That is a shame! When I think about all of the different things that could be
preserved that are decaying everywhere, from things of each century that have
survived to this day, it's kind of staggering.

Course, if you make a model of it, you'll kind of preserve the building in a
sense! :-)

> A real shame such a
> landmark is rotting away.  It was last lived in in 1965.  Now cows
> wander through it, treating it like a barn.
>
>
>
> E.H.
>

Hi Eric

There is a couple of buildings I would like to see, and that is the Gem Saloon
from the Deadwood TV show and the Grand Central, looking at the Deadwood website
http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/behind/sets_and_costumes/setTour/ should give some
ideas.

Gary

--- In whitewash_city@yahoogroups.com, Eric Hotz <erichotz@...> wrote:
>
> Now that Roman Seas is out of the way, for now, I will be focusing on
> more Whitewash City buildings.  I have two new sets in the works,
> with a third in the wings.  I am trying to get all three of these
> completed ASAP.  I will release them as they are completed rather
> than attempt to complete them all at once.
>
> I have done a lot of research over the last four years, and made
> numerous trips to various locations recording historical buildings.
> I even managed to sneak into an old farm house that is abandoned in a
> large grass field (400 acres of field) somewhere in British Columbia,
> Canada.  The house was built just before 1900 -- I remember this
> house when I was a kid.  We used to go by it on our summer holidays.
> This time, coming back from a trip to Nelson, BC (a town I lived in
> as a kid) I stopped off at the old house and walked through it taking
> pictures and measuring floors, stairways etc.  A real shame such a
> landmark is rotting away.  It was last lived in in 1965.  Now cows
> wander through it, treating it like a barn.
>
>
>
> E.H.
>
>
>
> >
> >Eric,
> >
> >Well, now that you've completed the "Roman Seas" stuff . . . any
> >idea how soon we will be able to purchase some new WWC buidings?
> >
> >-- Jeff
>

Now that Roman Seas is out of the way, for now, I will be focusing on
more Whitewash City buildings.  I have two new sets in the works,
with a third in the wings.  I am trying to get all three of these
completed ASAP.  I will release them as they are completed rather
than attempt to complete them all at once.

I have done a lot of research over the last four years, and made
numerous trips to various locations recording historical buildings.
I even managed to sneak into an old farm house that is abandoned in a
large grass field (400 acres of field) somewhere in British Columbia,
Canada.  The house was built just before 1900 -- I remember this
house when I was a kid.  We used to go by it on our summer holidays.
This time, coming back from a trip to Nelson, BC (a town I lived in
as a kid) I stopped off at the old house and walked through it taking
pictures and measuring floors, stairways etc.  A real shame such a
landmark is rotting away.  It was last lived in in 1965.  Now cows
wander through it, treating it like a barn.



E.H.



>
>Eric,
>
>Well, now that you've completed the "Roman Seas" stuff . . . any
>idea how soon we will be able to purchase some new WWC buidings?
>
>-- Jeff

Eric,

     Well, now that you've completed the "Roman Seas" stuff . . . any
idea how soon we will be able to purchase some new WWC buidings?


              -- Jeff

Eric: Thanks for the heads up on the faro game. If you want to check it out I
found a Texas hold-em game set in a saloon called The govenor of poker at www.
y8.com  It lets you play through one town to see if you want to buy the game (
Not expensive) I've sorta got hooked on it. Thanks for everything, John 

--- On Sat, 10/17/09, Eric Hotz <erichotz@...> wrote:


From: Eric Hotz <erichotz@...>
Subject: [whitewash_city] Playing Faro
To: whitewash_city@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 3:26 PM


 



I always wanted to learn how to play Faro, but up until now, I never
got the chance. I discovered a FREE Faro game online which you can
play and it doesn't cost anything and you do not have to join any
associations/ groups, etc. It is just free to play and learn.

Faro was once the most popular card game in saloons across the USA,
especially popular during the wild west period. This was Doc
Holiday's favorite game to play and run in saloons, as well as a
favorite of Wyatt Earp.

Link: http://www.gleeson. us/faro

Not sure where you can play Faro these days, other than online, but
since it is free, with a nice background sound track (the sounds of
being in a saloon) you should give it a try.

I remember reading that in his last years, Doc Holiday had trouble
running Faro games because Faro requires the dealer to remember which
cards have been played (you do not want to place bets on cards that
have already been played as there as obvious non-winning cards).
Suffering from tuberculosis, in its latter stages, your brain is
effect quite severely and that effected Doc Holiday's ability to deal
Faro. I think I would have problems with that aspect of the game,
but the online version keeps track for you. Having to remember the
cards is probably one of the reasons why the game fell out of favor
with people and why poker became more popular. Poker is a easier to
play (but not easier to master). I do seem to recall that there was
a way to keep track of what cards had been played but can't remember
how that was accomplished.

E.H.


















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