I attended the unveiling of the new stone 46 and commemorative sign today, south of Shrewsbury, PA. This stone is approximately 500' west of the location of the original stone. The base of the original is still there, encased in concrete in a field.
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Thanks to the people who take the time to research and preserve a historical line like this.It takes a passion above and beyond the norm.
Nice to see the preservation effort.
But I wonder.... Is it mile stone or milestone?
The original in the field is a milestone, the new one is a mile stone.:-S:whistle:
I should like to come see this someday soon. Nice work!
Why'd they put it 480' west of where it was/is? Why not just restore the original location?
public awareness, roadside marker sign.
also of interest, yesterday (October 18) was the 248th anniversary (1767) of the completion of their survey (according to local newspaper, Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
I never enjoyed history class in school. But I absolutely enjoy history through the lens of being a surveyor!
skwyd, post: 341048, member: 6874 wrote: I never enjoyed history class in school. But I absolutely enjoy history through the lens of being a surveyor!
I've always enjoyed history, both in and out of school. It's one of the things that helped steer me into this profession 🙂
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ktb973, post: 341049, member: 8891 wrote: I've always enjoyed history, both in and out of school. It's one of the things that helped steer me into this profession 🙂
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I definitely enjoy studying history now. I think in school it was just the approach. Everything was just memorizing names, dates, and places. No real context as to what significance these names, dates, and places really had.
Researching survey records of places where I had actually set foot gave me a new perspective on how to view history. It was no longer just a series of names, dates, and places. It was an ongoing story of things that happened to real people that had real effects on the world around them. Reading a description for a roadway, dedicated in 1877, that started "from the old road to the gravel mine" and provided "the right-of-way to the public to the lands of Joe Farmer and the river lying north of those lands" so that people could "engage in commerce and recreation" and so on was fascinating to me. It made things much more "real" in my mind. And, being able to read about history from that point of view made it much more interesting.
So my lack of interest in history during high school and college I blame entirely on the lackluster efforts of my instructors.
What I remember of history back in HS was the fact that when hearing what every adult remembered and shared about events was so much different than what we were being taught.
It became very clear to remember or write down what was being lectured, because that was the direct information that found its way to all the tests.
It is not much different in schools today.
That's all we need, another pin cushion.
Is it on line between 46 and 47, or did they place it on the parallel and kink the line?
If they kinked the line, the Penn Sate versus Maryland football game this weekend should decide who gets the sliver.
Paul in PA
Yeah, high school and college history was systematic.
Step 1: Attend lecture and take notes
Step 2: Study notes
Step 3: Take exam which is based entirely on the lectures
Step 4: Repeat a couple of times over the course of the semester...
Awesome...nice that you guys put that together