I have found hundreds of marked original GLO stones. Most have been buried under roads with perhaps 10-percent of those found in fields. The real qu...

Looks like a Tabby farm cat. Those are a tough breed and the type I try to get. Low maintenance and rarely ever get sick. I've had them go 17, 15, ...

One of those trick questions to put on an exam. It depends upon the era or the instructions in place. I believe there was some discussion about eith...

I think you are probably correct in what we now call a timber scribe was formerly called a marking iron.

This looks like something I would do in my yard. Perhaps a surveyor lives there?

You can't get any better than that!

It seems that someone once posted some notes from a surveyor in Wisconsin or Michigan about being overrun by mosquitoes. Does this sound familiar to ...

I think it has more to do with the "Original" drawing holding up better long term as a mylar instead of a paper copy.

It is 2.425 chains or 160.05'.I have seen this many times in early Nebraska surveys. Example below showing a split at the right side of the drawing u...

Comparison of Field Notes******************

Here are links to the plats for that township:

I completely agree. Most of the problem seems to be with people age 50 and below. As most of you know, I also do a tremendous amount of WWII-related...

Next time I am through the area I will get closer for more details. It looked like the interior was lined with concrete with the flat part (bottom) o...