Any Old Photos of JRT?

[grenadierwerner]

I thought that the setup we used to have at St. Ozena was impressive enough from seeing the old photos, but according to many of our esteemed members, even that was put to shame by the old site at JRT.

My curiosity has been piqued: would anyone happen to have old photos from Jack Rabbit they'd be willing to share, because I'd love to see what all the fuss is about.

[1886lebel]

Well Kings Crossing will be ten times better than JRT and St. Ozena if we can get everyone that lives in close proximity out to the site to work on it, all it takes is one Saturday a month to take out of your time to work on it.
Those who live out of state or not within 3 hour drive to the site can help also by contributing $$ to help buy wood, wire, etc. for those who are working at the site ... I have done this in the past and did so in March when I was at the event.
Working on the trenches an hour before the event starts on Saturday is the wrong time to be doing that sort of stuff, we want the event to start on time, not delay it because someone wants to work on them, use the time on Saturday to get your stuff from your car to the trench and get ready to BATTLE THE ENEMY.

Patrick

[grenadierwerner]

www.henrick.com/ww1/jack01.htm

Found some.

And you're correct, Patrick. Now that I'm moving to La Jolla for college, I'm in a better position to attend dig dates. Transportation is still a problem for me, so if anyone down south of L.A. is already doing a carpool system and wouldn't mind loading another Fritz in in exchange for pitching in on gas money, let me know.

[Marcus]

I have a lot of photos of JRT. They are all hard copy prints that have to be scanned.

[grenadierwerner]

Perhaps soon? I'm curious about our two old sites; it seems like they were a bit more private, being enclosed rather than on a flat range. Still, I must agree with Patrick, as I can see King's Crossing becoming something incredible soon.

[montythetommy]

Those aussies needed help with their impression. Still it's nice to see old photos of the club from back in the day.

If you need a carpool to dig days let me know. it's a 45 minute drive from La Jolla to Huntington Beach at 4am. Though you'll have to listen to Period British Patriotic Music on the way, I can assure you you'll get to King's Crossing to help dig the CP trenches.

[grenadierwerner]

www.reenactor.net/ww1/ww1_photo-gall/cpphoto2.html

Found an old set of JRT photos on reenactor.net, of all places.

Was there anything particularly memorable or noteworthy (besides rampant vandalism) about Jack Rabbit that really sticks out in the mind as a positive?

Also, if anyone was able to get an overhead map of the place, I'd love to see it. Forgive my curiosity, but delving into our group's history has proved just as interesting as delving into the history of the war.

[1886lebel]

This photo I took at one of the GWA events was featured in a Militaria magazine back in 2001 and won an award for it
www.reenactor.net/ww1/ww1_photo-gall/ph/ph5.JPG

Patrick

[oskar2ndchev]

Ah, I'd forgotten about those. Some of those were taken by Fritz Bronner, the founder of the 2 Chevauleger. :-)

Well, the drive in was no picnic, trust me. You had to go down a steep one-lane road down a mountain in to a canyon and if you met someone going the other way like I did, oh boy.

Probably the best thing was that many years had been spent developing it so there was quite an extensive set of entrenchments for both sides. A lot of it really wasn't proper in terms of following period specs but it was still good. The problem was that it was a bit too accessible and anyone could walk in there.

Here's one of the 2 Chevauleger back in the day: