Living a little more than 20 miles away from the Appomattox surrender site was George’s second cousin, Doctor Bryce McLellan Pratt, a physician. There is a male mannequin in the ladies bathroom which seems to surprise and amuse the women. The point of the test, he said, was to see whether it was possible to destroy a large amount of wheat with the fine spray. My tribe: On holding tight and letting go, Solomon’s Castle, a palace hidden in a Florida swamp. There isn’t much there but they are convenient and maybe a little unusual. This page was last modified on 8 October 2020, at 22:20. At some facilities we do have to pay for parking but, that is pretty rare. Surrender of Lee and his army. In the late 1950s, the Florida State Turnpike Authority deemed the Jackass Junction name inappropriately coarse for the delicate tourists who would travel Florida’s (gleaming new) Turnpike. The Turnpike exit is the southern end of the longest stretch of limited-access highway without an exit in the United States (the next interchange to the north being 48.9 miles away at Kissimmee/St. It’s incredible to me the testing was kept secret for so long. theYear = now.getYear() Heck, the Desert Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places, one of several dozen brothels so recognized across this great nation. Siege of Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Spotsylvania May 8-12. But even then, the results may not address the reports of earlier tests such as in Boca Raton. "I hope we have learned from errors. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 240. The Desert Inn’s website (desertinnrestaurant.com, still online as I write this) accuses the arbiters of moral probity at Standard Oil, eager to site a service station at the Junction, of demanding any moniker other than Jackass. Winnemucca,, was born a Shoshone around 1820 in what would later become the Oregon Territory. Stem rust of wheat or Puccinia graminis tritici, was known as "Agent TX" and was being tested to determine its effectiveness against a wheat crop in time of war. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 7,396, up 3.1 percent from the 2000 census figure of 7,174. By the middle of October, the regiment had dwindled to less than 700 men, and of these 250 were at one time on the sick list. Artillery, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. Mannequins and other decorations provide a homey atmosphere. Occasionally we caught a glimpse of Mt. Part way through Reno we headed north on US 395. Here are some pictures taken along our route on Interstate 5 North in Oregon. Turned out to be the Desert Inn which is exactly where we wanted to go. I hope we're not doing this stuff today. I confess a weakness for this archival catnip, my nerdy curiosity being but one among many grievances my children specify with discontent. We were disappointed that we would not be able to make the loop around the lake as planned. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to June 1865. Holy shitballs - I just found out that the gov't secretly tested biological warfare agent in Yeehaw Junction FL back in 1968 [ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure) ] This did this shit in secret, and didn't tell anyone until 2002. The lunch was offset by our deserts on the porch overlooking Crater Lake. George died in Lyman, South Dakota May 24th, 1915. Unfit for duty he was discharged in Baltimore on November 19th. In late 1968 the Deseret Test Center conducted a biological warfare experiment at Yeehaw Junction. The “present building” is abandoned now. Finally, at the end of October, they drew shoes and shelter tents, November 27th (Thanksgiving Day), their knapsacks and overcoats arrived from Washington. A good portion of the route will be on secondary roads. Puccinia graminis tritici, or TX, was sprayed from F4 fighter jets over Florida, Alaska, Hawaii, and parts of Britain and Canada — off the coast of Newfoundland and “southwestern Canada,” which probably referred to Suffield, Alta. The Desert Inn closed in June 2018, its crumbling skeleton suffering the entropic embrace of harsh elements and an unholy alliance of aggressive Florida weeds that resemble oversized hands crushing old-school beer cans. He still lives in the house he and Aunt Ann bought over 60 years ago. I had no idea," Osceola County Commissioner Ken Shipley said Wednesday. Well, while shopping in Vero Beach Jeanne saw a road sign for the place and wanted to go there because it “just sounds interesting”. Back in New England we would call this a “quaint” little town. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to March 1865. North Anna River May 23-27. It is literally in the middle of nowhere. It is a bare crossroads where one might either bargain with the devil for favors or pass through at all possible speed. Posted by 1 month ago. We beat the noon checkout time by 5 minutes. This one-time brothel and trading post, later a gas station, restaurant and honeypot for roving packs of … It had left camp at Fort Tillinghast, near Washington, in light marching order and during the next two months the men suffered terribly from the lack of enough clothing and camp equipment. Antiplant testing using the wheat stem rust fungus was also conducted at Langdon, North Dakota, in 1960 and Yeehaw Junction, Florida, in … After a fall last December, he had a hip replaced so he is a little slower than the last time I saw him, but he still drives himself around, does his shopping and laundry etc. The Pentagon estimates roughly 5,000 military personnel, as well as about 500 civilians, might have been exposed, and the Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of contacting as many of the military as possible. Provided by Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 4.0. We decided to overnight in two places enroute Grants Pass – Winnemucca, NV and Susanville, CA. The army also conducted antianimal testing using BG at several stockyards in Texas, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska between 1964 and 1965. Yeehaw Junction. Even medicines for the sick were lacking and the hardships endured by these men, so recently taken from the peaceful walks of life, can never be told. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., who has been among the congressional leaders pressing the Pentagon to lift the secrecy surrounding chemical and biological testing done before an international ban on such research went into effect in 1972, expressed outrage at the findings and shock that more information was not released. As we travelled further west we worked our way through the mountains. Live agent was sprayed by a U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom fighter jet on seven different occasions and dead agent, consisting of spores that were killed by a gaseous mixture of ethylene … Duty in the trenches before Petersburg at various points from the James River to the Weldon Railroad until April 1865. We had a great visit and look forward to returning for another in the future. Here are some pictures taken from Hat Creek Rim part way through Lassen National Forest. Either way, I lament the change. ( Log Out /  His father-in-law honored him by naming him “Winnemucca the Younger”. No reservations, no refunds”— while gawking at a parade of tourists, swilling cheap beer and gorging on the Inn’s storied burgers and fried green tomatoes, has been blown to the four corners in a cloud of road grit. The location was named after the Yeehaw station on the Florida East Coast Railway, several miles to the east on SR 60 in Indian River County. At age 24, on August 2nd, 1862, son James Pratt enlisted in Company G, Sixteenth Maine Infantry. To wit, this gem from a crossroads south of Atlanta: “On November 28, 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman stopped here to water his horse, Sam, during his storied March to the Sea.”, “On this site in 1916, Ernest Holmes mounted the world’s first wrecker mechanism on the body of a 1913 Cadillac to create the world’s first tow truck.”. Flamingo Magazine. Yeehaw Junction. At least one veteran who says he has suffered as a result of the tests will testify today at a Senate hearing on the program. The Turnpike exit links with State Road 60, an important traffic route going from Vero Beach on the Atlantic to Tampa and St. Petersburg on the Gulf Coast. The oldest son, Whitcomb was also a physician. It was rather pleasant being in an old fishing lodge/cabin facility as a break from the hotel rooms we have been staying in for the last month and a half. The Desert Inn & Restaurant is located directly at the junction of routes 60 & 441 which has traffic lights that change about every 2 ½ minutes. Yet stand and ponder I must. Artillery, 2nd Division, III Corps, to April 1864. More information on Yeehaw Junctions is available at:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeehaw_Junction,_Florida. Appomattox Court House April 9. Cloud) and the northern end of the second-longest such stretch (the next exit to the south being 40.5 miles away at Fort Pierce). The visitor’s desk can direct you to his well-marked headstone. This name was given to the four-corner site back in the early 1930s, when local ranchers rode on burros to visit the Desert Inn (then the local brothel). George Oren Pratt, my 5th cousin, 1X removed (son of my 3rd great grandfather James Pratt), was in Appomattox serving in the 4th Maine Artillery Battery when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9th, 1865 at the McLean residence in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Make sure you monitor and manage your fuel. Branching out beyond my direct ancestors in researching the family’s genealogy and history I was struck by the given name of Bryce and his middle name McLellan, historically the Pratt given names were biblical. He was discharged at Brandy Station, Culpeper, Virginia on February 6th, 1864 and re-enlisted on the same day. This name was given to the four-corner site back in the early 1930s, when local ranchers rode on burros to visit the Desert Inn (then the local brothel). If nothing else, they are not ghost towns. Biological warfare experiment. The battery was attached to 2nd Division, II Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. Payne’s Farm November 27. ( Log Out /  ( Log Out /  Learn how your comment data is processed. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Project 112 Fact Sheets". From Aug. 16, to Dec. 26, 1862, it was at Yorktown, and on the latter date embarked with Naglee’s brigade for Port Royal, S. C., where it landed on Feb. 10, 1863. Actually, I can’t imagine myself fishing, but certainly not in my 90’s. The experiment was to determine its effectiveness against a wheat crop in time of war. The good doctor was also Bryce’s benefactor as he went on to study at Bates College, Dartmouth College for his premedical education, and then on to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he graduates in July 1847. I cried looking at all your photo. We made this a day of relaxation. Later it took a prominent part in the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines and White Oak swamp. Both an amphibious unit of Marines, as well as the USS Fort Snelling, were sprayed with trioctyl phosphate, a nontoxic substitute for the much more sinister VX, a nerve agent. The tests were unknown to local residents and officials until October 2002 when Senator Bill Nelson demanded details of the tests from the U.S. Department of Defense after knowledge of the test was eventually revealed during a larger congressional inquiry of potential effects on participating veterans of chemical and biological testing.

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