Letter: Historical society not contacted about Barton Ranch

To the community,

The future of the Barton Ranch brings sadness thinking that one of the last ranches will be torn down.

I must dispute a comment that Gary Midkiff says that he called the Lake Tahoe Historical Society and offered the buildings if we would remove them.

He said this was three or four years ago. I was president of the society from 2009-2011 and I knew nothing of this. Dick Young was president from 2006-2008 and was sites chairman before. If anyone called with such an offer, we would have been thrilled.

Possibly Mr. Midkiff called the El Dorado County Historical Society. They are in Placerville and have little interest in us.

Lynne Bajuk, Lake Tahoe Historical Society past president