Y'all have done well on those engines. I learned to fire and run steam on a 10 HP Case at the Agricultural Hall of Fame and National Center at Bonner Springs, KS in 1966. There were a couple of Averys there, a 20 HP and a 30 HP owned by the director. I also ran a portable steam-powered carousel that was on loan. It was an 1899 model made at Atchison, KS, and had a 2-cylinder engine mounted on a frame with a vertical boiler. The director also had an Avery gasoline tractor his father had bought in the early 1920s for their wheat farm in western Kansas.
Your dad did a great job restoring this beautiful Concord Stagecoach. I was brief Wells Fargo Stagecoach at opening banks in SoCalifornia, is how I fell in love with them. I am now re-enactor of Old West in Arizona.-Kid Yuma
Your presentation was pleasant and folksy. Your content was absolute garbage. Anybody who has researched the subject, or just asked locals about it, knows that there has never been a railroad in RMNP. Likewise there has never been a railroad that came into Estes Park. You take almost the full length of your presentation to finally admit that 'none of these were ever built.' However, the tone and title of your video are incredibly (deliberately?) misleading, and would lead many people to believe that there have been multiple railroads into the Park and up to Estes. You even present the Rocky Mountain Railroad as having been in the Park -- even though that railroad was never in the Park and was never located upon land which would become the Park. You spend the first 8 to 10 minutes talking about railroads located in other national parks. That, plus much of your other irrelevant content, was a real waste of time. You could have made a one minute video out of this topic. 'The Railroads of Rocky Mountain National Park? There never has been one.' End of video.
Hello brother Michael.. are you the same Michael who attended the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music whom I met back in 1974-75 in the stairwell at the UW Milwaukee dorms somewhere around the 12th Floor..then we became running partners... attending the Episcopalian Friary for Vespers... evening song..etc I was from California and you were from Houston Tx... God bless you 🙏😊
Thank you for the walk around. I just finished building a wooden model of the Concord. The history and design is a really interesting subject. The stage stops are a subject rarely talked about. There were so many of them scattered across the country. Many were ranches with a fresh team waiting. Hopefully I can drop by and look more closely at your beautiful restoration.
This is wonderful timing as I've just bought this Stage coach model to build. I have built the Ship the Cutty Sark, many years ago. This will be a new challenge. I've already bought 2 horses for a 4 horse team using Breyer 1:9 model horses, which are cantering as I like the actions in these. I really appreciate the information. It's a stunning Coach
Thanks for sharing your fantastic instruments. I am installing a 1929 Wurlitzer RJ12 player console on my ten rank Moller at this time. I have 90 rolls for the player.
I enjoyed the Concord Stagecoach at museum thanks sharing. I have always loved the coach. In 1990, short while I was with Wells Fargo Bank local in Southern California with their coach opening banks.
At this time the Alamosa Basin was just one more Basin, But this Basin opened up to the sw during ice ages., because life was Basin to Great Basin. across the continent. Thats the key.
Well I have evidense of the bow, as early as 60k years ago? Why don't you? In colorado 4 corners region. Alamosa culture. I have super archaic point way to small for attlatel? in fact they had very small arrows and a bow to match?
I have attended the Swedish candlelight service many times at the Ryssby church. It is always a treat. I am of Swedish extraction myself and was raised in the area, so the church has a special place in my heart.
Hi it is my belief based on my limited experience from carving stone notes that the fact that the note the rough resonates better is incidental (25.30). I may carve 3 F notes 3 notes of same pitch and using the same limestone. These 3 notes will have the same dimensions (almost). What I have found is one of the 3 notes will resonate better than the other 2 even if these 3 notes were cut from the same slab of stone. The reason for this I think is. The note that resonates the best has less impurities in the stone. The note on the top at (25.35) is flatter than the other two notes shown. A flatter stone has more potential/freedom to resonate than a rounder one. Another point from earlier in the video I have damaged many notes while drilling at the nodes so as they can be attached to the lithophone I am making. The vibration from drilling sometimes can cause an invisible hairline crack at the node. If this happens it kills the resonance of the note and I have to try again on a new piece of stone. This (invisible) crack sometimes, can in fact found if the surface of the stone is very smooth by wetting the stone and then watch as the water evaporates. If I observe where I think I damaged the note around the drill hole, the last of the water to evaporate will describe the crack in the stone. (Because some water has sunk into the crack). Thank you for this wonderful
At the time I attended Columbine Elementary, I was in the adjacent building and the old building was boarded up. We got to go on a field trip into the boarded up building and it was something I never forgot. It was odd seeing the desks still lined up and old books.. Looked like they just picked up and left. Does the old building still have the slide fire escapes?
Wow. What a great restoration. Very impressive. It is a remarkable design, particularly the idea of the rocking motion as a means to reduce shock on the horses. All of those curved elements remind me more of a ship than a cart. Thanks for posting this video.
