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Bill Leggett

Waldrop Park (HM1E7O)

Location: Roswell, NM 88201 Chaves County
 

N 33° 25.054', W 103° 48.894'

This site is named for Victor H. Waldrop and stewardship for is shared by the New Mexico Department of Transportation and local bird enthusiasts. Wind blown-sand deposited at the base of Mescalero Ridge forms a 60 mile expanse of open dunes and stabilized hummocks. This park has become popular with bird watchers. The scissortailed flycatcher and other species can be found throughout the dunes.

Cal Turley

Wow! Thanks to all for sharing some very enlighting stories of your past growing up in Roswell. It 's very apparent many of our stories mirror each other. My Mom and Dad actually had a car when they moved to Roswell in 1941 but my Mom did travel all over Texas in a covered wagon when she was young. Being the youngest of 3 boys I rarely had any new clothes(except for shoes) until I was in my early teens. As I look back, at growing up here in Roswell, I can say that the good times far out weighed the bad! It appears a lot of you, that have moved back to Roswell must feel the same. I attribute any success that I may have had in life to 3 things : My family, my friends and my experiences growing up here in Roswell. With that being said, I need some feedback from whomever is willing to chime in. Having spent the majority of my life living in the " Land of Fruits and Nuts ", whenever I told anyone that I was born in Roswell the first questiom was always " is it really true about the spaceship crash and the aliens?". I always responded with the same answer, leaving them to make up their own mind. I would say " the only thing I know for sure is that one of the children, or employees, of our local funeral home, made the statement that the Base contacted the funeral home, within a couple of days after the crash, requesting them to build and supply 3 children sized wooden shipping crates". Now my good buddy Rex is trying to burst my bubble by saying that tale is pure "folklore" and that it has been completely debunked. Maybe Cuz Don, Tommy or someone can clear this up. Not saying that even if it isn't true that I am going to change my story.

Rex Booth

I must give mucho credit to my long-time friend Cal for being a "good story teller..." if not a "Spin Doctor" par excellence who sticks to his story. But that's what good friends do, is to have fun poking holes in stories even in Jest! But there is nothing like a good story! Which brings us to this interesting observation: "Why is a 'wild tale' more believabe by folks than an actual story which is True"?  You be the judge with the info posted below. 

Ain't we gonna have 'great fun' with this article!!

http://www.roswellfiles.com/Witnesses/glenndennis.htm

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

John, thst is cool that your family knew the Waldrops!  All my mom's family have passed, so I havr no one to ask anout knoeonh uour family,  Interrsting ed have the Caprock connection!

Don Ervin

Cuz, all the stores of the aliens have to be true.  Just think of all the people we know that were born that year.

I lot of them have to off spring of the aliens.

Don Ervin

For real.  My mother lived next to a retired. chief of the fire deprtment at the time of tthe alien crash and went to the site.  I ask him what he saw and he said,  "He was sworn by the FBI to never say anything about the crash and he never has.  Wish I could I could remember his name.

Maynard Lee Blanton

My mother grew up on a ranch about 5 miles due north of the Caprock store. Her families name was Howard,

John Doyal

Bill, just east of Waldrop is a wildlife area and it is the south end of the wild chicken range.  I have seen a few while quail hunting west of there.  I am like Saundra in that all of my relatives that lived at Caprock are dead.  My dad told me that several of the homesteaders that homesteaded in the sands just disappeared(due to range wars)   On the alien story, my mother was a college  student at Socorro when that happened.  She said 2 flying  saucers crashed in that area at the same time.  A  student that she knew took pictures at one of the sites before the feds came and was having them developed when the feds found out and confiscated them.  She said the student left school and never returned.  My dad knew the rancher where the crash at Roswell happened and he would never answer any questions about it because the feds told him not to.  Lee, don't remember any Howards, but only knew Grahms and Moores as Anetta Grahm and I were only 2 same age riding the bus.  Most of the rest were older from oil field workers who moved.

Rex Booth

Dandy Don,

Remember Wilmot's Hardware Store? Across from the 'Plains' on south Main. Jimmy Wilmot went to school at North and his sophomore year at RHS. His dad, Mr. Wilmot claims he was in his backyard doing some B-B-Q when he saw two UFO's flying at a high rate of speed and suddenly make several sharp right & left angle turns at speeds in excess of thousands of miles per hour! He also said he witnessed those UFO's colliding in midair Northwest of Roswell.  It is also told, two nuns at St. Mary's hospital were standing next to a window on the 4th floor who saw this event the same day in July 1947. Ok folks, we have now entered the "Twilight Zone"...

John Doyal

Rex,  I thought someone would check on the times of the crashes.  My mom was in Socorro in 38-39 and those UFO crashes did not make national news because the war in Europe was news.  I was too young to remember much about the Wilmots when they came to the ranch to hunt quail with my dad.  I do remember they brought cases of ammo to hunt quail, rabbits(at least 3-4 in every bush) and coyotes.   They kept the cottontail rabbits to eat and my dad fed the jacks to our hogs.   I do remember that they killed enough quail that my dad cooked them in a big black pot over a fire.  I do remember shopp[ng at their store for years later.  Did anybody have wind damage from our latest storm?  It blew down my backyard fence and my yard is full of shingles from neighbors houses.

John Landess

John Doyal, 

Gee, sounds like the same old South East New Mexico I remember!!

My Grandfather once told me about the biggest mass accident ever to happen there....he said that the wind quit blowing for 5 minutes and 32,000 people fell flat on their faces!!

Rex Booth

John D.

I just checked with the book, the “Roswell Incident”.

The Roswell Incident occurred right during the “flying saucer craze” of 1947. In June of ‘47, the news nationwide reported civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold story of seeing what became known as "Flying Saucers".

On Saturday night, July 5, 1947, rancher W.W. "Mac" Brazel made a trip from his remote ranch into the town, Corona, New Mexico. The ranch had no phone and no radio, leaving Brazel unaware of the flying saucer craze of the prior ten days.

As a result, it was not until Saturday night that Brazel connected debris he'd found three weeks earlier with the flying disks in the news. When Brazel heard stories of silvery flying discs that Saturday night in Corona, he decided to gather up his prior find. On Monday, July 7, he took it in to the sheriff's office in Roswell. The sheriff called Roswell Army Air Field, which assigned the matter to Major Jesse Marcel. Brazel took Marcel back to the debris site, and the two gathered it up. Marcel took the material home on Monday night.

On Tuesday morning, July 8, Marcel took the material to his base commander, Colonel William Blanchard. Blanchard reported the finding to General Roger Ramey at Fort Worth Army Air Field (FWAAF). General Ramey ordered the material flown to FWAAF immediately. Marcel boarded a B-29 Superfortress and made the flight to FWAAF.

On July 8, 1947, RAAF public information officer Walter Haut issued a press release stating that personnel from the field's  509th Operations Group  had recovered a "flying disc", which had landed on a ranch near Roswell. 

A few days later General Ramey issued a press release saying it was not a flying saucer but was a weather balloon… with a picture with tin foil, rubber, and balsa wood…  True story or cover-up? You be the judge...

Rex Booth

Well, John D... 

Do ya 'spose there's a classmate out there who might have been (by chance) abducted but were afraid to come forward to tell their tales...?  Then again, we might want to send a "smoke signal" over to thet-thar country called 'Tennysee'... to see... if the "mother ship" has let our friend John L. out.... cause he be gone a 'loooooong' tahme!  

Rex Booth

Another "Catagory" has been added for Classmates!!

"Our 50-60's" Music" !!

Go to "Home" page. Look at 'left' column.  Scroll down a bit and select:

"Our 50-60's Music" 

Have fun navigating the 'Music" site!! 

Fred Miller

Very interesting web page, Rex.  Here is an little known fact for your little known book of facts.  One of the artists' names that popped out to me was Les Paul.  Mr. Paul was born in Waukesha, WI, as were my Mom and Dad.  Before he dropped out of high school, Les Paul played in a small band.  A classsmate of his was the drummer.  That drummer was my Dad. They were friends for awhile until life took them on separate paths.

Charline Lake

Wow, Fred.  Brush with greatness.

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Bill,  Victor Harmon Waldrop was my grandfather! He planted most of the trees in the area.  Tbe park was named after him,

Sherry Hester (Trasp)

It is so nice to hear from all of you!! 
The Stories, the Music, the comments 
are all so nice to hear!
Thanks to all who contribute!
 

Saundra Bennett (Whiteside)

Rex,

The 50's & 60's music tab.....wow! There sre so many options!  This is fantastic!  Thanks for adding this to our website!  One could spend hours on this listening to music!  I LOVE it!

Patrick Riley

Echo Saundra, like the new Jukebox site! Thanks Rex!

Rex Booth

Dolls and Gents,

Thanks for the Kudos! I hope everyone enjoys the 'New Music' addition and that it's various selections are entertaining!

Just for kicks...

Can anyone name the Make, Model, and Year of the car in the side columns? 

Ist Prize is  "Joe Palooka gum...."

Fred Miller

1957 Ford Fairlane 500...

Rex, you can just  email my prize to me at BR549...

John Doyal

Bill, some sand might have been blown in , but it was the floor of a large underwater area.  All along the cap are fossils of small fish and crustaeons that have been dated at millions of years old.  My dad talked about digging up dinasour bones when they were digging wells in the sands.  He said they could not save any because they fell apart when they tried to lift them.  Rex, like the music.

Rex Booth

Fred,

You are so close to getting that Joe Palooka... prize. You are at least 75% right!  But, Alas... you'll need another word or two to nail the complete description of this car.  Hurry! As others have a chance to reap the rewards!! .

So far the description is a 1957 Ford Fairlane 500...

Can anyone take a stab at the last required word (or more)? 

Fred Miller

ooh...ooh...Mr. Booth!!!   Is it Skyliner...?