Frontier military outposts required lines of communication to other outposts, supply depots, command centers, and field operations. The telegraph was a revolutionary form of communication in the 1870-80′s for the U.S. Army across the American frontier. Starting in 1875-76, the U.S. Army built the first 25 telegraph stations in Texas. In 1882, the U.S. Army’s [...]
Jed and Emily are both in graduate school at Oregon State University.
Emily is working on a master's degree in Marine Resource Management in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, studying the physical processes in estuaries and developing outreach tools to convey that information.
Jed is working on a master's degree in Science and Mathematics Education in the College of Science, focusing on free choice learning (conveying science and math to informal audiences) and exhibit development.
Quagmire is working on her own biology experiment and calling to us daily through the Pacific to set out on yet another voyage.