I have 5 plats of the area of interest, section 2-70-12 5th PM Iowa and nearby. I think I now know better what I have. --PDF of plat "Duplicate" fro...

I've tried twice to make a long post, hit add reply, and it sidn't show up. I'm confused why not.

-The surveyor may have used shortcuts rather than following the order of measurements specified, particularly stubbing in 1/4 corners. -Crossing maj...

That would be highly unusual.

Thanks @briniker I got what I was after. I could not figure out how to get anything below the county level from the search, so I sampled the images ...

That's the guy, and one or more of the various stories of his remains. Note that the 1844 plat does not place the grave on the north bank of the river...

Of course, there really is no high bluff, as that area is quite flat. I don't know if his notes were too hard to read and the office got it in the wro...

Those pin numbers do not match the common DB-9 pin numbering for RS-232.

I have a Nikon DTM-332, which uses the 6-pin connector. The pins are 1 Receive Data 2 Transmit Data 3 Power 7.2 to 11 volts 4 none 5 Ground...