Tomorrow weather perfection is scheduled to come to an end with an Arctic Blast arriving with a chill well below freezing.
And so, today, whilst the outer world remains pleasant, I took myself back to the Wichita Bluff Nature Area to join the throngs getting themselves some salubrious endorphin inducing aerobic stimulation.
Actually, I only saw five or six other humans, and only one of them was in aerobic stimulation mode.
I suppose you may be wondering what that photo above is documenting. What you see there has long made me wonder what it was whilst driving by on the Seymour Highway on the way to the west end Wichita Bluff Nature Area parking lot.
Does any Wichitan know what this massive abandoned cement structure was used for? It looks like the remains of a fort.
Regarding my use of that Wichitan word.
This is how natives of Wichita Falls refer to themselves. I learned this soon after my arrival when I made the mistake of referring to the natives as Wichita Fallsers. Severe umbrage was taken by a few who chose to verbalize their umbrage. I tried to defend myself, saying I thought Wichita Fallser made more sense than Wichita Fallsian or Wichita Fallsperson.
Dropping the Falls and turning Wichita into Wichitan did not occur to me as an option.
I was told that it is the same as residents of Niagara Falls, who the umbrage takers claimed refer to themselves as Niagarans, not as Niagara Fallsers, or Niagara Fallsians. I had no way to confirm that those who live in the town of Niagara Falls refer to themselves as Niagarans.
Anyway, any Wichitan, or other aficionado of Texas history, know what these cement remains are?
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