Andy Nold, post: 396111, member: 7 wrote: Again, what about poison oak? And what about the possibility that his exposure was not limited to west Texas.
It doesn't seem likely that he'd go back to Alpine to be treated, though, if he'd been exposed elsewhere. Dod's death certificate suggests that the condition that killed him began around August 11, when people with the means to do so were more likely to be fleeing the city for the mountains or the coast instead of travelling to central Texas. I'm not sure where poison oak would grow around Alpine since it wasn't one of the plants listed in the inventory of the flora of Jeff Davis County.
It would be interesting to examine the last entries in Dod's field book to see if they provide a clue.
Kent McMillan, post: 396122, member: 3 wrote: Dod's mother was Catharine Elizabeth Stockton b. 03/19/1827 Charleston, S.C. d. 03/24/1874, the daughter of Harriet Maria (Potter) Stockton and Commodore Robert Field Stockton.
The Commodore's great grandfather was Richard Stockton. Signer of the Declaration of Independence and BFF of George Washington. The family estate was the official Governor's mansion of NJ when I lived there.
But most importantly, he has one of therest areas named after him on the NJ Turnpike. That is a defining and ultimate attribute of his historical significance. : )
On the subject of the dry climate of West Texas, another well known Texas surveyor, Judge O.W. Williams of Fort Stockton, came to Texas in the 1880s for health reasons after contracting tuberculosis.
The Commodore's grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Independence (I only know this due to the NJ Turnpike rest stop named after him......).
There is an interesting story about his time as a captive during the Revolution. Both his son and his grandson became Senators from New Jersey.
But, we digress........
AJF
There is a City named Stockton about 45 minutes south of Sacramento.
Dave Karoly, post: 396149, member: 94 wrote: There is a City named Stockton about 45 minutes south of Sacramento.
Originally named Tuleburg - the proprietor of the land grant changed it after Commodore Stockton's forces rescued him from imprisonment during the Bear Flag Revolt.
By the way, I've posted this image before, but it's an actual place on the former Chalk Valley Ranch about 30 miles South of Alpine in Brewster County, Texas. The rock mound is one that R.S. Dod built in 1913 (if I recall correctly) in the course of trying to figure out where a 50-square-mile block of office surveys were actually located on the ground.
I was at the TSPS High Plains Experience Seminar this past weekend and in a presentation by Stan Piper we ran across Block CS in Hartley County. I decided to pull the field notes from the GLO Website and we found what is possibly Dod's last survey report dated July 17, 1924, less than a month before his death.
Dod was dividing out the excess acreage from the Capitol Lands surveys per the court order. Hartley County looks to be in the range of Western Poison Ivy and this survey could be the source of his exposure. Dod's son, a licensed state land surveyor, wrote the follow-up report to answer GLO questions.
http://www.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/map-store/index.cfm#item/81656
State of Texas v. Findlay
So, what are we going to have to do to get Kent back in here??ÿ
You may have to start posting how good the BBQ is around the Great Lakes.......... ????
