TV - "How The States Got Their Shapes" - Series

Oh goodie, can't wait for this.

> Oh goodie, can't wait for this.

I'm not sure if I detect a tone of sarcasm, but frankly I really enjoyed the first show, and think it will make a good series.

Thank's for posting that Carl.

> > Oh goodie, can't wait for this.
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> I'm not sure if I detect a tone of sarcasm, but frankly I really enjoyed the first show, and think it will make a good series.
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> Thank's for posting that Carl.

Same for me, and you are welcome. I can see it as kinda like like "Larry the Cable Guy"'s show, that will have a lot of local flavor, some survey history, and some court history with it. I think it could be humorous, educational and entertaining.

Was not one of our own BL/POB ers featured on that?

Some of the filming for the original episode of How the States Got Their Shapes was done at the Surveyors Historical Society Rendezvous at Camp Caesar near Cowen, West Virginia. I keep telling you guys you’re missing out by not attending the Rendezvous.

Half-Yard Productions crew wires Don Teter for sound

Half-Yard crew and Bart Crattie in action

Bart Crattie takes line

Rick Casteel takes notes

Marshall Robinson pulls the chain

Don Teter gives line

Rendezvous 2011
September 14-17
Shawnee Resort and Conference Center
Friendship,Ohio
Pioneer Surveyors of 1770s in the Ohio Valley and Kentucky Frontier
The Indian Nations and the Ohio Erie Canal

I saw the priginal broadcast. Its pretty good, I liked it...I mean it does go into depth on some states, others not so much....of course there were lots of surveyor mistakes...

David Ingram had a moment of stardom.

Hint: Don't blink.

No sarcasm. I really enjoyed it.

> No sarcasm. I really enjoyed it.

Same here!! I'll definitely be watching this series. The History channel is one of my favorite channels! (Boy the teasing I have endured for this..."You watch WAR programs?!") :-O

I wish more of our younger generation would watch at least some of what THC airs so they could actually LEARN a thing or two about historical stuff. 😐

I guess I should have looked for the "sarcasm-on" font, and having not seen it, I wouldn't have wrongly speculated.....:-S maybe Wendell or angel could find a "sarcasm" smiley-face to add.

I'm going to look into going this year.

I hate that I missed the one in Chattanooga. I had a more pressing matter. I got married that day.

You will find that most of the state boundaries were established by 'common agreement', the same process used by adjoining land owners to establish their own common boundary.

Richard Schaut

Excellent!!! I'll be watching. I was hoping they would expound on the subject. I saw the originals as well and thought they could have spent a ton of more time on it.

"How The States Got Their Shapes"

You mean....they didn't just follow the fences?

Sorry, couldn't help it.......;-)

>most of the state boundaries were established by 'common agreement'

I wonder what the statistics of "most" really are.

A great many were not established by agreement between the states, but rather dictated by act of Congress, or international treaty, or assumed boundaries already marking Indian treaties.

Also a great number were fought in the US Supreme Court: NJ-NY, CO-NM, IA-MO, MI-WI, MD-VA, Arkansas vs Choctaw (Oklahoma) to name a few of many. And there was the Toledo war over the OH-MI boundary.

Gates, in his "Development of Government Land Law" recognizes common agreement as a operant regarding the initial establishment of state's boundaries.

There is no proof that each and every original boundary was litigated but the interpretation of the description of the boundary location has been litigated in some instances.

Richard Schaut

"How The States Got Their Shapes"

> You mean....they didn't just follow the fences?
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> Sorry, couldn't help it.......;-)

Hilarious!