Communicating with the World

Communicating with the World (HM1PT8)

Location: Stonewall, TX 78671 Gillespie County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 14.52', W 98° 37.496'

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The LBJ Ranch had but a single telephone line when Lyndon Johnson purchased the property in 1951. By the time he became vice president in 1960 the array of technology had grown to 15 local and long-distance phone lines as well as a fifty-foot-tall antenna to supply reception for three televisions—one for each network.

Despite these upgrades, Johnson's rise to the presidency in November 1963 demanded a modern system allowing secure communications throughout the United States and the world. Within four weeks the LBJ Ranch had enough equipment for a small city: microwave towers providing 120 channels to Austin, underground phone cables, 72 telephones, two-way radios, teleprinters, and cryptographic machines. The green buildings in front of you housed a fifty-thousand-kilowatt emergency generator and switchboard.

(Bottom Left Photos Caption)
Lyndon Johnson could spend 18 hours a day on the phone: (clockwise from top right) White House Oval Office; reconstructed birthplace; Texas White House living room.

(Upper Right Photo Caption)
Working the switchboard, 1965.

(Right Photo Caption)
The TV antenna as it stood behind the ranch house in 1965. Lady Bird Johnson remembered it as "the bane of my life—aesthetically."
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HM NumberHM1PT8
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Saturday, December 5th, 2015 at 9:02pm PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 536086 N 3345660
Decimal Degrees30.24200000, -98.62493333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 14.52', W 98° 37.496'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 14' 31.2" N, 98° 37' 29.76" W
Driving DirectionsGoogle Maps
Area Code(s)830
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1472 State Park Rd 52, Stonewall TX 78671, US
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