Supplied September 29, 2010 by Bob Schoppe
Today is a beautiful day in Como. We are experiencing an "Indian Summer" - warmer and later than any in recent memory. Yesterday I helped David board up the depot for the winter. There is a door we can still enter any time, but the windows, doors and open areas around the foundation are now closed off.
We had been planning for some time to restore the crossbucks just south of the depot, and yesterday seemed like an ideal time to take them down. Before we worked on the depot we soaked the bolt/nut with WD-40 and let it sit for the next few hours while we closed up the depot. When I got ready to put two large crescent wrenches on the large square heads of the bolt and nut, I tried turning it with just my fingers and to my AMAZEMENT the nut came all the way off. The east crossbuck came right off and the west one after a few taps on the bolt got it to pass through the concrete support. I felt a little sad at removing them but I took the ease at which they came off as a sign from the "Como Gods" that they approve of our efforts. Next spring we will straighten and repaint the concrete support, and reattach the restored crossbucks.
The Denver, South Park and Pacific Historical Society is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and is sponsoring the fund raising drive for the matching funds requirement for this next and subsequent phases. If you would like to help this most worthy project, donations would be greatly appreciated (and NO amount is too small) and as such all donations are tax deductible. Receipts will be provided. Checks can be sent to:
The Denver, South Park and Pacific Historical Society
P. O. Box 26
Buena Vista, CO 81211-0026
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