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Show 2 Tlw Sampler, Aug. 9, 1984 Fort Douglas Museum Preserving Utahs past from Los Angeles had shown youre buckling that- Hope up they would have found themselves no match for our seatbelt while on the installation, the new Department of Defense instruction making seatbelt use mandatory on all government teams, Pats on the back to LTC Hon Klobe and his family on the promotion to that rank. It proves that the Army pro motes the very best ... other proof can be found in the pro- motions for PFC Cynthia installations went into effect here on Aug. 1. Some reflections on the 23rd Olympiad. . . the open- ing ceremonies, were absoreI cant lutely spectacular. SSG Bruce Lehr, Sp4 Rich Franklin, PFC member when Fve been prouder to be an American watching that torch carried to the base of the flame by Jacqueline Masalene and SGT Cyrus Mohler. An added sports note, Those of you who commute to Ditto notice a lone bike rider two so outstanding represen- tati ves of our nation. going both ways cheating death, well SSG Warren This last weekend I was outside working on my motorcycle but the television was within earshot, tuned. to the Olympics it seemed every time I listened, I heard the Star Spangled Banner, and couldnt help giggle at the plight of poor McDonalds operators losing another Big Mac to a hungry sports fan. What spectacular perfof- from mances they are too the grace and beauty of the mens and womens gymnas- tics teams to the guts, deter- . Stone has been competing m some local triathalon- events, and hes getting pretty good a it Welcome aboard to Col. Bills, or should we say wel: come back. He just took over as the director of Materiel Test Directorate. Another fond welcome to cm new chief chaplain LTC Schmidt and his family. Well talk with thpm in the next ... couple of weeks and introduce them here on the pages of the Sampler in the next - mination and achievement of the womens marathon, and track events. Many of our athletes have waited eight long years for these games, but it is' evident they have trained constantlythe caliber of performances weve witnessed. I strongly feel that even if the Soviets and the countries influenced to stay away issue. Dont forget the big bash at Clover Creek this weekend, NAGE is holding their annual picnic. This time with a camp-b- y out and everyones welcome, If yu dont make it over, catch some of the highlights Date-.theon the- next edition of line Dugway on Channel 13. - . y by S.J. Beeler staffed. sparsely Editor s Note: Sara Beeler of the PA Office is beginning to round up articles and photos with (he hopes of getting together a historical collection of interest to the. population of Du general . Many folks spend their assignments at Dugway without ever knowing anyrich thing about the area's and colorful past . long-timat If you are ahave items that Dugway and might be from the early days, be it photos or something else, or if you arein-a newcomer who shares an terest in the past, call Sara . g-w- ay er She is open to suggestions or help and coula appreciate another opinion or pair of hands. How many people sta- tioned at Dugway know: Where Fort Douglas is, or why Fort Douglas is important to Dugway, or who Patrick Edward Conner was?? If you know even one answer, you are well ahead of the general population. Fort Douglas is nestled in the Salt Lake area right next to the University of Utah campus. The installation is small, a few stone and brick buildings sprinkled on the hills with a beautiful view of the valley and the Wasatch Mountains. Established in 1862, and Fort Douglas was a key point in battles staged against hostile Indians. Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, the founder of the installation, was a natural leader whose style and control added a stable influence in a rather turbulent time. Titled the "First Gentile of Utah, the "Father of Utah Mining, and often treated with "contemptuous respect by the Mormons, Connor established many frustrations with the religious influence so prominent in Utah. Life was hard in those early days. Pay was irregular and entertainment scarce. Stage fare swallowed up most of the soldiers pay, and Connor worked to make conditions more livable for his Technicians! On the signal activate your debris relocation batons!" accomplishments of this man was the establishment of a tary leader, he was alsoana newspaperman. He felt opinion that his shared by some even today; that there tory. Connor set ups this refuge for a group of seceders sit back and complain, he troops. One. of the most interesting should be a newspaper with fewer Mormon ideas than the Deseret News. Not one to just called Soda Springs in the Idaho terrisettlement from the Mormon Church. This group was called the "Morrisites and about 160 of them made the trek north to this locale. In the History of Fort Douglas, obtained from the Dugway Technical Library, the story is told about the dubious distinction of the refuge, a 90 foot flagpole, the first of its size and height for the territory. iling danger. The paper was lustrated with a mounted Union soldier, and underwent spells of inactivity, with a last, short lived revival in "1942. Many times history is slow and dull or boring. The history of Fort Douglas is color- Connor was not just a mili- . ful and very much alive, thanks to the life and experiences of Connor. He has left more than a few buildings on a grassy hill, he has imparted a feeling, a spirit, something for us all to draw upon. He was here long before us, he fought the system and brought about changes that we can enjoy everyday. started his own publication. The Union Vedette. It was a post newspaper and was decidedly anti-Mormo- n. Its rather poetic motto read; (A champion, brave, alert and strong; to aid the right, oppose the wrong. Its name means: "a mounted sentinel in advance of a main group, to warn of approach OF THE DEPARTMENT ARMY U.S. ARMY TEST AND EVALUATION COMMAND HEADQUARTERS. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND. MARYLAND 2100S liilore for your car. A lott more ffor your money. AMIXTERSm MESSAGE 1984 and counting! Ttoooty-ta- ro ' In the years since its establishment on consistently overcoae all obstacles and aet 1 TECOM has goals for excellence in August 1962, all testing. provide an Artsy of excellence with quality to made Its fulfill obligation as guardian of our liberty. aqulpaent It be without soldiers who era properly cannot assured Sueoeea In battle trained and equipped.1 FOr 22 years, our oouand has successfully performed evaluate materiel for the total Array. 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