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Heliograph Constructed by Member Don Andrus .jpg) MTC Florida Chapter President Rob Feeney and a young Confederate soldier look over the Heliograph and its telegraph circuit adaptor at the Battle of Townsend's Plantation Civil War reenactment at Mt. Dora, FL, February 2006. This device, constructed by Florida Chapter Member Don Andrus, is capable of sending a Morse signal up to 40 miles, using the sun as a light source. The heliograph was first developed by the British and was used extensively by the U. S. Army in the American Southwest for 20 years after the Civil War. |
Brooksville Raid Civil War Reenactment, 2006. .jpg) Southern Telegraph Company Field Office at the Brooksville Raid Civil War Reenactment, January 2006. Grand Chapter member Chris Hausler from Rochester, NY was pressed into service when he visited the "Raid." He is shown standing behind the table under the tent in a Confederate uniform Florida Chapter President Rob Feeney (bowler hat) is in the background, along with Chapter member John Feeney, partially hidden. Chapter member Don Andrus took this photo. The reenactment was a three day event. |
Western Union Delivery  heads to his car to dash off and deliver a message. (600 x 481).jpg) A Western Union messenger/driver heads to his automobile to deliver a telegram, circa 1910s. |
Old Trilby Depot Telegraph Office .jpg) Member L. A. Bailey sits at the telegraph desk in the partially restored telegraph office in the old Trilby, FL Depot, now located on the grounds of the Dade City, FL Pioneer Musuem. November 2005 |
Samuel F. B. Morse descendent .jpg) Henry Blackford, of Naples, FL, great-great-great-grandson of Samuel F. B. Morse, poses at a telegraph key during Collier County's Old Florida Days Festival, November 2004. Henry is not a telegrapher and is not a member of the Morse Telegraph Club, but is an avid Civil War reenactor. |
 Morse Club members at 2004 annual meeting, Central Florida Railroad Museum, Winter Garden, FL L to R: Rob Feeney, John Feeney, Don Andrus, Tom Bjorkman, Warren McFarland, Paul English, (Museum Liason) |
"What Hath God Wrought" - Four Words That Changed The World |