[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I looked to see that you are in Oklahoma. Do you have a local or regional group that works to preserve Historic Sites? You might consider contacting such a group to try to keep any remaining older buildings. When I lived in West Texas there was a pretty active group that, unfortunately, gathered after the beautiful old courthouse was demolished to make way for a bright new ugly shiney one.

Good luck with your town. I honestly hope you can spare some of the original beauty, but I do believe in free enterprise and if someone wants to sell their land then I believe it is their right.

[ScreamingFist]

Good luck with your town. I honestly hope you can spare some of the original beauty, but I do believe in free enterprise and if someone wants to sell their land then I believe it is their right.

I agree....my property, my choice. Until the last few years, many parts of western Oklahoma were going ghost town. Now we have a natural gas boom on the Anadarko basin.....they can't drill wells fast enough out here. The economy is thriving, jobs are plentiful.....we even have starbucks (rolling my eyes). I believe in capitalism and free enterprise but, hey, I want MY kids to see the old brick banks and museums also.......the big corporations can keep their damn hands off a few small buildings in the middle of nowhere, IMHO.