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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hey Runa,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I did a historical piece on Old Main a couple of years ago for
Sam’s 125<sup>th</sup> year celebration. We reconstructed a 3d
model in AutoCad and 3d Studio Max from blueprints, photos, and a few oral
accounts. Don Charles has a copy of the DVD and I still have a few.
If you like, I will pass one on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>One of the oral accounts passed on the story of having seen
the blaze in Madisonville. It seems that the hill where Old Main is
located is the highest point between the Gulf of Mexico and just southwest of
Dallas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>dsd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ravensfort-bounces+env_drh=shsu.edu@lists.ansteorra.org] <b>On Behalf
Of </b>Sher M<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ravensfort] Old Main/Stephen F Austin Building Fires<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Brain Farts due to old age
and thinking I'm chained to a sewing machine.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>When Old Main burned it also
caught/damaged the Stephen F Austin Building. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I forget how many fire
departments were there. The wives of the volunteer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>firemen fetched dry
socks/gloves etc forever (at least it seemed like it). The</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>water was freezing on their
wet gloves and clothes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Runa who was there but has
brain hiccups from time to time</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sher Montgomery & The Thundering Herd<br>
<a href="http://runa-herd.livejournal.com">http://runa-herd.livejournal.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.bedlambazaar.com">www.bedlambazaar.com</a> <br>
<a href="http://thethunderingherd.net">http://thethunderingherd.net</a> <br>
<a href="http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com">http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-----
Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:herrdetlef@gmail.com"
title="herrdetlef@gmail.com">HerrDetlef</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org"
title="ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Monday, July 06,
2009 11:26 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [Ravensfort] STUPID
question!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Everybody knows I'm full of 'em...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This IS Raven's Fort's 20th Anniversary coming up, right? If
I'm not mistaken, Baron and Baroness Raven's Fort were invested on 23
September, A.S. XXIV (1989).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In a strange coincidence, the cornerstone of the Old Main
building at what was then the Sam Houston Normal Institute was laid on 23
September 1889 :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I'll be seeing some of you this weekend. Be careful on the
roads out there!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>P&B,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>DT+LF<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Detlef von Marburg<br clear=all>
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-- <br>
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; <br>
and what does the LORD require of you <br>
but to do justice, and to love kindness, <br>
and to walk humbly with your God?<br>
--Micah 6:8<o:p></o:p></p>
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