White Spar Family Campground, Prescott AZ
Awaking to snow at White Spar Family Campground, Prescott AZ, March 16, 2008
White Spar Family Campground is in the Prescott National Forest on AZ 89 just south of Prescott, Arizona.
White Spar Family Campground, Prescott AZ
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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.