It's always a bit surprising what sorts of details can be found by simply searching Texas court cases. Here is one from 1904 that includes testimony a...

After even further research on the Google, I learn that the rail section shown above is what was known as 30 lb. rail, i.e. weighing 30 lbs. per foot,...

Kent McMillan, post: 429875, member: 3 wrote: I'll have to take a look at aerial photos from 1952 again to see whether I'm mistaken as to whether the ...

paden cash, post: 430242, member: 20 wrote: I may brag about a Sears Roebuck catalogue, but I'm really a big sissy when it comes to 'paperwork'. I p...

paden cash, post: 430159, member: 20 wrote: Was just thinking I may need a weekend off the grid in the woods out at the Cash Family Enclave for mental...

ashton, post: 430179, member: 422 wrote: What I would really like to find is the original lotting plan, which shows the lots drawn by the original pro...

ashton, post: 430158, member: 422 wrote: The recorded deeds of the era read something like "the land of Smith, bounded on the east by the land of Jone...

Dave Karoly, post: 430161, member: 94 wrote: Clearly it's way easier to survey in Texas where they have "field notes" and calls for monuments than any...

ashton, post: 429933, member: 422 wrote: This is only of academic interest and I would hire a surveyor if I was building anything close to a boundary....

Actually, if you knew anything about Texas politics, you'd recognize that "Empower Texans" and the related Empower Texans PAC are both far right-wing ...

kjypls, post: 429978, member: 9749 wrote: I got a tip that the Library of Congress just made their whole collection of Sanborn maps available. Whether...

imaudigger, post: 429996, member: 7286 wrote: Someone told me that the majority of metal "T" fence posts were all made out of old rail road track.Many...

StLSurveyor, post: 429963, member: 7070 wrote: How in the world did you end up with that job way out there? That's a good little poke from Austin. Do ...

MightyMoe, post: 429892, member: 700 wrote: Job A is a construction project set to begin in the fall, we've had a long involvement with the user group...

paden cash, post: 429903, member: 20 wrote: There are many depot locations and other railroad properties that are still marked today with what has bee...

FL/GA PLS., post: 429876, member: 379 wrote: [USER=3]@Kent McMillan[/USER]Great post. However, considering the amount of finesse you've inherited, why...

Mark Mayer, post: 429873, member: 424 wrote: Could it be that the marker was cut down in 1950, that what remains is a stub of the original? Or possibl...

Robert Hill, post: 429865, member: 378 wrote: I do think that your success was based on a few factorsFirstly, not much road development over time and ...