffernan at streetphoto1975@hotmail.com wrote: > I'm sorry, but that funny... you just confirmed what I wrote origninally. It > might be a history, having 2 generations living in a house that was built in > 1905, but where I grew up, houses built in 1905 are a dime a dozen. My town > was founded in 1689, and there are still many houses dating from that > period, and tons more from the early 1800's. > But, I'm just a history buff. I'm sure CA is lovely, it's just not for me, > for a variety of reasons. In fact, even MA doesn't have enough old stuff for > me... I head off to Europe to find the really good stuff :) > > -Grant > http://www.photoslave.com > If you want to search back much earlier than my neighborhood you'll have to research the maidu natives, whose history goes back thousands of years. History isn't all old buildings or euro-centric culture, ya know... nothing against what turns you on... but it's because of the maidu's culture of living an integrated life with the land there was no need for permanent structures for their towns. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html