Monday, March 24, 2008 - Las Vegas NV
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I'm camped tonight at Sam's Town RV Park on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, NV for a few days.
Night camp
Site ? - Sam's Town Casino RV Park, Las Vegas NV
- I don't remember if Verizon cell and EVDO service are available here but I assume so.
- Find other references to Sam's Town Casino RV Park
- Go to the Sam's Town Casino RV Park website
- List the nights I've camped here
- Check the weather
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.