While the rest of you guys are world travelers or at least going to Alaska, I'm one of the lolpoors who takes weekend jaunts within a few hundred miles. But hey, it includes the outdoors, guns (artillery, anyway) and is close enough to north Texas that some of the rest of you might be interested.

But before I finish this post, any of you who have been following my Panhandle Pictures thread over on the Panhandle/SP board, I've added some photos. We got 4-6 inches of snow, and I had to go to Palo Duro Canyon to try to get a few shots. Have a look.

But back to Oklahoma:


Sunrise Lake Altus by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


KC-135 over Lake Altus by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Bald Eagle Lake Altus by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Mt. Scott, Wichita Mountains, Okalhoma by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Commander's quarters and parade ground, Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Cavalry Barracks, Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Medicine Bluffs, Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Artillery Museum, Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


WWI Holt tractor by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

Mobile artillery, WWII diorama by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


Gatling Gun by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


British Cannon by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

The artillery tube above was surrendered to Washington by Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown. Amazing bit of history.

German "88" by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


American version of V-1, Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr


artillery museum Ft. Sill by CHS Girls Soccer, on Flickr

The above shot is just a very, very small portion of the overwhelming number of artillery pieces on display at Ft. Sill. Here's the link to the Google Maps aerial shot to give you a better idea of the sheer number of pieces:

Outdoor display

The old Cavalry post is just north of the artillery museum

Parade Ground


[This message has been edited by CanyonAg77 (edited 2/13/2013 9:15a).]

Its neat to see how much the Commander's qtrs look like the ones on FT Clark in Bracketville.

CanyonAg,
Think we were BQs together. I now live in Lawton and the Artillery Museum curator is a good friend of mine.
Hope you enjoyed your visit-

Comanche County Cannon Cockers College.

Great pictures! Thanks.

Dawg6-

Stalked you a little on Former Students....if you're one of the brothers from Roscoe, yep, I know who you are. Good to hear from you. My hometown at the time I was a BQ was Hale Center.

The Artillery Museum is excellent, an amazing amount of stuff in there. Though it was an interesting contrast to the old Cavalry Post. When we walked into the museum, the guy behind the desk didn't say boo to us. I didn't care a whole lot, I'm pretty private. So we wandered through the whole thing on our own. Again, I'm fine with that.

But we had been to the old Fort earlier that morning. Admittedly, it was early on a Friday morning, and we were the first ones there. There were two people there, and a third arrived later. We were greeted warmly, got an explanation of what buildings were open, etc. Later we were escorted to the other buildings and they were unlocked for us. One employee was probably both bored and proud of his museum, and basically gave us a private guided tour of the Indian exhibits.

So not to criticize your friend, especially as the museum and displays were excellent, but maybe they need a little PR advice. Some folks really respond to the attention, might get them a little more attention/funding.

But hey, I gave both museums a 5-star rating on TripAdvisor.



[This message has been edited by CanyonAg77 (edited 2/13/2013 12:55p).]

No pictures, but for anyone in the area, the Wichita Mountains are worth a trip, they have a good little welcome center with exhibits. If you've never seen buffalo or longhorns, they have herds of each.

And go to Meers store north of the Wichitas and have one of the best hamburgers in the United States.

Went to basic and AIT at Ft Sill. Had a lot of fun learning how to send pills down range.

We were allowed to visit these museums and your pics brought back some memories--so thanks!

One thing I didn't see in your photos was the Buffalo Soldier museum, which is a big part of Ft. Sill history if I remember correctly.

There was a Buffalo Soldier room inside the old Post museum, as well as a new display with full-sized stuffed horse and mannequin of a Buffalo Soldier. Didn't take a photo of either, or of the inside of the Indian section. Did take some of the inside of the Cav barracks, but came out too dark. Also didn't take photos of the old jail, though it is pretty cool, too.