AGR-iTourism ... Lost Legends (of) La Flecha ... MindShifting ... Taos Topo Trail Maps ... VisualThesarus
Blanton's Wakarusa Crossing Eco-History Mystery
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Authors, learn more about your rights.
on David Dary's Kanzana (1854-1900) bibliography.
I SEEK diverse perspectives on Cimarron Cutoff ... Trails-n-Tales(cc)
Ross Marshal & Tristan Smith recycled regional thinkLets about plains people & places plus media-driven ... attitude shifts.
enables reframing KU Campus Watersheds where the Oregon Trail crosses Mount Oread.
This effort to preserve and protect natural history heritage memes creates Digital Jaywalker(cc) ... Learn & Share opportunities ...
>> was traveled by people such as John Fremont who were heading to California. Although it was shorter than the Independence or Westport Routes, it was somewhat more difficult. Emigrant traffic started on the Westport-Lawrence Road in 1849 and continued in popularity for years. After 1854, it became a heavily used road from Westport to Lawrence in the Kansas Territorial period. <<
stipend to the Haskell Indian Nations University Library for acquiring a copy of David Dary's Kanzana so that KVHA-StreamLink/UWW can facilitate OCTA-Trails precision navigation workshops co-sponsored by DOI/USNPS GIS.
Also see i4CQuest-Keywords: USFS USNPS GIS DOI Tribes Wildfire Wilderness
... Mindshifting: Group Decision Support Simulators (GDSS)
NOAA AHPS: Besides these cooperating agencies and partners of NWS, local and state emergency managers, city officials, and others work with us in dealing with problems arising from weather and hydrology related events
The new OK-FIRST web page and WeatherScope
software was released Thursday April 12.
The Choctaw Amateur Radio Club, an ARRL affiliated club, meets the 3rd Monday of each month ...
When a new version is available, you are notified by a dialog box.
To download the newest version, please go to the web site,
... and inhospitable country stretching southward from the Cimarron country
... The American mammals, collected by Mr. Hornaday, will be mounted ...
Camping. Camp Facilities. Commissioners. Council Info.
Districts. Eagle Scouts. Events. For Scouts Only. Forms. Giving. Good Turn ...
The Cimarron Council was formed in the summer of 2000 through a consolidation
of the former Great Salt Plains Council and the former Will Rogers Council
to provide better service to the communities, youth, and units of the new council.
Capitol Area Council, Alamo Area Council,
Bay Area Council, Cimarron Council, Circle Ten Council
... Hornaday BSA. All Rights Reserved. Site by GlideDesign.com
Kansas Territory · Kansas Town Names · Kansas-Nebraska Act ·
Kanza Indians · Kanza Indians · Kids Clothes · Kids Voting Kansas ...
· Kansas Territory: Frontier Military Scenic Byway
... Old Santa Fe Trail :: Cimarron Cutoff Eco-Futures Forum (EFF) ...
geoventuring-lnt.blogspot.com/search/label/watershed ...
... Old Santa Fe Trail :: Cimarron Cutoff Eco-Futures Forum (EFF).
Dispatches From Kansas by Tom Parker ... Also previw GeoVenturing-LNT Calendar ...
geoventuring-lnt.blogspot.com/2006/12/cimaron-cutoff-old-santa-fe-trail-eco.html
History and Future of Course Authoring/Management Technologies
and Virtual Learning Environments ...
The Second Georgia Infantry Regiment · Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the
... Black Flag Over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War ...
[Miscellaneous Items.] He was quite broken down by his ride for life from the Cimarron to the
... All I can send is a brief military journal of the progress of this campaign. ...
[The correspondent in the next article was “N,” believed to be Professor Norton.]
A BLACK WEEK ON THE PLAINS.
A Trip to the Osage Indian Camp on the Arkansas.
A Plains Storm.—A Council and Treaty of Amity.—An Osage Funeral.
The Scalp Dance.—Etc., Etc.
The Commonwealth, April 1, 1874.
ARKANSAS CITY, March 26, 1874.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
The recent delay in the confirmation of the Osage agent, and the discussion in regard to the habits of that tribe, call to mind events which came under my observation upon the plains one year ago.
I started, on the morning of the 26th of January, 1873, from the Apache village on the Cimarron
for the Osage camps upon the Salt Fork of the Arkansas
They traveled nearly ten days before they found any individual or group convenient to kill. They went down to the north fork of the Canadian, crossed the Chisholm trail, struck northwesterly across the Cimarron at the Red Hills, and finally camped in a little ravine near the “Eagle Chief” creek.
-----Original Message-----
From: geoWIZard [mailto:noreply-comment@blogger.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:49 AM
BOOK REVIEWS 149
Mullis, Tony R.
Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations in Bleeding Kansas.
Columbia: Univ. of Missouri, 2004. 273pp. $40.50
Tony Mullis, a serving officer in the U.S. Air Force, takes a close look at a
time when approximately 10 percent of the U.S. Army was intimately involved
in one of the most challenging and politically charged assignments ever given
to the U.S. military. Assigned occupation duties in a land where tribal loyalties
had been the primary form of government, Army officers, in cooperation
with diplomats appointed by the president, were tasked to assist a fledgling
democracy attain statehood while avoiding incipient civil war. The task
was complicated by the infusion of ideologically motivated outsiders, most
of them heavily armed. The two main local factions committed a variety of atrocities,
including the massacre of innocent civilians. Elections, new to the area, were viewed
with open suspicion by most of the population. Local militias were often little more
than muscle for political leaders.
Many of the thornier underlying political issues had religious and economic overtones.
Several Army officers assigned to these duties were involved in scandals, and at least
one associated court-martial received national attention. Meanwhile, powerful
individuals in Washington disagreed, sometimes publicly, over tactics, strategy,
and policy in the affected region. To make matters worse, ingrained organizational barriers
and an inherent resistance to change prevented promising new technologies
from being used with maximum effectiveness.
Finally, while the Army may have portrayed its role as one of neutral
professionalism, both Democrats and Republicans were using the results of
the occupation as a key component of their respective strategies for the next
presidential election. The year was 1854, and the theater of operations was
the Kansas Territory.
Peacekeeping on the Plains clearly began life as a doctoral dissertation. In its introduction
Mullis lays out his basic premise. Debunking the perhaps popular
conception that the United States has but recently come to experience
peace operations, Mullis shows that the U.S. Army has been involved in missions
of this type since the first days of the Republic—though this historical involvement
has long been overlooked and underanalyzed. Mullis seeks to begin
correcting this omission by examining in some detail the 1855 punitive
expedition against the Lakota (of the Great Sioux Nation) as an example of
the Army’s efforts to keep peace in “Bleeding Kansas.” Chapter 1 gives an
overview of the U.S. Army’s involvement in peace operations, and chapter 2
provides background information on the issue of slavery and the creation of
the state of Kansas. Chapters 3 and 4 take a detailed look at the 1855 punitive
expedition led by General William S. Harney. Chapters 5 through 8 deal with
Army operations supporting civil actions in Kansas from 1854 to 1857.
A conclusion and epilogue complete the work.
As was often demonstrated during the 1990s, the line between peace enforcement
and war is often difficult to determine. This was no less true in 1855. The U.S. Army
used deadly force against the Lakota, took hostages, and committed various acts
that would, by the standards of today, be judged illegal. Yet, as Mullis points out,
these operations were carried out with a political objective in mind, and, in the main,
they were effective. Furthermore, Harney’s success did have a positive impact,
in that they influenced other tribes to remain peaceful. Such results would seem to
have contemporary parallels with peace operations conducted by the French in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the British in Sierra Leone, and the U.S.
Marines in Liberia.
The parallels between current operations in Iraq and those of the Army in
bleeding Kansas are even more strongly apparent. Faced with a unique and unwelcome
mission, the Army faced a steep learning curve. There were missed
opportunities and at least several instances of officers engaging in dubious
ethical behavior in order to take advantage of perceived business opportunities.
The initially appointed political leadership proved too vacillating and
incompetent to deal with the complex difficulties inherent in the situation.
Furthermore, the entire issue was a red-hot political football, which the
newly created Republican Party was using to excoriate the incumbent
Democrats.
Like those against the Lakota, the peace operations in Kansas were eventually
successful. Nationalizing factional militias, deploying federal forces to prevent
civil strife, and arresting infiltrating partisans all contributed to political stability
and a safe election environment. Yet, as Mullis points out, several facets
of policy either failed or were badly flawed. These included the failure to
utilize the telegraph to transmit information rapidly to and from the area of
operations. Mail was simply too slow to be operationally relevant—the telegraph
could have been a powerful tool in the hands of the administration.
Peacekeeping on the Plains helps fill a gap in the coverage of some of the formative
experiences of the U.S. Army. This is valuable in and of itself. However, the
more immediate contribution of the work is to identify lessons learned in the
mid-1800s that may be applicable in the early years of the twenty-first century.
However, as one would expect given the immense technological differences between
the eras, these lessons are rather general in nature. For example, it proved impossible to
craft orders so detailed as to cover every situation the occupying forces encountered.
Until local authorities began exercising authority they technically did
not possess, the result was a paralysis of action. In connection with the Lakota
reprisal, Mullis also makes a convincing argument for assigning older and presumably
more mature officers to positions that would in these operations,
under normal circumstances, go to younger officers.
Mullis’s work also shows that the central conundrum of peace operations
was as valid in the mid-nineteenth century as it is today. Enough troops with
the right leadership can impose a peace, and might even be able to enforce a
peace, but unless the root causes of conflict are resolved the peace has to be
pinned into place by bayonets and will not endure. The peace imposed on the
Lakota by the U.S. Army did not last long; it took a civil war and the destruction
of the Confederacy to deal with the root causes that led to bleeding Kansas.
As mentioned earlier, this work is clearly derived from a dissertation, and
for that reason, while it is intellectually stimulating, at times the writing is
somewhat ponderous, repetitive, and dry. Yet the contribution this work
makes to understanding both past and present eras of significance makes the
effort worthwhile.
RICHARD NORTON
Naval War College
New comment on Old Santa Fe Trail :: Cimarron Cutoff Eco-Futures....
geoWIZard has left a new comment on your post "Old Santa Fe Trail
:: Cimarron Cutoff Eco-Futures...":
Check out HOAC-BSA North Star District benchmarks for GeoScouting PowerPoint Presentation: Intro to GeoScouting North Star District Roundtable Very often it happens that lives depend on a knot being properly tied." -- Baden-Powell. Click for a slide show about GeoScouting · GeoScouting Web Page ...
Posted by geoWIZard to Pathfinder Passports(cc) at 10:49 AM EASST
... MAoP (Stewardship) Community of Practice (CoP)
@ http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/kelp/Leadership.htm ...
First up will be Elizabeth Black, a southwest Kansas native who studied creative ... She says the intent of her column, “Back to the Center,” is to show ...
|
The Master Naturalist program 4.5 Billion Years of Change
.... development of Prairie Passagea 45 minute CD The CD correlates with 13 stops ...
www.tallgrass.org/summer06.pdf - Similar pages
fertile.communityblogs.us/files/2008/07/tourism-assessment-for-fertile-report-final.pdf
Be Aware or BEWARE! ... Prepared minds favor chance ...
with http://www.amazon.com/dp/0787909424 (Philip B. Crosby)
Think Globally / *Interact Regionally* / Learn (LNT) Locally
Embrace http://Virtual-Team-Tactics.futurethought.info
where KM=Knowledge Management & SE=Social Engineering
www.middlebury.edu/academics/lis/lib/guides_and_tutorials/subject_guides/collection_guide-maps/ - Cached - Similar pages
These parks are unique, very diverse and are important biodiversity hot ...
planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/committee/wrkgrp11/tf11_Islands.doc - Similar pages
At present, however, the potential impacts of biodiversity loss on ...
sotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_med_excel.asp?pge=class_enri&classtype=ENRIs&classification=Biodiversity&sb= - Similar pages
This is primarily because previous attempts to simulate biodiversity loss ...
sotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_med_excel.asp?pge=class_enri&classtype=ENRIs&classification=Natural%20Resource%20Management... - Similar pages
Capacity of Coastal Ecosystems to Sustain Biodiversity. Information Status and Needs ...
pdf.wri.org/page_coastal.pdf - Similar pages
by LA Burke - Cited by 7 - Related articles - All 3 versions
be based on a cultural and ecological heritage that links itself to social and ...
www.is.gov.ba/documents/publications/millennium_development_goals_and_information_society.pdf - Similar pages
chem11.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=Discussion&action=print&thread=269 - Similar pages
It will serve as a vital source of frontline knowledge for researchers and students of ...
www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/0706all.CSV?SGWID=0-0-45-408626-0&teaserId...ID... - Similar pages
The hydrological cycle. 194. Figure 5. A map illustrating the traditional fishing ...
www.jodc.go.jp/info/ioc_doc/Other/131839e.pdf - Similar pages
by E Whittingham - 2003 - Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 11 versions
However, we encourage the Commission to go beyond studying biodiversity and ...
www.oceancommission.gov/documents/prelimreport/append2.pdf - Similar pages
Subject: Know You Watershed Impact Zones :: EcoTrekUSA GPSurvey ... Information Integrity Assurance (9306am)
As our dynamic Freedom's Frontier NHA Master Plan nears completion, we need to adopt practical data sharing standards that amplify our evolving Kanzana “Trails-n-Tales"(cc) blended visual learning model for effective interpretation and environmental education.
Background:
I worked with our Minnesota Federal Executive Board led by Ray Morris (USNPS Superintendent-Ret) & Ron Wencel (USGS Water Science) during 2000-2004.
Our collaborative efforts led to adopting USGS National Map data exchange standards supported by National Geographic's outdoor recreation software!
As Fort Snelling's 9-Mile Creek geoWIZard, I worked with MnDNR's Forester on innovative FireWise enviro-education programs that put Garmin GPS units into the hands of empowered educators to enable Earth Science service learning: < http://minnesotafuturist.pbwiki.com/FindPage?SearchFor=TOPO! >
Our EcoTrekUSA GeoVenturing-LNT (Leave No Trace) prototypes at 9-Mile Creek's East Marsh Lake Park land navigation skills eco-challenge incubated this grass roots program ... The 7th Annual Cache In Trash Out (CITO) Events will be held on May 2nd and 3rd, 2009 ...
I co-created these Wakarusa Watershed marshal examples to help empower Kaw Valley Voices "Prairie Passage Pathfinder Passports" AGR-iTourism (cc):
MBT2008_8324xm.gpx TOPO! GPS Data Format Deg NAD83 ElevFeet
WAGON BED , 37.43752,-101.31295,3030,
National Geographic Maps | TOPO! Explorer KML and GPX Support.
Trails near 37.437520, -101.312950
Santa Fe Trail Dairy - more info »
Ulysses, KS - (620) 657-2137 - 6.9 mi NE
Santa Fe Trail Dairy - more info »
12225 E Highway 160, Satanta, KS - (620) 657-2138 - 17 mi E
Santa Fe Trail Council Boy Scouts of America - more info »
1513 E Fulton Ter, Garden City, KS - (620) 275-5162 - 44 mi NE
The Santa Fe Trail Path - more info »
35 mi E
The Santa Fe Trail extends 950 miles from the Spanish Provincial town of Santa Fe.
It began in 1821 with the courage and heroism of a man named William Becknell ...
1 of 7 placemarks in Long , Hard Journey on the Santa Fe Trail from Missouri to New Mexico.kmz - homepage.mac.com
· South Texas GeoVenturing Eldertreks
AUSTIN,30.26714,-97.74306,501,02/16/2008,06:49:07,
BEXARCOCVB,29.42345,-98.48722,661,02/16/2008,06:47:28,
Digital Jaywalker Prairie Passage WatershedMarshal Portfolio: ...
Prairie Passage Eco-Futures Forum (EFF) ... Sidebar. geoWIZard Pathfinder Passports: ...
futurethought.pbwiki.com/Trails-n-Tales - Cached
thinkLets / Planet U Pathfinder Passports
Planet U Pathfinder Passports tags changed ...
\"Boxing Day\" Kwanzaa 2006 Prairie Passage 1854 · History News Network. ...
futurethought.pbwiki.com/Planet-U-Pathfinder-Passports
===================
Bob-RJ Burkhart / 913-669-xxxx <-- AT&T / Cingular Cell#
Skype-ID:bob-rj.burkhart
... MAoP (Stewardship) Community of Practice (CoP)
via http://www.dragonflycounty.org +++
-----Original Message-----
From: Groundspeak [mailto:noreply@geocaching.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:13 PM
To: bob@acctts.com
This is an automated message from Groundspeak
Hello from Groundspeak! This is your weekly geocaching.com update from Groundspeak for 2/26/2009 to 3/5/2009
--------------
In This Issue
--------------
I. The 7th Annual Cache In Trash Out Events will be held on May 2nd and 3rd, 2009
II. Geocaching in the News (4 Articles)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. The 7th Annual Cache In Trash Out Events will be held on May 2nd and 3rd, 2009
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cache In Trash Out is an ongoing environmental initiative supported by the worldwide geocaching community. Since 2002, geocachers have been dedicated to cleaning up parks and other cache-friendly places around the world. Through these volunteer efforts, we help preserve the natural beauty of our outdoor resources! For more information about CITO or to plan an event in your area, visit http://www.geocaching.com/CITO
----------------------------------------
II. Geocaching in the News (4 Articles)
----------------------------------------
1. Geocaching: An adventure open to all
Publication: Agassiz-Harrison Observer (British Columbia, Canada)
Posted: Tuesday, March 03, 2009
http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/ahobserver/lifestyles/40688618.html
2. In science and engineering, 4-Hers are Idahos can-do kids
Publication: AG Weekly (Twin Falls, ID)
Posted: Wednesday, March 04, 2009
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2009/03/04/news/ag_news/news13.txt
3. Spa bei moderner Schatzsuche
Publication: Schweriner Volkszeitung (Schwerin, Germany)
Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009
http://www.svz.de/lokales/guestrow/artikeldetails/article/214/spass-bei-moderner-schatzsuche.html
4. CITO Brings Geocachers to Horse Creek
Publication: The Greeneville Sun (Greeneville, TN)
Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009
http://www.greenevillesun.com/story/301816
###
This is an automated message from Groundspeak sent to "EcoTrekUSA";
Please do not reply to this message. If you do not wish to receive these messages,
please log into geocaching.com and edit your profile ("My Account -> Edit My Profile")
by deselecting the "Send me a weekly emailer of new caches in my area." option.
(c) 2009 Groundspeak, Inc., All Rights Reserved.