Curtis Creek COE Campground- Junction City (Milford), Kansas (May 2018)

Our GPS instructed us to turn onto Brinkley Road to get to the Curtis Creek COE Campground. I couldn’t help but wonder if this road was named for the infamous Dr. John R. Brinkley, who practiced during the 1930s in Milford, the town on the other side of the lake.

Following the GPS

Students who suffered through my media law undergraduate class probably remember that Dr. Brinkley and his  radio station in Milford were the focus of one of the more bazaar cases we talked about during the term. 

As we checked in with the campground hosts, I asked if they knew of any monuments or other recognition of Brinkley in Milford. They had never heard of Brinkley, so I gave them a quick summary of what he did and why I included his case in a media law class.

Sign at Curtis Creek Park

Our water connection didn’t work and the camp host was able to repair the problem. He said that he and his wife looked up Brinkley after I asked them about him and they could not believe “that” happened just a couple of miles from the campground. 

(If you are unfamiliar with Dr. John R. Brinkley, his practice in Milford, Kansas, and his KFKB radio station, you will have to look it up. This was a three day lecture in my classes and I’m not sure I can condense it down to a paragraph.)

We reserved a site that backed up to the water. Curtis Creek Campground is on Lake Milford and the view out Rosie's windows were amazing. As with many Corps of Engineer parks, camp sites were large and the location was beautiful.

Our site in Curtis Creek Park

It seemed that most campers in this park brought their fishing poles. Fishing boats were also popular around the campground. We were happy simply enjoying the peaceful scenery surrounding Rosie. 

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• This campground is about 12 miles off the Interstate. You will head down some very narrow roads to get there 
• There were two loops in this park. We did not explore the other loop
• Our site had 30 and 20 amp electrical service 
• Our site had a water connection 
• Our site did not have a sewer connection 
• There were two dump stations in an area we thought was outside the park. 
• We were able to watch CBS using Rosie’s TV antenna. We also saw digital channels CW, Get, H&I and Justice 

This turned out to be a great find.

Another failed attempt at a "selfie"

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