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3/1/06 San Marcos River Kayak Trip - The Shadycrest Baptist Church organized a kayaking trip on the San Marcos River for the men and boys of the church. We took the TG Canoe Livery's seven-mile trip from the Old City Park just below Aquarena Springs to point a mile below the CR 266 crossing where Canoe Livery has a park with river access. I took my digital camera in a Ziplock bag and, because the river is relatively easy, was able to take a bunch of nice photos without losing the camera or drowning myself.
2/23/06 Louisa Jane Skipper was the first Skipper born in Conway County, Arkansas. She was born in December 1856. Her parents, Joseph and Louisa Skipper, had just moved there from Tennessee where they had lived a few years after their move from North Carolina. They bought property in Conway County and may have received their deed the day Louisa was born. Anyway, her nickname was 'Deed.' At about the age of 15, Deed married David Lawson Rentfro (Renfro, Renfroe) and they had a daughter on October 9, 1872. She was named Louisa Ellen Rentfro. (A Dixon descendent says it was Frances Ellen.) Soon David Rentfro disappeared on a trip to Texas. Louisa married William A. Dixon and had another daughter in 1876. They named her Rebecca Dixon, perhaps after Louisa's grandmother, Rebecca Gornto. William and Louisa had Hugh Dixon and James D. Dixon. William and Louisa were not listed in the 1920 Census. They would have been in their mid-sixties by then.
2/2/06 The "Mockup Lockup" - Fourteen years! It's hard to believe that that much time has passed. One of my biggest tests, though not the most hazardous or most difficult was the "Mockup Lockup" as the ladies called it. They didn't like the official name "Shuttle RCRS Human Rating Test." I planned and managed a 16-day test of the Shuttle Regenerable CO2 Removal System in the NASA Johnson Space Center's Crew and Thermal Systems Divison's Shuttle Environmental Test Article with one crew of seven women and another crew of seven men.
1/20/06 Coin Harvey's Flooded Resort at Monte Ne - My Monte Ne pages are completed with these current photos of the area compared to some of the older photos. Coin Harvey's Amphitheater around the Big Spring at Monte Ne. Harvey planned this to be the foyer for his pyramid or obelisk in which he planned to place a"time capsule" or museum room to hold all the important documents and marvels of civilization. However, that was never to be because he was unable to obtain financing. The photos on these page show the upper parts of the amphitheater now exposed by the dropping waters of Beaver Lake.
The south wall may have been the planned entrance to the pyramid and time capsule that Coin Harvey wanted to build. In any case, he probably planned to build the pyramid, or obelisk, on the little hill behind the amphitheater. That little hill is an island when the lake level gets to the 1120 to 1125 range as shown in the photo posted on the previous page.
On the side of the hill behind the south wall is a tall retaining wall. The area was so covered in brush in 1961 and I was so hesitant about the possibility of trespassing that I didn't find that wall. There is a paved driveway leading from the east of the amphitheater up to the area above the wall where the railroad depot used to be. There are also panoramice photos of the view from the amphitheater back toward the old Monte Ne town site.
1/10/06 Coin Harvey's Flooded Resort at Monte Ne - There is considerable interest in the old Monte Ne resort area now that the Beaver Lake level has dropped about 15 feet below normal and the upper 8 to 10 feet of the amphitheater is above water again for the first time in about 20 years. I've revised my Monte Ne article to include several large image files of photos of the amphitheater before it was flooded. I've also added a set of current photos of the area that were taken by Lissa Myers, who lives in the Monte Ne area.
9/26/05 Antique Souvenir Photos from Hawaii - Ann's Uncle Willard Hendrick mailed her this little (3x5 inch) set of Hawaiian souvenir photos on May 2, 1945, just a little over 60 years ago. These are actual photographic prints on photographic paper by Fritz Kraft of Honolulu, Hawaii, not reproductions printed in ink.
7/11/05 Old Fryer Bridge in Conway County - Photos of the 115-year-old "iron bridge" on the old road from SH 95 past the Fryer Bluff crossing East Point Remove Creek to Solgohachia. This is one of the historic old bridges in Arkansas. It is still in use. A second page includes photos of Fryer Bluff, a long, high bluff that seems to be made of dried mud.
7/5/05Elderhostel Trip to Mountain View, Arkansas - We joined an Elderhostel trip to the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas, and had a great week there. One of my second cousins and his wife invited us to join them. We have become close friends since I started my family web site. We heard gool ol' country music (pre-1941), heard several 'living history' presentations which I really enjoyed, took a float trip down the White River, toured Blanchard Springs and Blanchard Springs Caverns, and, of course, got to tour the Folk Center. My goal was to produce a web page for each day of the trip and have it on line by the next day. Thanks to the friendly folks in the Administration Office, I was able to connect to their state-wide circuit and go on line each morning at 7:30 to load the previous day's page. So here you will find a page for each day of our adventure!
6/30/05 The Houston Family - My maternal grandmother was a Houston. Her family sprang from an orphan boy who showed up on a farm in Conway County Arkansas in about 1845. This article features several recently acquired photos of my grandmother when she was a teen and one of Abihu Arnn, one of my early ancestors. Georgina Duncan provided copies of the photos; her grandmother Houston and my grandmother Houston were sisters. She also confirmed and added details to the old Civil War story. (7/18/05 - Only page one is complete.)
5/15/05 Old Liberty Decoration Day - 2005 - I'm calling this a digital scrapbook page of family photos and text. We returned to Cleveland, Arkansas, to meet with our family for the annual Decoration Day at the Old Liberty Cemetery. The photos may not be of general interest, but family and friends will enjoy them.
4/4/05 Enchanted Rock - A few miles north of Fredericksburg, Texas, which is just west of Austin, stands a large pink granite dome called Enchanted Rock. It is at the north end of a series of smaller granite upthrusts in the rugged hill country of west central Texas. Enchanted Rock is the second largest granite dome in the United States after the Great Stone Mountain in Atlanta, Georgia. There is an easy hiking climb up one face of the dome, easy enough for old folks like my wife and me. We made the trip to Fredericksburg and climbed Enchanted Rock Monday, March 14, 2005. This series of pages displays the photos of the area and the view from the top and of features on the top.
3/3/05 My First Decade - I have revised, updated, extended, and relocated the story of my early years. I'm up to 1948.
2/18/05 Cleveland, Arkansas - I selected some of the photos of my home town, Cleveland, from my collection and assembled them on this page. The earliest is one taken perhaps in 1905 and the most recent was taken early in 2005.
2/16/05 Illinois Bayou Bridge - Later we were visiting in the Russelville area and drove through the hills northeast of Dover. We crossed a one-lane bridge over the Illinois Bayou near Scottsville and took these photos of the bayou, the bluff, the bridge, and the curving road approaching the bridge.
2/14/05 Snow in Springdale - It snowed during our recent visit with family in Springdale, Arkansas. I had a few minutes to spare and drove around town to find intersting snow scenes to photograph. Most of the scenes were scenes I had planned to photograph previously, but had just not taken time for. I photographed the depot, downtown on Emma Avenue, the old historic high school building, the Popeye statue, the cemetery, and a house out in the country.
1/20/05 Class of 1959 - This is the Senior Class Photo of the Class of 1959 of Wonderview High School. The Wonderview Consolidated School is in Conway County, Arkasas serving most of the north end of the county not part of the Morrilton School District in the county seat.
8/26/04 Tales My Grandmother Told Me - This page includes Jan Porterfield's brief biography of her great grandparents, Cansada and Moss Miller, and the reminiscences of her Grandmother Carmon Belle Miller Drilling. These stories provide a fascinating snapshot of rural life in Conway County Arkansas early in the Twentieth Century. A beautiful photo of Carmon and other old photos are included.
6/12/04 Palo Duro Canyon - The Palo Duro Canyon drops to a depth of 800 feet below the vast flat plain of the Texas panhandle. These photos my whet your interest in making a visit. You can hike, camp, or just see the performance of the Texas Legacies musical.
6/8/04 Cross of the Plains - Rising 190 feet above the vast Texas panhandle plain east of Amarillo stands a monument to the suffering and sacrifice of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Lifesize bronze sculptures depicting the twelve stations of the cross circle the base of the monument.
5/18/04 Mirror Self Portraits - Tips and examples for taking self portraits using a mirror and a digital camera.
5/18/04 Scene Comparison - A photo of a landscape taken with a 640x480 pixel digital camera compared to the same scene photographed on 35mm film. Both are reduced and compressed for display on the web.
5/10/04 Siblings 50 Years Later - I've added a current photo to the siblings page.
5/10/04 50 Years Ago - A snapshot of life in 1954 when I was 13.
5/3/04 The Turkey Shoot - While visiting in Arkansas last year, I went to a Turkey Shoot with my brother-in-law and some of his friends. I won a turkey on my first try! Here are ten photos and some text describing the event.
3/22/04 Barracuda Restoration P. 6 - Page six has a photo of the Barracuda parked out in the driveway on the first day of spring 2004 and closeups of the carburetor as it is installed and the engine compartment with the engine in running configuration. It has been driven about 15 miles since the overhaul. There is a photo of the bottom of the car and of the left rear axle and brake parts with the wheel and brake drum removed.
2/6/04 Coral Castle - The Coral Castle is a small wonderland made of blocks and shaped pieces of coral quarried from beneath the area. A man started a rock garden to occupy himself after he had been jilted by his one true love. He eventually moved his coral sculptures to this location and built them into a walled 'castle.' One of the amazing features is a one ton slab of coral that will pivot easily at a touch. Although he quarried, shaped, and constructed the entire thing by himself using simple homemade tools, people have attributed the work to an anti-gravity machine or help from space aliens.
2/5/04 Fort Jefferson - Ann and I spent a week in the Florida Keys last fall and our trip to Fort Jefferson on the Dry Tortugas Islands was a high point of the trip. These four pages have 28 photos of the fort inside and out and of the ferry ride. The fort is one of the largest Civil War forts and was used as a prison during the war. Dr. Samuel Mudd was emprisoned there after he was convicted of conspiracy in the assasination of President Lincoln.
1/15/04 1930s Department Store Display Windows - I found a little photo booklet with 10 high resolution photos of variety and department store display windows in Little Rock, Arkansas, back in the 1930s. It was in my Uncle Irving Skipper's photos and effects. I made a page showing smaller version of the photos and linked those photos with large images for those who have a special interests in things of that era. The photos were about 4x5 inch contact printed on flexible velum photo paper.
1/8/04 1966 Barracuda Restoration Page 4 - I have added page 4 which has photos of the completed engine prio to installation in the car. I expect to have in installed and more photos on the web in a few days.
1/5/04 Our Family Cats -
Here are photos and short descriptions of our cats. They have been on the web for a long time, but were not included in the INDEX for some reason.
12/1/03 1966 Barracuda Restoration - I bought this Barracuda new in March 1966. I drove it 160,000 miles in about 17 or 18 years and then garaged it for major engine repair. My son recently encourage me to start the process of getting it back on the road. These pages have several photos of the exterior, interior, engine, transmission, and various details. When the work is complete, I'll add photos of the final result. 11/21/03
8/7/03 Pike's Peak and
the Royal Gorge - This group of pages has many photos we took on a trip
to Pike's Peak and the Royal Gorge in Colorado. It was our 20th wedding
anniversary in 1982. We drove our 16-year-old 1966 Barracuda and it made the
trip up Pike's Peak with no problem. We found the little one-room log school
house where Ann attended first grade. I also include links to several other
sites related to Pike's Peak and the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River.
7/30/03 Space
Women - I have added a dozen photos. They illustrate the space suit
(spacesuit) donning sequence and Kathy Sullivan's dry run activities for a
Hubble Space Telescope Tools thermal/vacuum test.
7/17/03 Ouachita River
Crossings - I became interested in the Ouachita River when Interstate
Highway 30 was completed between Little Rock and Texarkana. I was impressed with
the beautiful view of rapids in the river just upstream of the IS 30 bridge and
took a photograph of it. Later I noticed that US Highway 71 crosses the Ouachita
just north of Mena and that the river begins just a few miles further west near
Arkansas’ border with Oklahoma. The river runs east to the area of Hot Springs
where Blakely Mountain Dam has formed Lake Ouachita and, south of Hot Springs,
Carpenter Dam has formed Lake Hamilton. The river then trends south to cross
into Louisiana. It occurred to me that a series of photographs of the river at
various crossings would provide an interesting picture of the progress of the
river as it crosses the state.
6/23/03 The Noland Family My paternal grandmother was a Noland. She
was the daughter of William Franklin Noland and Sarah Matilda Beaty. She was the
third of four girls, Nolar, Sidney, Josephine, and William ‘Willie‘ Franklin
Noland. There was a six-year gap between the two older girls and the two younger
girls. Their father, William Franklin Noland died just after the last daughter
was born in 1894. The two older daughters got married at a young age and then
their mother died before 1900. The oldest daughter and her husband took in the
two younger daughters. Nolar married Linus Clarence Roe, Sidney married James W.
Brewer and then John Isaac Kissire, Josephine married James Arthur Skipper, Sr.,
and Willie married David Lindsey Krisell.
This page is in rough draft
form.
3/31/03 Photographic Perspective I have add a page of photos to
illustrate the effect of subject to camera distance on photographic or visual
perspective. One set is head-and-shoulder self portraits and the other set is of
an architectural subject. In addition, I compare a view made with a wide angle
lens to a digitally stitched image made from two photos made with a normal
lens.
3/30/03 Meteor Crater, Arizona The Great Meteor Crater of Arizona is
just south of Interstate 40 between Flagstaff and Winslow. It is visible from
the highway. It was created by the impact of a large meteorite about 50,000
years ago. It is about 4,150 feet across and 570 feet deep. This set of
photographs shows views of the crater from the hiking trail around the rim. I
have read that visitors are no longer allowed to hike the rim trail. I hope that
these photos will provide some indication of the magnificence of this unique
astronomical/geological feature.
3/3/03 Tornado Damage in Judsonia, Arkansas, from a tornado March 23,
1952. The photos were made by my Uncle Irving Skipper. There are fourteen
'shapshot' size views of businesses, residences, automobiles and street scenes
with military and cleanup crews. The snapshot images link to enlargements of
various details of the scenes.
3/3/03 Black Locust Farm B&B - I made this page for my Live
Journal friend, Lady Maine.
2/25/03 STS-1 Award received for participation in the preparation for
the STS-1 Shuttle Mission aboard the orbiter Columbia commanded by astronaut
John Young and piloted by astronaut Bob Crippen. The miniature flag was actually
flown aboard the orbiter during the mission and was returned to earth to be used
for mementos such as this.
2/21/03 Space Alien Angels - We were fascinated with this
floor-to-ceiling sculpture in the lobby of the Sydney Airport. I think it would
be called a bold relief style. The things at the bottom represent chairs. A
man's hand appears in the lower right corner; he almost walked into the photo
frame. I don't know who the artist was.
2/17/03 Cigar Box - I have restored the images on this page. The links
originally went to the old Prodigy site.
1/11/03 Halbrook Stories - I have added to the Halbrook Stories. The
additions are on the first page and are in blue font.
1/11/03 James Arthur Skipper - I have moved the biography of my
grandfather to the Tripod site. I also reduced the photo file size for quicker
loading.
12/23/02 Boquillas Canyon Sand Hill - The Rio Grande River exits the
Big Bend National Park through Boquillas Canyon, an impressive canyon cut
through the Sierra Del Carmen. A parking lot is within a mile of the canyon
entrance and it is any easy hike for all the family. Just inside the entrance to
Boquillas Canyon against the cliff on the north side of the Rio Grande River is
an immense pile of sand. The sand appears to have poured from a hole in the
cliff about 100 feet up. This page has eleven photos including a photo of the
young woman in the bikini.
12/11/02 Moscow
Journal - I am moving the Moscow Journal and all the Moscow photos to this
site.
12/10/02 A History
of Shadycrest Baptist Church - Much work to be done on this in the coming
year. I'm linking to it now to see whether Google will pick it up. It has been
on the web for three months and Google searches haven't located it yet.
11/26/02 Helena Bucasio's Family
Album - This is a web page work of art! Helena says of her
family "... my family name is Paiva which roots are in Portugal, in the region
nearby a small town named Castelo do Paiva. My grandparents are from Portugal,
Lisbon and Porto and came to Brazil early in the last century." The old family
photos are displayed in antique oval frames and animated cameo lockets. Helena
describes the family in poetic prose and includes poetry written by a friend
specifically for this page. There are wonderfully apropos quotations from the
writings of Pedro Ayres Megalhães and playing softly in the background is a
beautiful MIDI arrangement of 'Study 22' from Easy Pieces by J. S. Bach.
The rosebud 'bubble' mouse follower lends delicate color to the antique sepia
and beige tones.
11/14/02 The Arkansas Roadside
Travelogue - Russ Johnson's excellent Web Site featuring
articles and photos of some of Arkansas' history, mythology, natural wonders
(many of the natural springs are described and rated), agriculture, industry,
and commerce: stories of Monte Ne, Dog Patch USA, Crater of Diamonds, and much
more written in a light, humorous way.
11/4/02 Jemma Mitchell's Moscow Photos - This is a page of
'thumbnail' photos that link to the large (1280x960) photofiles of Jemma's
beautiful photos of Red Square, St. Basil's, Lenin's Tomb, GUM, and other scenes
around the Kremlin, the Moscow River, and her 'flat.'
9/7/02 Spartus Miniature vs Argus A - The first camera I used
was my mother's Spartus Miniature 127 roll film camera. Many years later I was
given the opportunity of purchasing a pre-war Argus A, predecessor of the famous
Argus C-3. I was immediately struck by their similarity of form and these photos
and comments describe them.
9/4/02 More Photos from Sydney - I have completed a third page
of photos from Sydney, Australia. This page includes a large panoramic photo of
Sydney from North Head. There are views of the "Heads" from the ferry and views
of the beautiful buildings along the coast in Manly.
8/22/02 Luther Alonzo Maxwell - Luther Maxwell was my maternal
grandfather. He was born and raised and lived and died in Conway County,
Arkansas. He was a well-educated man for that time and taught school from the
time he was 18 until he lost his hearing in his mid-30s. He then farmed and sold
fruit and fruit trees on his 160-acre farm. He also served on the school board
and as lodge secretary and church treasurer. He achieved the rank of 2nd
Lieutenant during World War I but the war ended before he had to go overseas. He
spoke proudly of having been at Officer's Training camp where Dwight D.
Eisenhower was a Lieutenant Colonel. He seldom traveled, but did drive to New
Mexico to visit his little brother around 1930.
6/14/02 Ethel Pauline Skipper - During my recent visit in
Arkansas and Oklahoma, Ione, one of my father's few remaining Skipper cousins,
told me about their move to and early life in Webbers Falls. I've added it to
Ethel's story.
6/14/02 Snapshots from Visits Home - Photos of family at
Decoration Day Observances at Old Liberty Cemetery where my mother is buried and
at Lanty Cemetery where her parents are buried. Ann's dad at his parents'
tombstone in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Folks at the fish fry hosted by Ann's
sister and her husband. These page link to more photos from a trip in February
2001 including some of my mother before her final illness and of my high school
girlfriend, who attended a surprise 60th birthday party for me.
6/8/02 The Cigar Box cont. - I have been watching for nature
shots this spring to be added to the Cigar Box. Some of them are here. There are
aphids, ants, bees, a spider, a cicada (taken in 1973), some beautiful wild
flower blooms, and an old photo of some posts (old railroad ties) on the beach
at Galveston.
4/18/02 A Beautiful Bride
Portrait - I did photography for small, simple weddings many years ago and
this portrait of a beautiful bride is presented as another sample of film
resolution; this time with color negative film. My computer display just doesn't
show the true resolution that can be obtained in a print.
4/18/02 A Eulogy
for Our Mother - My sister Marinelle gave this eulogy at our mother's funeral April 11th. I have included some photos
of mom, a MIDI of an old hymn for my brother John, and a beautifully written,
comforting note from one of Marinelle's close friends, Tom Carpenter, City
Attorney of Little Rock.
3/18/02 Ozarks Wildlife Club a filmstrip presentation. I travel
through northwest Arkansas so often and have several good photos of that
mountain scenery that I thought of doing a pictorial essay of the area. Then I
remembered that there were a couple of filmstrip presentations of the Ozarks
among the many photos, slides, and movies in Uncle Irving’s things. As a
memorial to his work and to promote Arkansas tourism, I scanned the 72 images
from one of the filmstrip and set them up to be viewed in a way that simulates a
filmstrip presentation. An introductory page is first.
3/17/02 More
Halbrook Stories - This one tells how the Halbrooks came to be in
Arkansas in the early 19th century. This
one tells of an incident in which one of Andrew's nephews was
killed.
3/8/02 Perluvinier is an acapella
quartet from Iceland. A member of this quartet left a note in my guestbook
today. Their site introduces the quartet and its members and has sample audio
clips from the songs on their recent CD recording. Very beautiful music!
2/25/02 More
Halbrook Stories - I have added two more - short, but
poignant.
2/24/02 Florence Skipper was the oldest child of Dave and Kate
Skipper. She was born just after the Civil War and grew up in a very primitive
land in a very primitive time.
2/22/02 White
Water - Sunlight dapples the water rippling over pebbles at the
headwaters of the White River in northwest Arkansas.
2/22/02 Jonquils
were very common around the old home places in Arkansas in the first half of the
previous century. Many of them are still growing where the old houses used to
be. These Jonquils are from bulbs brought from back home several years ago.
2/20/02 Dave Skipper's Daughters
Dave and Mary Kate Skipper
had six daughters in addition to their three sons (another son died in infancy).
The sons get more attention because they carry the family name, but the
daughters have important family stories too. I have become re-acquainted with
several descendants of the daughters during the process of checking family
history so I’m going to include some biographical information about the
daughters as I obtain it. I’m beginning with the youngest daughter, Ethel
Pauline Skipper, who married James Phillip Turner, because some of her children
are still living and her oldest son provided much Skipper family history and
several photos.
2/14/02 A
True Story of Love and Betrayal in Early Twentieth Century Rural Arkansas
This is a true story except that the names have been changed. The
details about 'Stella' came from the oral storyteller; the other information is
from 'Bill's' autobiography. This is part of the 'Halbrook Stories' and in the
next few days I will be adding several more. If you are following the Halbrook
Stories, look there for the additions. I won't be listing them here until I get
the next set prepared in a month or so.
2/10/02 "Chang and
Eng" A Book Review - I finished reading this book by Darin
Strauss during our recent visit with family in Arkansas. I enjoyed the book so
much, I wrote a review of it and put it in my Live Journal. I don't expect to
list every entry in the Live Journal, so you'll have to check the Journal for
new entries.
1/21/02 The Cigar Box cont. - While sorting through some old
negatives and prints, I found some taken in the spring of 1962 that were taken
on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Ann and I were dressed for some
special occasion. I also have included some miscellaneous shots, both old and
new, to add to the Cigar Box: Fields of cows and wild flowers; A mole cricket;
and B&W photos of leaves, berries, and a dead tree in a pond.
1/18/02 I
found and old 'paper' negative that I made with an antique Rexoette box camera.
I added it to the 'Penhole
Camera' page.
1/14/02 I have added the group photo of the 4th
Officers Training Scool at Camp Beauregard, La. in 1918. My Grandfather Luther
Maxwell was a 2nd Lieutenant. I've also included a closer scan that shows him
more clearly. This was scanned from a 35mm negative copy photo of the original
print. The original print was about 7x20 inches. Punch the 'Maxwells' button at
the top of the page or 'Luther Maxwell' on the Site Index page.
1/14/02 Film Resolution - A portait of a young woman, enlarged
to show her eyes in great detail, illustrates the best resolution and sharpness
I achieved with home processed B&W film.
1/10/02 Stereo Photography - A stereo photo pair is displayed
with instruction for viewing in 3-D by the "cross-eyed," straight view, and
mirror techniques. There is also a brief account of my experience with stereo
photo systems and links to several excellent and comprehensive sites on stereo
photography.
1/8/02 Photographic
Perspective - Our experience with photography gives us the impression
that the focal length of the lens will create a particular perspective in the
resulting photograph. However, the photos shown here illustrate that it is
camera-to-subject distance, not lens focal length that makes the
difference.
1/7/02 Grandpa's
Old Barn - I was surprised when I first glanced at this photographic
negative when I peeked at it during the washing process. Read the text before
scrolling down to the photos. I have included views of Grandpa's house and barn
in the snow and the view east toward Round Mountain.
1/3/02 Photography
without Glass - An old pinhole photograph is compared to a modern 35mm
photo of the re-created scene with an explanation of the process for making a
large-format pinhole photograph using photo enlarging paper.
12/28/01 An
Unexpected Gender Difference in Suit Testing - I have added a short
description of this unusual test result that occurred when we started using
women as test subjects in vacuum chamber space suit testing.
12/19/01 TheJSC Space Center
Roundup has published an issue commemorating the 40th anniversary of the
announcement that the Manned Spacecraft Center would be located at Houston.
Space buffs may enjoy reading some of the articles. A History of JSC is also
online.
12/8/01 Page
Scout has selected two of my 'space' pages for their science catagory.
Their Web Site says that they have "The best pages on the web, and beyond!" I
haven't checked that out, but here is their link; you can check them out
yourself. (By the way, I'm proud that someone took note of the pages.)
12/1/01 How My Web Site Got Its Name When I
signed up for the Personal Web Page feature on Prodigy, I was presented with a
form to complete. The first blank was 'Name'; I put in my full name because I
often do that to honor my Grandfather Maxwell, who had no sons. The form
continued with address, phone number, e-mail address and so forth. I dutifully
filled in every blank whether mandatory or not and the result was that my name
appeared as the name of the site and my address and phone number were there for
everyone to see! By the time I got the pages to appear, I had forgotten how to
modify them and now it has been like it is for so long that I am no longer
interested in changing any of it.
11/21/01Siblings
- Photos of the six of us spanning a quarter century beginning with probably the
first one taken shortly after baby brother, John, was born in 1954.
11/20/01The
Circular Quay - Scenes along the quay around Sydney Cove: the Harbour
Bridge, docks, Sydney Opera House, warehouse restaurant and shops on 'The
Rocks,' and more green spaces.
11/8/01 Trip to
Sydney - I finally selected, scanned, and uploaded a dozen slides
from the trip to Sydney. These were taken in Sydney itself, except the skyline
view which was taken from a ferryboat on the harbour. One of these days I'll
tackle the dozens of other slides from the harbour, Botany Bay, Cabramatta,
Bondi Beach, Manly, and Northhead. (Click the 'Trip to Sydney'
button.)
11/2/01 The Cigar Box
- LeeAnn has a
'junk drawer' for her photos and miscellaneous things. I chose a 'cigar box' for
the extra photos I uploaded, but no longer display anywhere. My boyhood photos
are stored in a couple of cigar boxes so I added a couple of photos of my high
school girlfriend to the bunch. The collection includes butterflies, flowers,
pokeberries, souvenirs from Moscow, the crop duster plane, White River water, a
tree frog hiding in a rose, and a page of BUGS which includes a rare shot of
mating 'walking-sticks' with a mosquito trying to bite 'em, a cicada and its
larval husk, and spiders.
10/27/01 Louis' Summer Trip to England,
Scotland, and Ireland. My son Louis is putting his travel photos on a Web Site.
Take a look.
10/5/01 The First Photos
- THESE are the very first photos I ever took. Some mistook the first 35 mm roll
for my first photos. On that first roll of 127 roll film were pictures of my
sisters, my Mom and Dad, some farm animals and pets, and our house. They were
made in 1954 when I was 13 years old and just finishing the seventh grade. I
have also included recent photos of the Spartus Miniature camera that I used.
9/17/01 Women in
Space - I was involved in the vacuum chamber spacesuit training tests for
Kathy Sullivan, the first female astronaut to do an EVA.
9/14/01 Spring comes
on desert - This poem was written by Nguyen Qui Dinh, an exchange graduate
student at the University of Arkansas, in the winter of '59-'60.
9/14/01 My Birthday - Some
of you may be interested in the photos my oldest son took at my 60th birthday
party back in February. Since he didn't know many of my highschool friends and
some of our relatives, he didn't put much information with the photos.
9/5/01 Monte Ne,
Arkansas - Interested in ghost towns, old ruins, sunken cities? Monte Ne is
a fascinating, but little known 100 year old resort now covered by the waters of
Beaver Lake. Beaver Lake was created by daming the White River in northwest
Arkansas. (Yes, the White River of Clinton 'White Water' fame!)
8/9/01 More Photos - More images from the first rolls of B&W
35mm film. They were added to the previous page to make a set of four pages.
8/5/01 Images from
My First Roll of 35mm Film - B&W photos made with the Kodak Signet 40
given me for high school graduation by my Uncle Irving and Aunt Nila. Subjects
are classmates, date, kissing cousin, Father's tombstone, flowers, and
landscapes.
8/2/01 The Leaf - Is
it art?
8/1/01 STS-1
Post-flight Suit Test - Not all tests were successful. This is one
interesting example. Astronaut Pinky Nelson volunteered to be the test crewman
for a vacuum chamber test of a Shuttle EMU spacesuit after the first shuttle
flight.
7/31/01 J A Skipper I have revised the biography of my Grandfather
Skipper. I have added many photos to the existing text and have revised and
added additional information obtained from relatives and from family
documents.
6/25/01 Grand Canyon
Photos - I found a box of slides from a trip to the Grand Canyon. I selected
16 and tried my hand at another set of pages using HTML. The photos are of the
eastern end of the canyon from the south rim.
6/7/01 Testing
Uncle Irving's Old Camera I bought Uncle Irving's old Nikkormat from the
estate and shot a couple of test rolls to check it out. Nature, people, flowers,
butterflys, self-portrait, magazine photo copy. This is my first complete page
using HTML. Thanks to Jane for encouraging
me.
6/5/01 Uncle Irving's
Flowers I selected a few of the hundred or so flower photos from my uncle's
collection.
6/5/01 Implosion of the Hotel
Marion - 1980 In looking through my Uncle Irving's photos, negatives, and
slides. I found this uncut roll with a sequence of shots of the implosion of the
Hotel Marion in Little Rock. I assume he took them and that others might be
interested in seeing them.
5/6/01 Moscow Photos Restored! The four Moscow
pages are ready for viewing again except for the text on one of them.
4/7/01
Andrea Jeanne has the most beautiful pages of photographs I have found on the
Web in a year of surfing PWPs. Beautiful page graphics with scripture and poetry
and an amazing variety of photographic subjects and techniques. See them at: Andrea's Looking
Glass.
4/2/01 MOSCOW JOURNAL - I have added to the journal: Currency
Exchange and the Week at Zvezda Moscow
Journal
4/1/01 SMEAT - The Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test was a
56-day test at reduced pressure in a vacuum chamber outfitted to resemble the
Skylab. 2.5 megs of pictures of the astronauts involved, the press personnel,
test team, facility, decals, and awards on seven pages. Each page loads in a
reasonable time. Click here or use the
index on the home page.
3/13/01 My thanks to Jacklyn for framing my pictures
on the Dave Skipper page and for the tip on how to make the second picture
appear, even though the Prodigy template only provides for one picture. Her site
is Wolf Tracks
3/2/01 MOSCOW JOURNAL - Several months ago, I started to tell about my
trip to Moscow. I have now typed the first part of my notes from the trip: the
flight to Moscow and the first weekend tour. Later I'll write about the five
days at Zvezda, the final weekend, and the trip home. Moscow
Journal
2/26/01 CURRENT CATS - Several months ago a nice lady asked if I
had pictures of our cats. I didn't then, but recently took some, so here they
are. Our Cats
2/24/01 A PAGE FOR ENRIQUE - Photos from our recent trip to visit
relatives in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Enrique from Argentina said that he would
like to see them. Arkansas Trip
1/27/01 My First Decade
-(Actually this is a preview; I only have five years completed. The
large photo pages aren't complete, so the 'thumbnails' don't link to anything.)
Use this link or the index on the Prodigy Home Page.
1/15/01 The story of my
Great Grandfather Maxwell - five pages of text with 'thumbnail' photos linked to
larger photos on the Geocities Site. Use this link or the index on the home
page. Alvus
Martin Maxwell
1/3/01 Family Photo Album
II - Mostly slides from the 60's and 70's. There are a couple dozen on six
pages on Geocities.
12/27/00 The story of John
Quincy Skipper, my grandfather's older brother, written by his grandson, Ray
Don Bostian.
11/3/00 Some views of the small river that flows through
Wertheim, Germany. River in Wertheim
10/24/00 Check out this site prepared by Marina in Moscow. She has
included links to many other sites of interest to those who are interested in
learning more about Moscow and Russia. The old postcard views of Moscow 100
years ago are very interesting. She also has photos of her world travels with
links to sites related to the areas she has visited.
Use this link:
http://www.geocities.com/volnushka/
Re-posted: 11/12/02
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