We had another successful "hands-on" summer seminar.
The 24-mile Sherman/Howard County line was supposed to be run as a meridian during the original GLO surveys. It became the focus of many disputes because it wasn't a straight line. County surveyor (later state surveyor) Robert Harvey found that the line was all over the place. In 1893, he began at the south end and ran his own true meridian and placed stones every three miles on his meridian.
The crooked county line is the legal county boundary, but Harvey's meridian shows just how bad it was originally run and he tied in the monuments to his line. Our retracement focused on finding the 0, 3, 9, and 12 mile stones that Harvey placed on his meridian.
Thanks Jerry. That brings back memories of digging through feet of loess deposits to find original stones when I worked in Lancaster County back in the 1970s!
need to come up some summer for one of these. don't spend enough time in the homeland. mom (who was born in friend) was recently down for a visit, and telling stories of grandpa and how badly he hated water. mainly because of the several years he spent in the WPA hauling and packing loess in the kingsley dam. grandma was an endorf- born and raised in tobias. there's a picture of 17-year old her somewhere, sitting on the hood of the car she'd bought with her own money from selling turkeys she'd raised, and proudly two-fisting a couple quarts of beer.
(first field photo) How many surveyors does it take to...
Or...it's a surveyor pin cushion!
Or...WAIT! I dropped a contact lens
(second field photo) It's over here...no here...you're both wrong, it's over here...
Mine, mine, mine, mine..
(fourth field photo) Guy in brown shirt and white ball cap is the supervisor. I'll bet on it.
that 3 mile monument...COOL!
(photo taking a GPS position in the hole with the backhoe in the foreground) Ummm, anyone ever heard of multipath?
No kidding, you even found the 12 mile stone! That is even cooler? Neat shape.
Cool photos and adventure Jerry. Thanks for sharing.
Do most of them work as chefs in their spare time?
Dave Lindell, post: 438645, member: 55 wrote: Do most of them work as chefs in their spare time?
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Quite an effort. I'm glad you all were successful.
One thing I did notice. 18 hands out digging for an 1893 vintage stone and look what somebody brought along...;)
paden cash, post: 438650, member: 20 wrote: Quite an effort. I'm glad you all were successful.
One thing I did notice. 18 hands out digging for an 1893 vintage stone and look what somebody brought along...;)
I'd rather have it and not need it; then need it AND not have it[emoji7]
That poster, RADAR; sure is a swell guy.
I spent a 4th of July weekend, camping. A thunderstorm rolled by about 10 miles away, it was better than the fireworks [emoji1148]
That poster, RADAR; sure is a swell guy.
A nice thing about being near the small towns is that they enjoy printing stories like this.
