Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA) " Got CALICHE ? " Newsletter Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest! Wednesday, February 05, 2003 ***************************************** TEXAS http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm?xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=939947 A new exhibit, which went on display in mid-January, highlights medical care at the Alamo in what was the first recorded hospital in Spanish Texas. From 1805 until 1812, there was a Spanish military hospital in the Long Barracks. Later, that space served as a 30-bed hospital during the 1836 battle. http://www.dailytexanonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/02/04/3e3f71a031730 With Kodak cameras and a list of questions, interviewers were sent out to scour the 48 states, searching for and documenting the stories of the last living testaments of slavery. Their tales were compiled and copies were sent to the Library of Congress, volumes bound in simple green covers with gold lettering. The original Texas records, complete with editor's mark-ups, have been housed on the UT campus since their creation. NEW MEXICO http://www.ratonrange.com/ratonrange/myarticles.asp?P=568054&S=318&PubID=9082&EC=0 Voters last week repealed Trinidad's new historic preservation ordinance 569-391 in a special election. When asked if the city would go back to the drawing board and formulate a new ordinance, Trinidad Mayor Joe Reorda said, "We didn't have a Plan B. We planned to win, and we didn't win." http://santafenewmexican.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2144&dept_id=414519&newsid=6927754&PAG=461&rfi=9 Governor Richardson, speaking at a Roundhouse celebration marking the anniversary of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, said he wants the state government involved in an ongoing federal study of how well the U.S. government lived up to its commitment under the treaty to respect Spanish and Mexican land grants. COLORADO http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_1721407,00.html A Colorado House Committee approved a measure to change the source of funding for the Colorado Historical Fund. Instead of receiving money from the state General Fund, it would receive money from tax revenues collected by the state's limited gaming industry. WYOMING http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/02/04/news/wyoming/bbe57725b21f1b787efa194bb2e5421a.txt BLM officials are seeking public help in determining how to protect visitors on BLM-administered lands within the historic ghost town of Gebo. Little remains of the community except a few structures and the town's cemetery. CYBERIA http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7383/241/a Despite its widespread use and costs, little hard evidence exists that peer review improves the quality of published research, concludes a systematic review from the international Cochrane Collaboration. On the basis of the current evidence, "the practice of peer review is based on faith in its effects, rather than on facts," state the authors. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030203/cgm045_1.html The Field Museum's new Urban Research and Curriculum Transformation Institute will help local universities teach students how to fully engage communities in their research and share their results with the people being studied. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2376006,00.html President Bush has asked Congress for $25 million to spread knowledge of American history. Under the president's budget request Monday, the Smithsonian Institution would get $13.7 million prepare for the opening of its National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in September 2004. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m02/i04/s02 The original ship's bell of the Santa Maria is the only known artifact of the history of the American discovery. 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