Cottonwood Campground, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY
Cottonwood Creek Park from Dinosaur Trail, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY, May 2, 2011
Cottonwood Campground is a Natrona County park with some shelters, a boat launch ramp, and some campsites with no services. There is a dramatic view of the reservoir from most sites.
Cottonwood Campground, Alcova Reservoir, Alcova WY
- Verizon cell phone and EVDO service - good signal
- Natrona County Parks Website
- Locate Cottonwood Creek Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Nights I've camped here
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.