In one book I read, one survey crew left Ft. Griffin, headed north, and worked their way to the Canadian river. Hadn't seen a white man for months. ...
My ATV mght get me there, I for sure would be less winded of he did!
I have in my possession a book that lists a record of cash expenses incurred by George Spiller on his and Capt. Mabry's survey of the Houston and Gre...
Kent McMillan, post: 382005, member: 3 wrote: That was GLO Commissioner Jerry Patterson, I take it? Afraid the story isn't that good.
Kent McMillan, post: 381984, member: 3 wrote: You haven't lived until you've sat in Archives and Records for a few days listening to the odd questions...
I look forward to the time when the records are all scanned and available. I am not a big city person, and Austin qualifies as a big city to me. My ...
OK Moe, do you have an awesome camera, or is it even more pretty in person?
We have been having difficulties lately in requesting files from the GLO, and not receiving complete copies of files. Since we are not local to Austi...
On Correctionville: That's quite interesting, I am not familiar with the PLSS beyond a simple understanding, and seeing that they made a town with th...
A good reason why doing your research on not only the section you are working on, but surrounding sections also, is very important. And just going ba...
I see the difference of 60 and 6/10 varas between the 1035 Taylor and the 934 Hector, but I am curious if the original notes for the 688 and 689 Chan...
I know that swatting a rattlesnake will affect the bubble. I strongly suspect using the pole as a machete will affect the bubble. I have tried exper...
"and his calls for the North line of the Cronea Survey run [hl]East[/hl] from that stone mound" I got lost there, if we are at the northeast corner of...
Now, do you really think anyone west of Dallas even heard of prohibition until they took their U. S. history class? Even if they had, I doubt the Hil...
[QUOTE= "The company was dissolved in 1918 after all the land sold. However, today only 1,161,616 acres are accounted for, because at a celebratory ba...
Now that's just pretty cool. I never thought to look up where the old surveyors lived. I got a old provisions list around here somewhere of a survey...
Ain't it fun! I like to explain the Texas system as trying to put together a puzzle I found in my daughter's room. At one time, I know all the piece...
If you go with a used TS, don't get a model that is too old. Sometimes the parts that break are parts that don't break very often, and so there just ...
What state are you surveying this in? The ways of defining riparian boundaries in TX can differ from those in some other states... Also in Texas how ...