Some recent 1890's U.S. Geological Survey markers found in the Black Hills. Monday is a day off, so I'm going to retrace a 1915 USGS primary traverse in southeast Nebraska to see how many of the 15 markers of this traverse might still be left. Pictures next week if successful. The majority of these markers are not in the NGS database, so using 100+ year-old original descriptions.
http://www.penryfamily.com/surveying/bhfpost22.html
http://www.penryfamily.com/surveying/usgsdw3457.html
http://www.penryfamily.com/surveying/usgsdw4507.html
:good: Jerry, that is just real nice.
Sweet!
Jerry-
Was good of Jen to point it out to you !
Can she come to Canada as we need young persomns to assist us ?
Keep up the good work !
Cheers
Derek
Great stuff Jerry. Fantastic documentation, photos, maps. I could read this stuff all day long.
Out of curiosity do you ever get copies or scans of the original notes for these monuments you find?
Experience has taught us that you have to do your homework! Kurt Luebke from Montana has accompanied me several times and we have both been skunked on more than one occasion even with having the topo quad and the notes. You almost have to overlay a modern aerial with the 1890's quad and then get an approximate GPS position. That is what makes it all fun.