I think every state has a Lumpkinburg or Lumpkin Town.... Places where survey history is made. Or something like that.
You will get several different and conflicting answers to the same question.
Jacob Ellis, post: 368709, member: 11603 wrote: A few weeks ago I found this!!! Another surveyor had called out the stone and set a 38 bar...I could g...
I think I see Wilson.
Hey, we've got a bunch of crews out there. If you give me a vicinity, I can check our projects and check to see if it was one of ours. Also, I found a...
Well it took me literally 4 days to read the megathread about using fence posts as corner monuments. I could tell it was going to be a good read but I...
I hear what you're saying Kris, and maybe that's the way someone from EAST Texas would put it. But it's certainly not how one who takes themselves ser...
Holy Cow, post: 366726, member: 50 wrote: Warning. Not all Texas surveyors agree on anything. AND I DO MANY ANYTHING. Welcome to a fun place to lea...
Somebody make that phone call yet?
Not my circus. And it doesn't mean that there won't be repercussions for moving the lines back and forth. Surface interests have been transferred base...
I know the subject of Twichell's 2" iron pipe marking the purported location of Clark's 27 remains a hot topic out there. Nothing short of an archeolo...
That's an interesting stepstair section. But, it's south of any data I have.
Is that Block 2? We've done a bunch of right-of-way through there.
For those who are interested, Davey Edward's rolled sketch and sketch file for his resurvey of Block 76, Public School Land in Loving County is now av...
The first time I saw that topo was on Andy Johnson's facebook page a day or so ago and the preview picture was clipped. I could see the "twin peaks" a...
Of course, Nelson had started much closer to the Texas/New Mexico Territory line, as the validity of the 16 mile reservation was still being argued....
Kent McMillan, post: 363207, member: 3 wrote: First of all, State Surveyor E.A. Giraud was not the original surveyor of Surveys 25, 26, and 27.Well, I...
Cyril Turner, post: 363079, member: 159 wrote: I thought that as a general rule excess acreage goes to the State. That was my contention. I'm reall...
After a lot of reading and ruminating, the decision was made. The section line was held at the prorated distance based on the original Giraud monument...
