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Mr. Terry Firsching Box 667
Cloudcroft, NM 88317 February 28, 1995 Dear Mr. Firsching;
I have had remarkable success, considering the amount of time that I have had to devote to this project, this being Mardi Gras and even our elderly volunteers tend to party extravagantly at this time of year, leaving me to attend to both my usual duties and some they might have done.
There are two deeds inclosed, both covering much of the same property. I am delighted to have them in our files.
The listing of the 13 ships and their particulars is an especially good find. The horse "Bob" and mule "Jack" are family-story treasures; the kind of detail gelealogist love to drop in conversations.
I have tried to paste a map together that will perhaps help your father remember the area more clearly. The Sanbourne Map from which I took this, was drawn in 1930, clearly after your father left the area, but it is the earliest that I can find. It was up-dated through 1966 by pasting over-lay drawings where building had notable changes - were torn down, burned, destroyed by hurricane etc. In most cases, I can discern what was under the paste-over by placing a strong light beneath the paper.
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One paste-over appears on the property belonging to Perkins whose houses were torn down in 1953 when the new bridge was built for Hwy.	90. Also, the property adjacent on
its north side is pasted over and the building appears similar in size and shape to the house that you sent a photo of. However, I think your father would have mentioned it if his home were NEXT DOOR to Perkins: the Perkings house being such a landmark in its time and also since your father knew the Perkins. Also, I cannot find the Firsching name on early deeds at that location.
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Another possibility is the area that I have marked on the map in yellow. This property was deeded to Eleanor C. Firsching. Look at the locations north of 646 North Beach Boulevard. Every house that is shown on the map north of that address was built after 1925. That property was sub-