The general ides was to use the house as the museum. The heater was not working properly and never used, it never gets that cold where he lived for some people. Someone turned on the heater to warm the house.
I have made a few odd posts about the G&D and recall hearing somewhere that the original plan was to preserve it, but of course the fire put an end to most of that.
(it is a bit poetic that the art died shortly after the artist. When I was younger I wondered how Someone could mistakenly use a heater covered by a flammable substance. I even pondered if it was some sort of secret plan to cremate the G&D, though this seems unlikely especially if the plan was to preserve it. I dont intend to accuse anyone of anything here, it just crossed my mind in high school.)
but was that actually mr. Allen's request, to preserve the G&D? and if so, how were they going to preserve it. Would segments be moved to a museum? Would the house itself be converted to a museum. The latter might have been kind of cool.
Any idea?
The Beaverton, Fanno Creek & Bull Mountain Railroad
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