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Have you ever heard of Fort Nichols, Oklahoma?
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3782937" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Can't help you on photos of Camp Nichols, but below are links to places in the area of Kenton, OK, which is near where Florence was located. We did camp, fish, swim, and boat around the Lake Carl Etling State Park. I can remember with regards to Lake Carl Etling when they had built the dam and the accumulated water was just a channel. Someone had built a raft on metal 55 gallon barrels and placed it there to cross the channel. Later, after it became a full lake, a friend and I would have my dad tow us on the raft out to the middle of the lake and we would dive off the raft and swim around it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/" target="_blank">Kenton and Black Mesa Area</a></p><p></p><p>Referencing back to Snattlerake's first post about the ghost town stuff, that story mentioned a dinosaur discovery in the area. This picture is of the area of the pit where the dinosaur was found. That vertical "pillar" on top of the "hill" is a concrete reproduction of a dinosaur bone.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-LJW952s/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-LJW952s/0/bdf59683/X2/DSC_9346-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Black Mesa</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-znfgwDK/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-znfgwDK/0/44135fa2/X2/DSC_9367-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>They have a hiking trail going up on the mesa on the north side of it, but when I was a kid, we climbed straight up the south side of the mesa. The hiking trail is probably a much easier climb.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-GdTVp3h/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-GdTVp3h/0/c2b10271/X2/DSC_9382-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>One can barely see the start of the trail at the left hand side of this gate.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-SXfmk7P/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-SXfmk7P/0/fb1001af/X2/DSC_9380-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>There are also interesting rock formations in the Kenton area.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-sF45sNt/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-sF45sNt/0/889ccbd5/X2/DSC_9343-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This one is called "The Wedding Party," with the minister to the right and the bride and groom before him and the "spectators" being represented by the larger rock formation.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-Sn2nLLG/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-Sn2nLLG/0/f5810cdf/X2/DSC_9353-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Lake-Carl-Etling-State-Park-Kenton-OK" target="_blank">Lake Carl Etling State Park</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3782937, member: 7900"] Can't help you on photos of Camp Nichols, but below are links to places in the area of Kenton, OK, which is near where Florence was located. We did camp, fish, swim, and boat around the Lake Carl Etling State Park. I can remember with regards to Lake Carl Etling when they had built the dam and the accumulated water was just a channel. Someone had built a raft on metal 55 gallon barrels and placed it there to cross the channel. Later, after it became a full lake, a friend and I would have my dad tow us on the raft out to the middle of the lake and we would dive off the raft and swim around it. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/']Kenton and Black Mesa Area[/URL] Referencing back to Snattlerake's first post about the ghost town stuff, that story mentioned a dinosaur discovery in the area. This picture is of the area of the pit where the dinosaur was found. That vertical "pillar" on top of the "hill" is a concrete reproduction of a dinosaur bone. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-LJW952s/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-LJW952s/0/bdf59683/X2/DSC_9346-X2.jpg[/img][/url] Black Mesa [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-znfgwDK/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-znfgwDK/0/44135fa2/X2/DSC_9367-X2.jpg[/img][/url] They have a hiking trail going up on the mesa on the north side of it, but when I was a kid, we climbed straight up the south side of the mesa. The hiking trail is probably a much easier climb. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-GdTVp3h/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-GdTVp3h/0/c2b10271/X2/DSC_9382-X2.jpg[/img][/url] One can barely see the start of the trail at the left hand side of this gate. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-SXfmk7P/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-SXfmk7P/0/fb1001af/X2/DSC_9380-X2.jpg[/img][/url] There are also interesting rock formations in the Kenton area. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-sF45sNt/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-sF45sNt/0/889ccbd5/X2/DSC_9343-X2.jpg[/img][/url] This one is called "The Wedding Party," with the minister to the right and the bride and groom before him and the "spectators" being represented by the larger rock formation. [url=https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-Sn2nLLG/A][img]https://photos.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Kenton-and-Black-Mesa-Area-Kenton-OK/i-Sn2nLLG/0/f5810cdf/X2/DSC_9353-X2.jpg[/img][/url] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Oklahoma-Beauty-and-Attractions/Lake-Carl-Etling-State-Park-Kenton-OK']Lake Carl Etling State Park[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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