Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Woodward OK
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BYOW, Blue West Boat Launch, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Fritch TX, May 12, 2012
BYOW
As I mentioned yesterday, Lake Meredith is nearly dry, and has been for years. Here's a view of the, ahem, lake from the Blue West boat launch.
I was going to stay here another night but got bored and moved on...
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Woodward OK
Woodward Walmart Supercenter Store #150, 3215 Williams Ave, Woodward, OK 73801 - (580) 254-3331
- Good level parking
- Verizon cell phone service- Extended Network
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - via Extended Network, signal varies, slow
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the Woodward OK area
- Check the weather in Woodward OK
Heliograph routes of the 1890 Practice
The date was May 15th, 1890, and the Army's Department of Arizona had just completed a major heliograph practice; it was, in fact, the largest the world had ever seen. I call it the "Volkmar Practice", after the man responsible for it, Col. Wm. J. Volkmar, the Assistant Adjutant General and Chief Signal Officer for the Department of Arizona. Although the practice lasted only sixteen days, preparations for it took months of reconnaissance and preparation. Involved in the long range signaling maneuvers were twenty-five heliograph stations stretching from Whipple Barracks near Prescott to Fort Stanton near Ruidoso, New Mexico. My guess is that close to two hundred men were involved, both cavalry and infantry.