Great story.... she named names.  "give me a lever and a place to stand and
I can move the earth".   By the way I think the translation is: "Give me a
long enough lever and strong enough fulcrum, and I will move the world."
But in the interest of origins, How did a Greek invent a Latin word?

ONe Littl'un,
Leland
----- Original Message -----
From: Lisa Sasser <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Moving Historic House


> John,
>
> I don't know about east Texas, but I worked on a project years ago that
involved
> moving a large two story Victorian house approximately 35 miles from
Lamesa to
> Lubbock.  Two brick chimneys and footings were needled and moved intact
with the
> structure.  The actual moving process took three days and required over
100
> power lines to be raised or dropped.  Fortunately most of the travel was
over
> 2-lane farm to market roads, but the heart stopping moment was crossing
two
> divided lanes of interstate and watching the flags on the trailing end of
the
> I-beams brushing the ground when the truck crossed the center drainage
swale.
> The house made it intact and we later found a discarded light bulb sitting
on a
> mantle that rolled a little, but never fell off during the whole trip.
>
> The house movers were a family called the Bighams, and they more than
lived up
> to their name.  Any one of those old boys looked like they could have
picked up
> a house all by themselves.  At the time they had just bought a new truck
and
> were trying to come up with a name for it.  I told them about Archimedes
saying,
> "give me a lever and a place to stand and I can move the earth".  They
were so
> impressed they named the truck Archie.  It wouldn't half surprise me if
the
> Bighams aren't still hauling buildings around with Archie.  I can't
remember
> exactly where they were from, but I think it might have been either Slaton
or
> Tahoka.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lisa
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject:    Moving Historic House
> Author: John Leeke <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:       12/22/1999 1:26 PM
>
> Who is good at moving historic houses in east Texas?
>
>
> John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
>