It was their special place for a long time.

The Hollywood tabloids characterized her as a wild child of the '20s. I don't think they really drew any limits on how they would characterize her. I believe she had some gambling problems. It was mentioned in the Las Vegas papers at the time, and Rex would bail her out of those things. I think he really wanted to sustain the relationship and get her in a balanced emotional situation.

I'm very sympathetic to Clara Bow and Rex Bell, who tried to love her and fix her and help her and couldn't. He tried to. The choices she made came from childhood victimization.

I guess it was part of their dream, not after the fact but before the fact when they were still dating they already had an interest in that ranch. There's a sadness to the story.

This is a national treasure. It's part of Mark Twain's national legacy and his legacy in Nevada. What is at risk is a building that is 140 years old. It's a building that has value to the nation but not, apparently, to the church. Tearing it down and starting over might be in the best interests of the Presbyterian Church, but it is not in the best interests of the American people.

How would this play out in Charleston or Savannah or throughout the South? The building would be saved. But out West, the fight for historic preservation is harder. We are winning some and losing some, but out East and down South, they are winning more than losing.