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Post by mac on Oct 13, 2013 19:46:50 GMT -6
I was just remembering a report recently of some new finds of a cavalry position on private land in the North near the fords. Does anyone know anything more/new on this subject?
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Post by wild on Oct 14, 2013 1:08:57 GMT -6
I have a booking with photographs of cavalry demonstrating maneuvers and skirmish lines in action.Occured at some anniversary or other;also thousands of spectators. This sort of thing must have happened at numerious anniverseries with no crowd control or limit to where people could walk or camp. Mac the field is just too contaminated to place much faith in finds.
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 17, 2013 11:54:29 GMT -6
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 17, 2013 11:55:36 GMT -6
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 17, 2013 11:59:11 GMT -6
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 17, 2013 12:02:42 GMT -6
Some pictures Attachments:
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Post by Gatewood on Oct 17, 2013 12:13:54 GMT -6
You can tell by the attire that this was not too terribly long after the battle itself. I find it interesting that, within a matter of just a very few years, the battlefield went from being an area that "no white man had ever seen before" to having a railroad with its own station, etc.
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Post by bc on Oct 17, 2013 14:25:19 GMT -6
I've seen those before. I don't think they are from the 1886 reunion but I can't rule it out. Sandy and others probably know for sure. I'm thinking around 1900 to 1911 and 1910 sticks in my mind. There are some others with cars parked in the background. They might be from the 50th in 1926 but I think these are earlier than that.
bc
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Post by Yan Taylor on Oct 18, 2013 3:25:47 GMT -6
Great shots AZ, my favourites are the Cavalry column (pic #2) and the bunch holding the stars and bars (pic #4). The angle of the flag image is very good, the flag is not blurred even though it is moving and some of the figures are very sharp, so the artist must have had a fast shutter speed.
Ian.
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Post by crzhrs on Oct 18, 2013 14:33:31 GMT -6
You can tell by the attire that this was not too terribly long after the battle itself. I find it interesting that, within a matter of just a very few years, the battlefield went from being an area that "no white man had ever seen before" to having a railroad with its own station, etc. Wasn't that the whole idea of taking the land so the White Man could have a railroad with its own station anywhere in North America . . . in addition to towns, cities, ranches, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, etc.?
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Post by alfakilo on Oct 19, 2013 17:34:30 GMT -6
You can tell by the attire that this was not too terribly long after the battle itself. I find it interesting that, within a matter of just a very few years, the battlefield went from being an area that "no white man had ever seen before" to having a railroad with its own station, etc. Wasn't that the whole idea of taking the land so the White Man could have a railroad with its own station anywhere in North America . . . in addition to towns, cities, ranches, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, etc.? Of course. Had this all been left to the injuns, all we would have gotten is a bunch of casinos and rusted out pickup trucks.
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Post by Yan Taylor on Oct 19, 2013 17:49:26 GMT -6
It’s all Progress I’m afraid, let’s face it if I ever get to the place I am certainly not travelling by horse (sorry Steve) so the best way to get folks on site (and to make money and jobs too) is to lay down tracks and building a station. Just look at the crowds who gathered in those old photos and this was before everyone had a car.
Hello AK and how are you.
Ian.
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Post by alfakilo on Oct 19, 2013 18:23:23 GMT -6
Hello AK and how are you. Ian. Hi Ian Doing great! My wife and I visited the LBH battle site last month, our second trip. It was much more enjoyable this time due to everything I had learned here and from reading. One thing that struck me was how the vertical depiction of the land is not as Google Earth might have one believe. I found the terrain much less obvious, one example being at Ford B and looking in the direction of Luce and Cartwright Ridges. I also thought the view of the valley from the 3411 area to be pretty good, not perfect but good enough that the villages must have been visible enough to have made their size obvious. I was particularly interested in Sharpshooter's Ridge. It seems quite a distance from the Reno defense area. It seems to be far enough away that making out individuals to aim at using 'iron sights' would have been a challenge. I used to do a lot of long range shooting (500-600 yds) using WW1 and WW2 rifles, and I thought the distance would make aimed fire pretty sporty! AK
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Post by AZ Ranger on Oct 19, 2013 18:51:01 GMT -6
Good eyes AK. I think my range finder had it between 550 and 600 yards.
Regards AZ Ranger
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Post by alfakilo on Oct 19, 2013 20:07:56 GMT -6
Good eyes AK. I think my range finder had it between 550 and 600 yards. Regards AZ Ranger Here is a view of SSR from the northern end of the Reno area. You can see the relative size of the cars near SSR. Then here is a similar view taken from the southern end of the Reno area. I think this is a 'pretty fer piece' when it comes to shooting over open sights.
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