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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 05:47:02
    Daryl wrote --

    The visitors bureau has an office there now. I pity the poor
    tourist trying to find the place.

    Sounds like a contradiction in terms.

    Most visitors bureau's are on the outskirts of town on a main road.
    Ours you have to make your way downtown then down a side street and maybe find a place to park.
    I think most people would just give up on the place and either not/or
    quit looking for it.

    There is a steam engine and Pullman car there but slowly turning to rust.

    Sadly, that's the same thing in so many areas. COVID-19 basicaly shut
    down the Arkansas Railroad Museum, and all the stuff there now is just wasting away.

    These were wasting away long before that started.
    They were cosmetically restored (i.e. some fresh paint was slapped on
    them) over 50 years ago and nothing done since.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 10:07:00
    Joe,

    Most visitors bureau's are on the outskirts of town on a main road.
    Ours you have to make your way downtown then down a side street and maybe find a place to park.
    I think most people would just give up on the place and either not/or quit looking for it.

    In the city where I grew up, the Chamber Of Commerce for Hialeah, was
    located along Okeechobee Road (US 27), next to the Miami Canal (the area
    east of the Miami River, which empties into Biscayne Bay. As I recall,
    there wasn't a large area for parking...but this was 45 years ago. In
    Little Rock, the Convention and Visitors Bureau is located across the
    street from the Statehouse Convention Center, at Markham and Scott
    Street, along the Arkansas River through downtown.

    They were cosmetically restored (i.e. some fresh paint was slapped on them) over 50 years ago and nothing done since.

    The folks for the history and preservation of buildings, steam
    locomotives, etc., are largely ignored by "progress".

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 05:42:12
    Daryl wrote --

    The folks for the history and preservation of buildings, steam
    locomotives, etc., are largely ignored by "progress".

    And "progress" largely ignores history.
    Joe


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