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Title: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: emike123 on January 17, 2012, 08:33:17 PM

http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-01-16/news/30633901_1_battle-of-monterey-pass-battlefield-site-second-largest-battle

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: CarlS on January 17, 2012, 09:25:17 PM

Relic hunters:  Start your engines.....    ;D

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: speedenforcer on January 18, 2012, 02:40:52 AM

ooops, sounds like it may be to late.

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Dave the plumber on January 18, 2012, 07:18:52 AM

I'll buy the mobile home and an acre of land with it !!   Start my own museum.....

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Jim T on January 18, 2012, 08:06:09 AM

Been there, dug that!  ;D   

What they failed to mention was that there has always been an iron plaque up there noting the capture of the long CS wagon train.  They also don't mention the original sunken roadbed left back in the woods well off the "beaten trail."

2-ringers from this battle available here!

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Daveslem on January 18, 2012, 01:25:09 PM

Hope they don't spend too much money "interpreting" the battlefield. Going there would be checking out a flea circus when your at Disney World.  ;D

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Jim T on January 19, 2012, 08:24:13 AM

Is it just me, or does anyone understand what in the world Dave means?

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: ETEX on January 19, 2012, 12:39:48 PM

Glad I am not the only one trying to decipher what the heck he was saying. ???

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Pete George on January 19, 2012, 06:57:13 PM

  Some battlefield parks employ (meaning, pay) people to be "Interpreters" (yes, that is specifically what they are called) to explain military actions and equipment to the park visitors.  Sometimes the "Interpreters" are dressed in the appropriate period costume for their role.

  Dave was simply (but colorfully) comparing the value of the time you'd spend listening to an Interpreter at the wagon train burning park versus the same amount of time at the Gettysburg National Battlefiled park.  Clearly, Dave thinks the wagon-burning park will come out on the (very) short end of that comparison, and is saying he hopes the wagon-burning park's Management won't spend much of its limited financial resources on "Interpreting."

Regards,
Pete

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: Daveslem on January 20, 2012, 12:15:57 AM

Thanks, Pete. That's exactly what I said or meant. Gettysburg = Disneyworld, Battle of Monterey Pass = Flea Circus. Why spend mad money on something people aren't going to spend money to see. Gettysworld is why they're there.

Title: Re: Battlefield without a Name
Post by: ETEX on January 20, 2012, 01:51:48 PM

I knew that. ???  Thanks for the explanation Pete.